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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles Four space tourists who orbited the north…
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Perseverance rover witnesses one Martian dust devil eating another The six-wheeled explorer recently captured several red planet mini-twisters spinning on…
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NASA’s newly returned astronauts say they would fly on Boeing’s Starliner capsule again NASA’s celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni…
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When glaciers roamed Mars The surface of Mars is known for being an extremely cold, desiccated, and irradiated place. But…
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NEO surveyor instrument enclosure tested inside historic chamber for Apollo spacecraft testing The instrument enclosure of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor…
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Webb telescope sees galaxy in mysteriously clearing fog of early universe Astronomers have identified a bright hydrogen emission from a…
SAFE Structure to provide maintenance crane for Air Force One SAFE Structure Design has secured a contract from L3Harris Technologies…
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The Ethics of Spreading Life in the Cosmos We keep trying to extend our reach into the heavens, but the…
We’re one step closer to a giant interferometer on the moon What’s on and in a star? What happens in…
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Euclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields On 19 March 2025, the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission…
Chang’e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the…
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Suffused with causality Humans have a superpower that makes us uniquely capable of controlling the world: our ability to understand…
A Dyson swarm made of solar panels would make Earth uninhabitable, suggests study As civilizations become more and more advanced,…
Hubble sees a spiral and a star in the constellation Virgo This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling…
Latest dark energy survey data suggest possible variations in dark energy over time A new study using the Dark Energy…
Wolf-Rayet 104 ‘pinwheel’ star reveals a surprise (and some relief) A recent study reveals that the famous Wolf-Rayet 104 “pinwheel…
Cathay Pacific selects Trax for digital transformation of maintenance operations Trax has been chosen by Hong Kong’s home airline Cathay…
Deep Space and the Art of the Map NASA’s recently launched SPHEREx space telescope will map the entire celestial sky…
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know Barnard’s Star is…
NASA’s stuck astronauts welcome their newly arrived replacements to the space station Just over a day after blasting off, a…
Crew launch to ISS paves way for ‘stranded’ astronauts’ return Not long to go now: After more than nine months…
Atmospheric wave-studying mission releases data from first 3,000 orbits Following the 3,000th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard…
A time for action NASA science is under threat, and people are speaking up to defend it. Go to Source…
Ghosts among the philosophers Cambridge, home of analytic philosophy, was also a hotbed of psychical research. How did this spooky…
Weighing in on a Mars water debate: Analysis challenges previous findings More than 3 billion years ago, Mars intermittently had…
Understanding gamma rays in our universe through StarBurst, a small satellite instrument The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership…
Researchers develop glass sensors for the Einstein Telescope From 2035, the Einstein Telescope will be able to study gravitational waves…
Quantifying the Centauri Stream The timescales we talk about on Centauri Dreams always catch up with me in amusing ways….
Remember that asteroid that isn’t going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it Last year, astronomers…
IndiGo upgrades revenue management with Amadeus technology Indian airline IndiGo has partnered with Amadeus to enhance its revenue management system…
How humans can reinvent themselves to live on other worlds Let’s face it: Space is a hostile environment for humans….
Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon…
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Webb wows with incredible detail in actively forming star system High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space…
Good lunar morning Sunrise on the Moon kicks off Blue Ghost’s mission, including sampling lunar regolith with a technology supported…
The necessity of Nussbaum Martha Nussbaum’s philosophy is dynamic and challenging, but also elegant and lucidly written: she is the…
Runaway stars reveal hidden black hole in Milky Way’s nearest neighbor Astronomers have discovered strong evidence for the closest supermassive…
Astronomer finds gas giant exoplanets formed earlier than previously thought A fresh look at past data reveals that exoplanets with…
MWC Barcelona 2025: Maximizing 5G network value in the age of AI At MWC Barcelona 2025, Li Peng delivered a…
Webb reveals planet-forming disks can last longer than previously thought If there were such a thing as a photo album…
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Shaping the Sail: Metamaterials and the Manipulation of Light Experimenting on beamed energy and sailcraft is no easy matter, as…
Two lunar landings in a week for NASA’s private moon fleet More than fifty years passed between the last Apollo…
A new study reveals the structure of violent winds 1,300 light years away The planet WASP-121b is extreme. It’s a…
Mars time machine: Researchers create virtual model to decode red planet’s climate evolution Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will…
Color me impressed! Colors can provide all kinds of clues in our efforts to unravel the mysteries of the Cosmos….
The winter of civilisation Byung-Chul Han’s relentless critiques of digital capitalism reveal how this suffocating system creates hollowed-out lives –…
Designing a satellite to hunt small space debris A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government…
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Image: The Milky Way on the horizon NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration…
ANA places 77-aircraft order with Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer Japanese airline ANA has placed orders for 77 new aircraft with…
One of the most massive black holes in the universe lurks at the center of the Cosmic Horseshoe In 2007,…
Ernst Öpik and the Interstellar Idea Some names seem to carry a certain magic, at least when we’re young. I…
Split life cycle approach to settling the solar system Left: Artist impression of the inside of Kalpana One, a free…
Lunar Trailblazer blasts off to map water on the moon On Wednesday 26 February, a thermal imaging camera built by…
Do look up: How Earth can defend itself against asteroid There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable…
Elon Musk calls for deorbit of International Space Station as soon as possible Elon Musk’s latest space-related hammer throw is…
Proving resilience Two missions approach the Moon, NASA dodges layoffs, and an artist captures the spirit of resilience. Go to…
Chatbots of the dead We can now create compelling experiences of talking with our dead. Is this ghoulish, therapeutic or…
Musk in X spat with Danish astronaut over ‘abandoned’ ISS crew The world’s richest man Elon Musk got into a…
Odds plummet that asteroid will hit Earth in 2032 The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city…
60 years ago: Ranger 8 moon photos aid in Apollo site selection Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon,…
Sulfur may be a new tool for finding alien life Astronomers have identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in…
Pandora: Exoplanet Atmospheres via Smallsat I’ve been digging into NASA’s Small Spacecraft Strategic Plan out of continuing interest in missions…
How space data from Scotland is set to revolutionise financial services As the financial services sector grapples with numerous global…
Jupiter’s moon Callisto is very likely an ocean world More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar…
Rho Cas and its kin: Study provides new insights into the mysterious outbursts of yellow hypergiants A recent five-year study…
Release of Type Ia supernovae data may hold key to the history of the universe A unique dataset of Type…
Research sheds light on using multiple CubeSats for in-space servicing and repair missions As more satellites, telescopes, and other spacecraft…
Does planetary evolution favor human-like life? Study ups odds we’re not alone Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the…
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Beyond causality In order to bridge the yawning gulf between the humanities and the sciences we must turn to an…
