Astronomy
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How NASA Is Adapting Its Artemis Timeline as SpaceX Ramps Up Starship
As SpaceX accelerates its heavy-lift architecture, NASA navigates partnership shifts, astronaut recruitment, and the transition to commercial space…
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Invisible Massive Object in Distant Star System Challenges Dark Matter Theories
Astronomers detected a hidden 2.8‑solar‑mass object whose gravity hints at new physics, sparking fresh debate over dark matter’s…
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How Asteroid Mining Could Slash Platinum Prices and Upend Terrestrial Markets
An MIT simulation shows space-derived platinum could crash commodity markets by 75%, though major technological and economic hurdles…
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NASA Swift telescope reenters Earth’s atmosphere after 22-year mission
The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is falling to Earth after a failed orbit-boost attempt, prompting NASA to seek…
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Gas Above Martian Fissures Hints at Ongoing Volcanic Activity
New findings from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter suggest Mars may still be volcanically active, with implications for…
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Data and Figures: Size, Orbit, and Illumination Capabilities
WASHINGTON, July 15 — A mirror satellite with a diameter of approximately 20 meters is set to launch…
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The Lunar Gateway: NASA’s Planned Orbital Outpost Around the Moon
LONDON, July 13 — The Lunar Gateway, the small space station planned for orbit around the Moon, is…
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China’s Crewed Moon Landing Will Ride Two Long March 10 Rockets
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s push to land astronauts on the Moon by 2030 rests heavily on the…
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Space Surveillance Network Tracks Debris Larger Than 10cm in Low Earth Orbit
LONDON, July 14 — The U.S. Space Surveillance Network is the quiet workhorse behind every satellite collision warning…
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Endeavour’s Vertical Display Bridges NASA History and Private Spaceflight Era
California’s new vertical launch installation of Shuttle Endeavour transforms the retired orbiter into a bridge connecting historic government…
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Voyager 1’s Big Bang: Power Cuts, a 48-Hour Silence and One Light-Day
LOS ANGELES, July 9 — The two most distant human-made objects in the universe are about to fall…
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How Voyager 1’s Power System Works and Why NASA Is Rationing Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 5 — The shift is undeniable: extending the life of deep-space missions demands an incredible…
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Webb Telescope Catches a 12.5 Billion-Year-Old Supernova Just Days After It Erupted
The James Webb Space Telescope detects ancient explosions by using a massive gold-plated mirror and infrared sensors to…
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Faraday Factory HTS tape and Zenno Almighty Magnet launch to space
The world’s most powerful space-flown superconducting magnet launched aboard Starburst-1, powered by custom high-temperature superconductor tape.
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Crewed lunar launch complex nears readiness at Wenchang
WENCHANG, July 10 — China’s southernmost launch site, the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Hainan Island, has become…
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Japan’s H3 Rocket Evolves Into a Versatile Workhorse for Deep Space Exploration
With the debut of its long fairing, the H3 rocket is scaling up its capabilities to support complex…
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The Scheduled Fall of the Space Station and the Powers That Built It
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The International Space Station, a structure that has orbited the Earth continuously for over…
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Phobos Samples May Reveal If Mars Moons Are Captured Asteroids or Impact Debris
JAXA’s MMX mission aims to return soil from Phobos to determine if the Martian moons formed from a…
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Japan’s MMX Mission Takes Its Asteroid Experience to Phobos to Bring Soil Home
JAXA is applying lessons from its successful Hayabusa asteroid sample-return missions to execute the complex, first-of-its-kind Martian moon…
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One Light-Day From Home: Voyager 1 and the Edge of the Heliosphere
MANILA, July 9 — A boundary far beyond the orbit of Pluto is giving scientists a clearer picture…
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Vikram Sarabhai Built India’s Space Program and a String of Institutions
BENGALURU, July 17 — The Indian Space Research Organisation, founded by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in 1969, continues to…
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NASA Chief Says US and China Are Months Apart in Race to the Moon
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman does not hedge about China. Speaking on CBS’s Face the Nation on July 6,…
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SpaceX’s Starship Relies on Liquid Methane: Key Reasons Explained
ISLAMABAD, July 25 — The simple chemical compound methane, best known as the main ingredient of natural gas,…
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Space Race ignited Cold War rivalry with Sputnik and NASA’s rise
WASHINGTON, July 15 — The Cold War’s most visible contest for technological prestige, the Space Race, was fundamentally…
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