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NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00pm
NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.
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Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 4:00pm
Scientists turned into cosmic crime scene investigators to reconstruct the impact that sent Earth's "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa rocketing from the lunar surface millions of years ago.
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Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 3:00pm
A preview of Fortnite's new free-to-play "Lunar Horizons" mission experience on the moon.
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NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:59pm
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are in quarantine at agency facilities before the 1st Boeing Starliner launch. They are expected to fly on May 6.
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Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:00pm
Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's ambitious plans for the future, which include a private life-hunting mission to Venus.
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Watch 4 solar flares erupt from the sun at nearly the same time in extremely rare event (video)

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:08am
The quadruple eruption was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:21am
Slovenia signed NASA's Artemis Accords on April 19, becoming the 39th country to affirm their cooperation in future space endeavors to the moon and beyond.
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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:05am
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
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ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:00am
The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.
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Watch the Full Pink Moon 2024 bloom in the night sky tonight

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 9:00am
The Full Pink Moon of April 2024 steals the show tonight as it crosses the nighttime sky from dusk until dawn.
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Watch Rocket Lab launch new NASA solar sail tech to orbit today

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
Rocket Lab will launch a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23), and you can watch it live.
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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this evening

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send 23 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward today (April 23), if all goes according to plan.
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Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 6:00am
How Pluto's Sputnik Planitia formed remains unknown, but researchers have imagined a body about the size of Switzerland crashing into Pluto at a shallow angle.
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Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 5:00pm
Astronomers have mapped a 20,000-light-year-long fountain of gas blasting from a nearby galaxy and polluting intergalactic space at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.
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India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 4:00pm
India has announced its intent to join the global effort to reduce space debris in low Earth orbit.
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Scientists use AI to reconstruct energetic flare blasted from Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 3:00pm
Combining AI and observations of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, scientists have reconstructed a 3D video of Sagittarius A* and its environment.
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Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 2:30pm
To commemorate Earth Day, enjoy these 12 NOAA satellite images that showcase the different ways this critical technology helps scientists keep an eye on our planet.
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NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home after 5 months of no contact

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 1:33pm
On Saturday, April 5, Voyager 1 finally "phoned home" and updated its NASA operating team about its health. The interstellar explorer is back in touch after five months of sending back nonsense data.
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Satellites watch as 4th global coral bleaching event unfolds (image)

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 1:00pm
Satellites are tracking in real time as multiple major coral reefs around the world get paler due to warming sea temperatures in the fourth-ever global bleaching event.
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New trailer for 'Star Wars Outlaws' video game proclaims a golden age for the underworld (video)

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 12:00pm
A new story trailer has dropped for Ubisoft's new "Star Wars Outlaws" video game.
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