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One of the primary objectives of space exploration that often gets overlooked is the intense effort that...
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Observing comets is tricky. They’re easier to see when they’re closer to the Sun, but proximity to...
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It’s no secret that spending time in space takes a toll on the human body. Thanks to...
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Ridley Scott received the Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication from Brian May. Credit: STARMUS Festival Following...
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have studied 72 young, sun-like stars. As a result,...
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There’s some misunderstanding among the public at large in regards to what a scientific theory is. They’re...
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Jonny Kim is leaving NASA to continue his military career.The 42-year-old astronaut, who has one of the...
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A private spacecraft failed to rescue NASA's Swift space telescope, meaning the big observatory will come crashing...
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More than a month after its epic spaceflight, Starship is finally headed home.SpaceX announced today (Aug. 27)...
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One of the JWST’s main jobs is studying planets forming in the disks around young stars. These...
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The hours are counting down to the launch of NASA's newest flagship orbital observatory. The spacecraft recently...
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On Aug. 27, 1962, NASA launched Mariner 2, the world's first spacecraft to successfully visit another planet.Mariner...
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An image of this spiral galaxy NGC 4258 that combines X-ray observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray observatory...
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Every so often, "Star Trek" likes to put its brave interstellar adventurers through hell. You know the...
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Flight VA270 | MTG-I2 | Ariane 6 | Arianespace - YouTube Watch On Europe's most powerful rocket...
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Tonight (Aug. 27-28), the full Sturgeon Moon will slip into Earth's shadow, creating a stunning "almost blood...
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