Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go upwards.

— Fred Hoyle

Astronomy

Watch Russia launch 2.8 tons of cargo toward the ISS today

Space.com - Thu, 09/11/2025 - 5:00am
Liftoff is scheduled for 11:54 a.m. ET today (Sept. 11).
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SpaceX buys $17 billion worth of satellite spectrum to beef up Starlink broadband service

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 3:00pm
SpaceX promises a step change in performance for cell phone users around the world.
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Scientists find evidence of flowing water on Ryugu’s ancient parent asteroid. 'It was a genuine surprise!'

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 12:00pm
"This forces us to rethink the starting conditions for our planet’s water system."
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Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational 'keyhole,' scientists say

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 11:00am
Depending on where you smack a planet-threatening asteroid, it might ricochet back to Earth.
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Gravitational wave detector confirms theories of Einstein and Hawking: 'This is the clearest view yet of the nature of black holes'

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 10:00am
"GW250114 is the loudest gravitational wave event we have detected to date; it was like a whisper becoming a shout."
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Did NASA's Perseverance Mars rover find evidence of ancient Red Planet life? The plot thickens

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 10:00am
"There is no evidence of microbes on Mars today, but if any had been present on ancient Mars, they too might have reduced sulfate minerals to form sulfides in such a lake at Jezero crater."
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SpaceX launches 1st 21 satellites for advanced new US military constellation

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 9:29am
The "Tranche 1 Transport Layer" network will eventually consists of 126 satellites in low Earth orbit.
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Working on a 39-foot telescope dish | Space photo of the day for Sept. 10, 2025

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 7:00am
Chile is a hotspot for telescopes peering up into deep space to study structures like stars, black holes, dark matter and galaxies.
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The weird ringed dwarf planet Quaoar may have an extra moon, astronomers discover

Space.com - Wed, 09/10/2025 - 5:00am
"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar."
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SpaceX targets Sept. 23 for launch of NASA's IMAP mission to map the boundaries of our solar system

Space.com - Tue, 09/09/2025 - 5:00pm
IMAP data "will help us better understand the fundamental physics of the heliosphere."
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Astronomers discover repeating gamma-ray burst 'unlike anything we have ever witnessed before' (video)

Space.com - Tue, 09/09/2025 - 4:00pm
"If this is a massive star, it is a collapse unlike anything we have ever witnessed before."
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'Artificial super astronauts': How AI and robotics could help humanity settle Mars

Space.com - Tue, 09/09/2025 - 1:00pm
"I think humans will still go to space and explore Mars and beyond, but we will be in interesting company."
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NASA to reveal new Perseverance Mars rover discovery tomorrow: How to watch live

Space.com - Tue, 09/09/2025 - 11:26am
It concerns a sample called Sapphire Canyon, which has previously been described as "mysterious."
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Ready for the next 'Oumuamua? Launching flyby missions to visiting interstellar comets is 'feasible and affordable,' study says

Space.com - Tue, 09/09/2025 - 5:00am
"The trajectory of 3I/ATLAS is within the interceptable range of the mission we designed."
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SpaceX test fires next Super Heavy booster for Starship's 11th upcoming launch (video)

Space.com - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 2:00pm
The company is hoping to keep their momentum.
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US Congress is holding a UFO hearing today about 'restoring public trust.' Here's how to watch live

Space.com - Mon, 09/08/2025 - 11:00am
"The American people deserve maximum transparency from the federal government on sightings, acquisitions and examinations of UAPs and whether they pose a potential threat to Americans' safety."
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from California (video)

Space.com - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 1:32pm
Liftoff occurred at 2:06 p.m. EDT on Saturday (Sept. 6).
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Sorry, Starlink: JetBlue becomes 1st airline to pick Amazon's Project Kuiper satellites for in-flight Wi-Fi

Space.com - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 4:00pm
JetBlue planes will start using Project Kuiper satellite Wi-Fi in 2027.
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Astronauts get a welcome boost from a SpaceX Dragon | On the International Space Station Sept. 1-5, 2025

Space.com - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 3:29pm
A SpaceX cargo craft showed its ability to keep the ISS flying high.
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites, lands Falcon rocket for 500th time (video)

Space.com - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 7:56am
Liftoff occurred at 8:32 a.m. EDT on Friday (Sept. 5).
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