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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.
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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.
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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.'
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Thruster glitches and helium leaks can't stop Boeing's Starliner astronaut test flight — but why are they happening?

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 8:05pm
Boeing's Starliner Crew Flight Test faced down thruster glitches and helium leaks to reach the International Space Station on June 6. Why all the glitches and is NASA worried?
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The 'hole' on Mars making headlines could be crucial to Red Planet exploration

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 6:00pm
Similar craters are found on Earth and the Moon, and are the product of volcanic, tectonic or even fluvial activity.
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'Most unique tree here:' Artemis Moon Tree planted at US Capitol

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 2:59pm
Reid Wiseman felt a little jealous about the tree that he and his crewmates helped dedicate on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol. The NASA astronaut was, in a way, beaten to the moon by the sapling.
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Rocky, carbon-rich exoplanets more likely around tiny stars, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 2:00pm
Astronomers using the JWST have discovered tiny stars may be better suited at birthing small, rocky planets with atmospheres dominated by carbon.
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SpaceX's Starship 4th flight test looks epic in these stunning photos

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 12:59pm
SpaceX conducted the fourth flight test of its Starship megarocket on June 6, putting on quite the show for photographers gathered near its Starbase facility in Texas.
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Boeing's 1st Starliner to carry astronauts arrives at ISS despite thruster malfunction

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 12:36pm
Boeing's Starliner capsule arrived at the ISS on its second try today (June 6), overcoming a problem with several of its reaction-control system thrusters.
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New moon of June 2024 tonight lets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter shine

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 11:59am
The dark skies of the new moon of June 2024 will allow some of the naked eye planets to stand out late in the night after midnight.
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Everything we know about 'Destiny 2: The Final Shape'

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 11:00am
The Light and Darkness saga of Destiny 2, which contains the first ten years of Destiny, is ending with The Final Shape. This is everything we know about it.
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SpaceX Starship launches on nail-biting 4th test flight of world's most powerful rocket (video, photos)

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 10:14am
SpaceX launched its giant Starship rocket for the fourth time ever this morning (June 6) in a dramatic and nail-biting liftoff.
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