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NASA rocket to see sizzling edge of star-forming supernova A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand…
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Galactic ghouls and vampire stars Space can be a scary place! But fear not — it’s all still fascinating. Go…
The mystic art of gardening In an era of 20th-century suburban sprawl, the great designer Russell Page infused soulful philosophy…
New research sheds light on early galaxy formation Researchers have developed a new computer simulation of the early universe that…
How to prepare for a trip to space Aleksandra Stankovic is an aerospace psychologist and spaceflight biomedical researcher who studies…
Chaotic jumble of merging spiral galaxies hints at possible fate of Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies The swirling arms of…
To Build an Interstellar Radio Bridge I sometimes imagine Claudio Maccone having a particularly vivid dream, a bright star surrounded…
How NASA Is protecting Europa Clipper from space radiation To explore the mysterious ice-encrusted moon Europa, the mission will need…
Astronomers carry out largest ever cosmological computer simulation An international team of astronomers has carried out what is believed to…
VoltAero’s Cassio receives French Institute of Design award Electric-hybrid aircraft family recognized with the 2023 Janus Label of Excellence. Go…
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India conducts space flight test ahead of planned mission to take astronauts into space in 2025 India successfully carried out…
NASA’s Voyager team focuses on software patch, thrusters Engineers for NASA’s Voyager mission are taking steps to help make sure…
Behold, the moon(s)! With International Observe the Moon Night coming up, there are many moons worth checking out. Go to…
Wrestling with relativism Bernard Williams argued that one’s ethics is shaped by culture and history. But that doesn’t mean that…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft preparing for its first asteroid flyby NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is preparing for its first close-up look at…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft preparing for its first asteroid flyby NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is preparing for its first close-up look at…
New map of space precisely measures nearly 400,000 nearby galaxies Astronomers have created a detailed atlas of almost 400,000 galaxies…
Galactic Civilizations: Does N=1? I don’t suppose that Frank Drake intended his famous Drake Equation to be anything more than…
SpaceX launch today would equal Space Coast record for the year A planned SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force…
Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity’s path to the stars The Space Age…
Osiris-Rex: NASA reveals evidence of water and carbon in sample delivered to Earth from an asteroid On September 24 this…
Dassault Aviation exhibits at NBAA-BACE 2023 convention Will showcase 2000LXS twin and the Falcon 8X at Henderson Executive Airport, Las…
‘Ring of fire’ eclipse moves across the Americas, bringing with it cheers and shouts of joy First came the darkening…
A comprehensive blueprint for the settlement of Mars Throughout the 20th century, multiple proposals have been made for the crewed…
Syzygy + apogee = majesty An annular solar eclipse is about to wow the world, and there’s plenty more to…
People not professionals Training individuals to support one another through difficult times is a profound step forward in our mental…
Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world For the first time ever, a NASA probe is…
NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid It’s a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be…
Huge rocket motors arrive at Los Angeles museum for space shuttle Endeavour display Two giant rocket motors required to display…
The Realities of Interstellar Hibernation Larry Niven played around with an interesting form of suspended animation in his 1966 Ballantine…
5 things to know about NASA’s deep space optical communications Slated to launch on Oct. 12 with the Psyche mission,…
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BETA Technologies picks Garmin for its all-electric aircraft G3000 integrated flight deck chosen for CX300 electric fixed-wing aircraft and A250…
Saving Mt. Wilson Observatory: Inside the long battle to maintain the spot where we found our place in the universe…
Spain’s first private rocket successfully lifts off A Spanish company launched the country’s first private rocket on Saturday in a…
Amazon’s challenge to Musk’s Starlink to have first launch Amazon is set to launch two satellites on Friday, in its…
Cosmic cocktail hour Jupiter looks fit for a martini, and Carl Sagan pairs well with a cosmopolitan. Find out why,…
Uncertain contact The detection of alien life won’t be obvious. It’ll be partial and inconclusive: a perfect task for the…
Hubble captures starry Cetus constellation galaxy New and old stars alike twinkle in the dusty spiral arms of NGC 1087….
6 things to know about NASA’s asteroid-exploring Psyche mission The first-ever mission to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche aims to…
Space needs better ‘parking spots’ to stay usable, and an engineer is finding them Any mission headed to space needs…
Crafting the Interstellar Sail at Delft Breakthrough Starshot’s concept for a flyby of Alpha Centauri would reach its destination in…
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SpaceX launches 69th orbital flight of the year with Canaveral liftoff A SpaceX Falcon 9 took off for the 39th…
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Indian spacecraft heads towards center of solar system India’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has crossed a landmark point on its journey to…
NASA’s Perseverance captures dust-filled Martian whirlwind The lower portion of a Martian dust devil was captured moving along the western…
Testing, testing, testing: How researchers make sure the LSST Camera is the best it can be Building the world’s largest…
With an eye to the future Mars Sample Return’s future depends on what we do now. NIAC’s projects are very…
The ends of knowledge Academics need to think harder about the purpose of their disciplines and whether some of those…
DECam captures the stunning layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 and nearby gravitational lensing Much like humans, galaxies are shaped…
Ethics rules needed for human research on commercial spaceflights, panel says New guidelines are needed to assure that research on…
Study pinpoints which areas of New York City are sinking, rising Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are…
Interstellar Sails: A New Analysis of Aerographite A material called aerographite offers options for solar sails that transcend the capabilities…
NASA’s Chandra rewinds story of great eruption of the 1840s Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA’s Chandra X-ray…
Historic wind tunnel facility testing NASA’s Mars ascent vehicle rocket The MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) team recently completed wind tunnel…
Lockheed Martin, University of Iowa demonstrate AI-commanded mission Artificial intelligence aids autonomous uncrewed aerial systems to coordinate with crewed tactical…
NASA’s first asteroid samples land on Earth after release from spacecraft NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted…
Largest asteroid sample ever collected is coming down to Earth Chunks of asteroid that could tell us about the earliest…
Opinion: As space exploration and colonization expand, off-Earth resources will create a booming market The drive to explore deeper into…
Equinox and equilux Celebrate today’s equinox, but be sure to check when your location’s equilux takes place. And there’s lots…
Dream of the Russian tropics Imperial Russia had little access to the bountiful tropics that other empires enjoyed. So it…
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NASA team simulates a glimpse of our galaxy in gravitational waves Astronomers using simulated data have produced a glimpse of…
A Fusion Drive Using Centrifugal Mirror Technologies I want to drop back to fusion propulsion at this point, as it…
Venus on Earth: NASA’s VERITAS science team studies volcanic Iceland With its crushing atmospheric pressure, clouds of sulfuric acid, and…
Progress on automated deployment of lunar habitats Automated deployment sequence of a prototype lunar habitat floor plate structure using a…
If astronomers see these chemicals in a planet’s atmosphere, there’s likely an advanced civilization there In an age of ever-growing…
Lahooti ‘Devotion can help guide you to any destination.’ This cinematic short follows the 200 km Sufi pilgrimage through southern…
Honeywell, NREL partner on UAS hydrogen fuel storage Year-long collaboration to prototype, support commercialization of cartridge-based hydrogen fuel storage. Go…
NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs—but reflecting the stigma…
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about CO2 and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world Are we…
One American, two Russians blast off in Russian capsule to International Space Station One American and two Russians blasted off…
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Webb snaps supersonic outflow of young star NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a high-resolution look at Herbig-Haro 211…
Mini space thruster that runs on water This tiny fingernail-length space thruster chip runs on the greenest propellant of all:…
Primary instrument for NASA’s Roman completed, begins tests A team of engineers and technicians at Ball Aerospace, one of the…
Reflections on Breakthrough Starshot If we’re going to get to the stars, the path along the way has to go…
New Saturn images show a change of seasons and a last glimpse of its huge, warm polar vortex While the…
Hermle USA 5-Axis Summit – Oct 3-5, 2023 The first bi-annual 5-Axis Summit, showcasing the future of 5-axis machining and…
Probing rare hot plasma flows in the upper atmosphere Near Earth’s poles, observers of the night sky often behold aurorae,…
We are not empty The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science….
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Predicting optimal personality profiles for a sustainable Mars settlement using Agent-Based Modeling Artist concept of a Mars settlement serviced by…
