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Troubled balloon-tourism pioneer Space Perspective bought by Spanish company
The European company Eos X Space has acquired Space Perspective, one its key rivals in the nascent field of stratospheric balloon tourism. Florida-based Space Perspective has been developing a luxury
Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large
Is the 3rd interstellar visitor – 3I/ATLAS – an alien probe?
Comet 3I/ATLAS imaged by the Gemini North telescope. It reveals the comet’s compact coma. That’s the cloud of gas and dust surrounding its icy nucleus. But what if – as
Extensive ancient rivers on Mars revealed in new study
View larger. | A fluvial sinuous ridge, or inverted channel, in Noachis Terra on Mars. A new study has identified over 9,300 miles (15,000 km) of these ancient rivers on
Star survives black hole, returns for another round
Artist’s concept of a supermassive black hole shredding and devouring a star in what’s known as a tidal disruption event. Astronomers have spotted a star that suffered this fate but
See Mars shine close to the waxing crescent moon after sunset on July 28
Heads up, stargazers! The waxing crescent moon will appear on the left shoulder of Mars in the hours following sunset on July 28 — close enough for both to fit
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A fifth planet has been detected within the habitable zone of a neighboring star, where conditions could perhaps support liquid water and potentially life. Located about 35 light-years from Earth,
GFAJ-1 grown on arsenic. — NASA Keith’s note: Science magazine is retracting a NASA paper they published 15 years ago – “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead
The structure and function of astronauts’ arteries appear to remain stable and free of disease for as long as five years after they’ve returned from the International Space Station (ISS),
Turin, Italy – July 24, 2025 – Tyvak International, a subsidiary of Terran Orbital, is proud to announce the successful launch of the 5G-LIDE (Live Demonstration) mission, which took place
LAS VEGAS — Lockheed Martin is examining options to offer the Orion spacecraft through commercial services, which could enable non-NASA uses of the crewed exploration spacecraft. To continue reading this
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers led by Abubakar Fadul from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has discovered complex organic molecules—including the first
Tantalizing evidence hints that dark energy might be evolving, leading some cosmologists to suggest that our universe will collapse in a “Big Crunch” sooner than expected. Over the past year,
Georgia State University’s Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA), a six-telescope interferometer, excels at studying stars. It’s been observing them for 20 years and has contributed to 276 published
On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers,
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