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On Aug. 3, 2004, NASA launched the MESSENGER spacecraft on a historic first mission to orbit the...
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Is it possible for us to send a spaceship to Comet 3I/ATLAS to collect samples of its...
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Mention that a total solar eclipse is coming, and almost nobody will say, "Wow, we get to...
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David Fabricius was born in modern-day Germany in 1564. He became a Lutheran pastor, but maintained a...
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Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space will build a replacement military communications satellite for Spain...
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Astronomers have used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to observe the violent outflow of material from a...
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Spotting scopes are typically used by birders and for hunting, but under a dark sky, the Nocs...
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Martin Halliwell is a Partner at NewSpace Capital, one of the world's first private equity firms devoted...
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Damian Peach from Hampshire, U.K. Favorable libration briefly tilts the Moon’s southwestern limb into view in this...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 2: Mercury at...
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Microsoft and Xbox are currently facing all sorts of troubles (many of their own doing) in the...
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A cutting-edge hypersonic vehicle just hit a big flight milestone.Stratolaunch's reusable, autonomous Talon-A craft now has more...
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On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David...
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Visible in Scotland, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 2, 1133, featured nearly 4½ minutes of totality....
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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...