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Blue Origin will attempt a suborbital test of an uncrewed New Shepard rocket on Wednesday. You can watch the flight…
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Apr 13
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The latest round of NASA funding to boost the development of advanced concepts includes a space-based neutrino…
Apr 11
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Update: NASA says its first flight attempt will happen no earlier than Wednesday, April 14. Original article appears…
Apr 9
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Some 10,000 grand pianos’ worth of space dust lands on Earth each year, according to a new paper published in Earth…
Apr 8
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Yesterday, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passed by the asteroid Bennu for the last time, ending its…
Apr 8
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Apr 7
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New research documents the fastest-spinning brown dwarfs on record. The objects are rotating so rapidly that, should…
Apr 6
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Apr 6
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Well, we’ve seen better photos of Mars, but this one’s special in that it was taken by NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter.…
Apr 5
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The failed deorbiting of a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage late last month produced a spectacular light show over the…
Apr 4
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is one step closer to taking its first flight on Mars. On Saturday, the space agency anno…
Apr 2
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On August 30, 1995, 10-billion-year-old light from the early universe finally hit the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory,…
Apr 1
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Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have detected X-rays coming from Uranus, revealing a previously…
Apr 1
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A major milestone has been reached on Mars, as the Ingenuity helicopter—still attached to the belly of the…
Mar 30
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The newly landed Perseverance rover is understandably stealing much of the limelight these days, which means…
Mar 30
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New research suggests 2I/Borisov—the second known interstellar visitor to our solar system—had never previously…
Mar 30
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All eyes will be on the Boca Chica launch facility in Texas today as SpaceX attempts its next high-altitude test of…
Mar 29
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A newly detected auroral feature on Jupiter bears a striking resemblance to expanding smoke rings, in a discovery…
Mar 29
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Asteroid Apophis—one of the scariest rocks in the solar system—won’t pose a threat to Earth for at least another…
Mar 24
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A planetary scientist says subterranean water worlds are likely common in the galaxy and probably even better for…