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When we think of weather forecasts, we instinctively think of weather on Earth like rain or shine....
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NASA took the guts out of old spy satellites to build the groundbreaking Nancy Grace Roman Space...
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Some of the strangest weather in the solar system doesn’t happen on Earth, or even Jupiter’s Great...
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A recent Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows that a 76 sq km chunk ice broke away from one...
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Astronomers have discovered a new ocean world outside the solar system that orbits extremely close to its...
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I had never seen a total solar eclipse. That's a strange thing to admit for the skywatching...
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LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part...
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Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than...
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In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on...
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Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter’s secrets
In late June 2023, on a morning train commuting to work in New York City, David Hendel...
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On Aug. 26, 1978, cosmonaut and pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to fly in space.Jähn...
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At the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, researchers are testing the capsule heat shield for the...
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Across the decades, Star Wars' secret sauce has always been a feeling – an intoxicating mixture of...
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SpaceX's launch from Florida early this morning (Aug. 25) was memorable in more ways than one.The mission,...
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SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 26), in a predawn...
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NASA is just days away from launching its next major space observatory.The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope...
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A spectacular partial lunar eclipse will darken 96% of the full "Sturgeon Moon" overnight on Aug. 27-28....