Apr 28
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Crackling away on a cosmic scale, small flares in the solar corona have been a matter of intrigue for researchers,…
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Apr 28
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A remarkable image taken this past Sunday by the Ingenuity helicopter is providing one of the most unique views of a…
Apr 27
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Last week, NASA selected Elon Musk’s SpaceX over two other contenders to build the upcoming Artemis lunar lander.…
Apr 26
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Four years in the making, a pragmatic mission concept for an interstellar probe would go beyond the Voyager…
Apr 26
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Update 4/26/21 2:09 p.m. ET: According to a statement from U.S. Space Command, as obtained by the AP, the near…
Apr 25
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It goes without saying that NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has delighted the world in recent weeks, and it’s not…
Apr 25
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On Sunday, Ingenuity demonstrated once again that it was the little Mars helicopter that could. NASA reported that…
Apr 23
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On this, the 31st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope’s launch, astronomers with NASA and ESA have released a…
Apr 23
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Proxima Centauri—the nearest star to our own—has produced one of the most powerful flares on record. The observation…
Apr 22
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Early Friday morning, NASA will attempt to launch a CrewDragon to the International Space Station. The occasion will…
Apr 22
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A team of researchers recently took a close look at an ancient meteorite and determined that it contained carbon…
Apr 22
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has captured much of the world’s attention, but an amazing new experiment, in which the…
Apr 22
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Following up on its first gravity-defying achievement on Mars, the helicopter Ingenuity took flight again this…
Apr 21
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In May 2019, astronomers witnessed a bright flare coming from the center of our galaxy. The event was caused by…
Apr 19
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Apr 19
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A band of dust that follows Venus along its entire orbital path has finally been viewed in full, thanks to a series…
Apr 19
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter just took its first flight on Mars. It’s the first powered, controlled flight on another…
Apr 17
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Update: It looks like today is the day. From what we know, at 3:30 a.m. ET, NASA attempted the first controlled…
Apr 16
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SpaceX has won a lucrative NASA contract to build the first lunar lander since the Apollo program. The announcement…
Apr 16
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