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The Air Force Research Laboratory increased by $11.7 million Blue Origin’s contract to study the use of...
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Using spectral data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), astronomers have gained some of the clearest...
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While Hardspace: Shipbreaker does an excellent job of capturing the dystopian perils of unchecked hypercapitalism, the real...
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German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) just put the brakes on its first launch.While testing its RFA...
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The excitement of the new moon mission has potentially helped create a new generation of stargazers, just...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 1: Open cluster...
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Two K2 satellites will host optical terminals intended to connect military systems in orbit The post Space...
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As evidenced by Paramount's live-action "Transformers" movies and the recent "Masters of the Universe" film released by...
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The ancient Egyptian god of the moon had two very different faces: a crescent-beaked white bird and...
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On Episode 221 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and guest host Rick Jenet of the...
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HELSINKI — China sent a new pair of secretive satellites into a programmatically new orbit Wednesday, while...
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Scientists once suspected that a brutal, years-long winter starved the dinosaurs following an asteroid impact 66 million...
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On Aug. 1, 1968, NASA canceled the production of its Saturn V moon rocket. At the time,...
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Born Aug. 1, 1818, Maria Mitchell was raised in the Quaker tradition, which allowed equal education for...
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Despite Han Solo's protestations to the contrary, travelling faster than light on screen is usually just as...
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Our sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged particles, known as the solar wind. Unlike Earth,...
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SpaceX has sent yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites into orbit.A Falcon 9 rocket carrying...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 31: Mercury brightening...
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We have been watching asteroid (44) Nysa for well over a century without ever really knowing what...
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The planet Neptune has 16 known moons, with its largest Moon, Triton, comprising more than 99.5 percent...