Advanced Orbital Constellations for Solar Storm Defense

Astrobitica May 31, 2025

Solar storms have the potential to cause catastrophic damage. One that occurred around the end of October...

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Watch a brilliant ‘fireball’ meteor explode over China on May 28 (video)

Astrobitica May 31, 2025

It was likely a sporadic meteor unrelated to any major shower.

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Venus is at its farthest from the sun on June 1: Here’s how to see the bright ‘morning star’ this weekend

Astrobitica May 31, 2025

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and...

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 163 — The Trials of Starship

Astrobitica May 31, 2025

On Episode 163 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss Starship's recent test...

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Saturday Citations: Wages vs. welfare; origins of teeth; a search for primordial black holes

Astrobitica May 31, 2025

A new study of the Gobi Wall in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia reveals a multifunctional...

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Advancing Deep Space Travel with Nuclear Propulsion

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specifically to the outer planets like Jupiter, Saturn,...

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The Sky Today on Saturday, May 31: Venus at greatest western elongation

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Venus reaches its greatest western elongation (46°) from the Sun at midnight EDT. Earth’s sister planet is...

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Trump’s 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

The Trump administration's 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the...

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NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

NASA released more details about its proposed fiscal year 2026 budget May 30, canceling dozens of science...

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Blue Origin boss: Government should forget launch and focus on “exotic” missions

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Eighteen months after leaving his job as a vice president at Amazon to take over as Blue...

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Testing a robot that could drill into Europa and Enceladus

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Europa and Enceladus are two ocean moons that scientists have concluded have liquid water oceans underneath their...

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When Earth fails, space responds 

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

On April 28, Spain experienced one of the most extensive power outages in recent memory. Millions of...

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Skepticism lingers about cost and business case for IRIS²

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Despite a surge of interest in Europe in establishing autonomy in space systems, there remains skepticism that...

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SpaceX launches latest GPS III satellite for U.S. military

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

GPS III SV-08, built by Lockheed Martin, is the eighth of 10 GPS III spacecraft. The post...

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We Need to be Looking for Life in “Continuous” Habitable Zones

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to searching for those in their...

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Strange Object is Releasing Regular Blasts of Both X-Rays and Radio Waves

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Just when astronomers think they’re starting to understand stellar activity, something strange grabs their attention. That’s the...

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June’s Full Moon is the Southernmost for a Generation

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Not all Full Moons are created the same. Follow the familiar Moon long enough, and you’ll notice...

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‘Cosmic miracle!’ James Webb Space Telescope discovers the earliest galaxy ever seen

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

The James Webb Space Telescope has done it again, discovering the "mother of all early galaxies," a...

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Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

ESA is preparing a mission to study and land on asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with...

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Why is the European Space Agency beaming a waltz at NASA’s Voyager 1 probe this weekend?

Astrobitica May 30, 2025

Saturday's celestial concert salutes ESA's 50th anniversary and 200th birthday of Johann Strauss II.

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