What could bears and space telescopes possibly have in common? Last month, both the Hubble Space…
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SpaceX reveals new sleek spacesuits ahead of upcoming historic mission
SpaceX has revealed its new Extravehicular Activity (EVA) suits that could make their low-Earth orbital debut…
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Why Venus is so dry
Despite being Earth’s sister planet in terms of size, Venus is pretty parched compared to our…
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China is en route to collect first-ever samples from the far side of the moon
China launched its uncrewed Chang’e-6 lunar spacecraft at 5:27 PM local time (5:27 PM EST) on…
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‘Lucy’s baby’ asteroid is only about 2 to 3 million years old
A newly discovered asteroid is a toddler–in space years. The moonlet circling the small asteroid Dinkinesh…
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NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. A critical NASA mission in the search for…
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Space Force finds a dead Cold War-era satellite missing for 25 years
The US Space Force located a tiny experimental satellite after it spent two-and-a–half decades missing in…
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China compiled the most detailed moon atlas ever mapped
If we want to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we need more detailed…
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Rare quadruple solar flare event captured by NASA
Earlier this week, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) recorded a rarely seen event—four nearly-simultaneous flare eruptions…
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NASA will unfurl a 860-square-foot solar sail from within a microwave-sized cube
NASA hitched a ride aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron Launcher in New Zealand yesterday evening, and is…
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Greetings, Earth! NASA can understand Voyager 1 again
For the first time since November 2023, NASA is receiving meaningful communication from its Voyager 1…
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Smooth lava lake on Jupiter’s moon sizzles in NASA aerial animations
NASA’s Juno mission scientists have used complex data collected during two flybys of Jupiter’s third largest…
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