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A Hong Kong astronaut will join a Chinese space mission for the first time as part of...
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SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 22: Busy moons...
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SpaceX scrubbed the planned launch of its Starship-Super Heavy rocket on the Flight 12 mission on May...
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SpaceX’s first Starship Version 3 rocket takes off from Pad 2 at Starbase during the Flight 12...
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You’re on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you’ve been tasked with establishing the first self-sustaining...
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SpaceX’s next-generation Starship V3 rocket got off to a glorious start for its first test flight, and...
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No dust, no way to cool a collapsing gas cloud. No way to cool it, no stars....
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SpaceX's Starship V3, the most powerful rocket ever built, just roared off its launch pad in a...
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NASA’S Juno spacecraft images Jupiter’s tiny moon of Thebe in a recent close approach.
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When the solar system formed, a disk of gas and dust orbited the young sun. Over the...
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Expert tester Jase Parnell-Brookes rated the Nikon 12x25 Binoculars with a flawless review and was impressed with...
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Planetary nebula are created when a dying star sheds it outer layers. The gas is lit up...
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"The spacesuits are like real spacesuits! They're so complicated and much heavier than you'd ever expect."
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A collaborative research team has revealed the long-overlooked carbon storage potential of coral reef ecosystems and how...
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will attempt another launch of its mammoth Starship rocket Friday, after the previous evening’s...
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A sharp-eyed satellite captured an amazing photo of SpaceX's first Starship V3 megarocket on the pad Thursday...
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Life on Earth relies on energy from astrophysical sources. But what if the astrophysical source isn’t a...
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Long before the full moon rises, shifting sunlight transforms the lunar surface into one of the sky's...
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This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.