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Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut flight test for NASA could launch as soon as May 1
Boeing Starliner is ready to carry its first astronaut crew to the International Space Station. Two NASA astronauts will fly on the new spacecraft for a one-week mission in May.
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NASA's latest 'Curious Universe' podcast showcases our life-giving star
A preview of NASA's new "Curious Universe" podcast episode, "The Sun, Our Star."
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NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations
NASA has shut down its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but don't panic; this is only a temporary pause for the space telescope that has served the space agency since 2004.
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Hubble Space Telescope discovers 'failed stars' are bad at relationships too
Using the Hubble astronomers found that "failed star" brown dwarfs struggle to maintain relationships as passing stars disrupt them like the cosmic equivalent of the distracted boyfriend meme.
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Astronomers call for radio silence on the far side of the moon
There's a growing and passionate call for preserving radio silence on the far side of the moon in order to protect the possibility of conducting valuable radio astronomy.
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Dying SpaceX rocket creates glowing, galaxy-like spiral in the middle of the Northern Lights
A large swirl of white light that temporarily outshone vibrant auroras in the Arctic last week was triggered by the death throes of a SpaceX rocket that deployed more than 50 satellites into space.
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Historical incidents of viewing total eclipses near the edge of totality
As we prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse on April 8, we take a look at some famous incidents of viewing total eclipses near the edge of totality.
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Stunning light shows on Uranus and Saturn may soon draw James Webb Space Telescope's eye
The James Webb Space Telescope will soon investigate stunning light shows from Uranus and Saturn as two projects look at the auroras of these planets to discover the processes that make them tick.
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Life after Ingenuity: How scientists hope to reach the skies of Mars once more
The concept for a flying, wing-heavy drone called MAGGIE could one day show us an entirely new perspective on Mars.
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NASA's DART mission hammered its target asteroid into a new shape. Here's how
When NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into the small asteroid Dimorphos in September of 2022, the impact's energy changed the asteroid’s trajectory and substantially altered its shape.
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How to build an environmental monitor to track air purity
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Russian Soyuz rocket suffers rare last-minute abort during launch of 3 astronauts to ISS (video)
A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts bound for the International Space Station experienced a rare abort on the launch pad on Thursday (March 21).
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How environmentally friendly is SpaceX's Starship?
SpaceX's Starship uses greener propellant than other rockets, but its environmental footprint could still be substantial if plans for hundreds of launches per year come to pass, experts warn.
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Netflix's '3 Body Problem' is an engrossing tale of a hostile alien invasion (review)
A review of the new alien invasion saga, "3 Body Problem," now streaming on Netflix.
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These ISO and CE certified solar eclipse glasses are currently 50% off on Amazon
Save 50% off these solar eclipse glasses by applying Amazon’s half-off coupon to the purchase and view the total solar eclipse on April 8 in safety.
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What is the most distant thing we can see?
To the unaided human eye, the night sky is resplendent with over 9,000 individual points of light, but that perspective covers only a bare fraction of the universe.
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SpaceX's Starship could fly again as soon as early May
SpaceX hopes to launch the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket just six weeks or so from now, according to the company's president and COO.
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China launches satellite to support future moon missions (video)
China launched a relay satellite towards the moon atop a Long March 8 rocket this week after a previous launch this month failed to reach lunar orbit.
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1 in 12 stars might have swallowed a planet
A new study suggests that stars may chomp on planets way more often than you'd expect.
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Whee! Zip down from the launch tower in SpaceX's new emergency-escape slide (video)
SpaceX has given us an astronaut's-eye view of the company's new emergency-escape slide in action at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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