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Space Perspective completes 1st uncrewed balloon flight to the edge of Earth's atmosphere (video)
Space Perspective completed the first uncrewed test flight of its Spaceship Neptune Excelsior balloon ride to the edge of Earth's atmosphere, and expects crewed flights to begin next year.
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New image of China's secret space plane shows delta-wing design
Images captured by spacecraft tracker appear to show China's mysterious space plane sporting a delta-wing design.
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Orion spacecraft can shield Artemis astronauts from deep-space radiation, study shows
Data from NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission has provided valuable space radiation measurements, which validate spacecraft performance and will help guide deep-space human spaceflight.
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Boeing Starliner astronaut Suni Williams takes ISS command as 8-day mission turns into 8 months (video)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams did not expect to be taking command of the International Space Station when her eight-day Starliner Crew Flight Test launched in June. Now, the key to the station is hers.
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'Missing link' black hole lurks in strange binary system with red giant star
Astronomers have discovered a "missing link:" a tiny black hole lurking with a red giant star in a strange and difficult-to-explain binary system.
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SpaceX fishes Starship Super Heavy booster out of the sea (photo)
SpaceX has retrieved from the sea the first-stage booster that flew on its latest Starship test flight, which launched this past June.
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China launches 10 satellites on 2 rockets less than 6 hours apart (video)
China launched separate sets of Earth-observation and "Internet of Things" satellites into orbit on Friday (Sept. 20) on two different missions.
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X-rays from a nuclear explosion could redirect an asteroid
Scientists have found nuclear weapons could actually help deflect an incoming cosmic impact — not by blowing an asteroid up, but by showering it with X-ray radiation.
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is enroute to conduct 1st crater rim study at 'Dox Castle'
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover will soon arrive at its first stop during its arduous trek to the western edge of Jezero Crater.
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Astronauts, capsule for SpaceX's Crew-9 mission arrive at Florida launch site (photos)
The astronauts and Crew Dragon capsule that will fly SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the ISS have made it to Florida's Space Coast for their planned Sept. 26 liftoff.
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Astrophotographer captures the beauty of solar activity in stunning sun photo
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured an incredibly detailed timelapse of solar activity, revealing a roiling sun sprouting several massive loops of plasma.
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1st look: Marvel's 'Alien: Romulus' prequel comic solves a shocking mystery
A preview of Marvel Comics' "Alien: Romulus #1," a prequel that will be released in October.
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Equinox increases chances of geomagnetic storm from solar eruption this week
The sunspot AR3835 erupted on Sunday (Sept. 22) during Earth's equinox when even a glancing blow can cause a geomagnetic storm.
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China's astronauts conduct emergency drills and deploy payloads into space (video)
Life remains busy for the astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station, with a range of drills, maintenance and experiments to carry out.
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How dark energy could relieve 'Hubble tension' and galaxy headaches
The Hubble tension, a longstanding problem in cosmology, could potentially be relieved if early dark energy is taken into account.
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The largest Einstein Cross ever discovered dwells among a rare 'carousel' of galaxies
The largest Einstein Cross dwells among a rare arrangement of seven gravitationally lensed galaxies called the Carousel Lens located between 7 billion and 12 billion light-years from Earth.
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Soyuz MS-25 lands from ISS with NASA astronaut and record-setting cosmonauts (video)
Three crewmates have landed Earth after a record-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS) for two of them. For one, the 374 days has amounted to only a third of his total time in space.
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Astronomers catalog over 500 extremely powerful cosmic explosions
Astronomers have cataloged over 500 gamma-ray bursts, which are some of the most violent explosions in the cosmos.
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Massive radio survey reveals our universe's structure at the largest scales
New observations from the MeerKAT radio survey suggest our estimates of the cosmic dipole effect are actually in line with the large scale structure of the universe.
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International Space Station: Live updates
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
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