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What is the 3-body problem, and is it really unsolvable?

Sun, 06/09/2024 - 9:00am
The three-body problem is a physics conundrum that has boggled scientists since Isaac Newton's day. But what is it, why is it so hard to solve and is the sci-fi series of the same name really possible?
Categories: Astronomy

Astronauts test SpaceX Starship hardware and spacesuits for Artemis 3 moon mission (photos)

Sun, 06/09/2024 - 8:00am
Two astronauts performed tests inside full-scale mock ups of SpaceX’s Starship Human Landing System to test spacesuits and other hardware for NASA's Artemis 3 moon mission.
Categories: Astronomy

'Stellar Dreams' project gifting 100 telescopes to 100 families (exclusive)

Sun, 06/09/2024 - 6:00am
An interview with Raven Baxter and NASA's Ronald Gamble about the Stellar Dreams Project, which will give 100 telescopes to 100 families.
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At long last: Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket set to debut on July 9

Sat, 06/08/2024 - 10:00am
Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series of delays.
Categories: Astronomy

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 114 —Starliners & Starships

Sat, 06/08/2024 - 9:07am
On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing's Starliner and SpaceX's Starship.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory

Sat, 06/08/2024 - 9:00am
During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Building one megarocket a day at its new Starfactory.
Categories: Astronomy

Arrokoth the 'space snowman' probably tastes like sweet soap

Sat, 06/08/2024 - 8:00am
Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet — and soapy.
Categories: Astronomy

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured 'Earthrise,' killed in plane crash

Sat, 06/08/2024 - 6:00am
Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 5:48pm
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten studies to try and find more affordable and quicker means of going about the project.
Categories: Astronomy

Virgin Galactic launches VSS Unity space plane on final suborbital spaceflight with crew of 6 (photos)

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 4:00pm
Virgin Galactic launched its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.
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SpaceX lands Falcon 9 rocket for 300th time (video)

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 3:30pm
SpaceX landed one of its Falcon 9 rockets for the 300th time tonight (June 7), notching the milestone during a Starlink satellite launch.
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Jupiter's raging gas cyclones may actually mirror Earth's oceans. Here's how

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 3:00pm
Jupiter and Earth's oceans have more in common than you might think.
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Why is Neptune's magnetic field so weird? An exotic molecule may be the answer

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 2:00pm
An exotic molecule stabilized by intense pressure found in the icy depths of Neptune and Uranus could help explain a long-standing mystery.
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US military test launches 2 unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles in 2 days

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 1:00pm
The United States Air Force and U.S. Space Force conducted two routine test launches of unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles this week from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
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Doctor Who 'Dot and Bubble': Why are space slugs eating influencers in Finetime?

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 12:00pm
In the fifth episode of "Doctor Who," called"'Dot and Bubble," a city has been invaded by giant, human-eating space slugs, and they seem to have a plan.
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South Korea creates new KASA space agency, sets sights on the moon and Mars

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 11:06am
South Korea has announced the creation of a new space agency and is aiming to land its own spacecraft on the moon and Mars in the coming decades.
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Scientists find slowest spinning 'radio neutron star' — it breaks all the dead-star rules

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 10:00am
Taking almost a full hour to rotate rather than fractions of a second, ASKAP J1935+2148 is the slowest spinning radio-blasting neutron star ever seen.
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'Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 9:00am
Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.
Categories: Astronomy

Massive 'El Gordo' galaxy cluster suggests dark matter smashes into itself

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 8:00am
El Gordo is a massive collection of colliding galaxies 7 billion light-years away. Its odd behavior could suggest dark matter interacts with itself.
Categories: Astronomy

A billionaire wanted to save the Hubble Telescope — here's why NASA politely declined

Fri, 06/07/2024 - 6:00am
Billionaire Jared Isaacman wanted to conduct a private Hubble Telescope reboost mission. NASA says 'not yet.'
Categories: Astronomy