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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A new era of astronomy is about to begin after NASA's newest flagship...
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Those little dust grains that fall to Earth during meteor showers or end up as part of...
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A new flagship observatory is about to launch to space and join the ranks of its powerful...
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The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, launched in 2004 to study gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), has vastly outlived its...
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Get a Grip! - New Technologies for Orbital Salvage - YouTube Watch On On Episode 225 of...
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August's "almost Blood Moon" partial lunar eclipse has come and gone, delighting stargazers with a gorgeous natural...
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On Aug. 29, 1965, two NASA astronauts returned from their record-breaking Gemini 5 mission.Astronauts Gordon Cooper and...
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SpaceX just took another step toward the highly anticipated next test flight of its Starship megarocket.The company...
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Nearly a decade ago, I found myself laughing alongside one of the most iconic women in astronomy....
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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch on an incredible adventure to help scientists...
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Welcome back to our series on Interstellar Travel, where we look at the many proposals made for...
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Since the dawn of human space exploration, astronauts, scientists, and engineers have examined the short- and long-term...
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A huge SpaceX rocket is just days away from launching NASA's next great observatory into space: the...
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The Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 130AZ is one of the best telescopes for beginner-to-intermediate stargazers who want...
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Stargazers have trigger words — total, bright, peak, maximum, best. But observing the sky is often more...
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