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On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) in this file photo....
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Early risers will catch a spectacular sight in the predawn hours of Aug. 9, as the slender...
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On Aug. 8, 1977, the Salyut 5 space station fell out of space and burned up in...
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From reaching for a cup of coffee to tying your shoelaces, gravity shapes nearly all human movement....
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A pioneer mission in astrometry – the measurement of the position, distance, motion, brightness, and color of...
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In October 2025, a storm brewed over the Caribbean Sea. Weather models differed on its trajectory. Would...
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It's hardly a "Great American Eclipse," but on Aug. 12, 2026, some parts of the North American...
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SpecificationsResolution: 2,073,600 counts/rev; 0.625 arc-secondSlewing speeds: 16x and 1200xPayload capacity: 8.8 lbs/4kgDovetail saddle: 45mm Vixen-styleControls: Power button...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 7: A lunar...
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The spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has struck the Moon, illustrating the hazard...
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A walk down the tarmac at the National Air and Space Museum of France is guaranteed to...
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Erich Hernandez-Baquero will take over military space acquisition; Roger Mason will lead the National Reconnaissance Office The...
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As usual, SpaceX is dreaming big.The company plans to build factories on the moon, using robots to...
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It looks like Starship's two-week-long ocean adventure won't have a happy ending.The SpaceX megarocket conducted its 13th...
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NASA just made an interstellar tweak to the Voyager 2 spacecraft, known as the "Big Bang", to...
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Homer Dávila Gutierrez, director of SKYCR.ORG, has identified a gravitational arc candidate in the galaxy cluster MACS...
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The FCC is turning to Space Bureau deputy chief Jennifer Gilsenan to keep its satellite regulatory overhaul...
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New evidence has come to light showing that the mysterious 'little red dots' discovered in the early...
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The origin of spin in spiral and elliptical galaxies has posed a long-standing puzzle for astronomers. One...