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It is time to take astronomy off Earth
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Software startup Integrate makes push into defense market following Space Force award
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Launch companies debate how to compete against SpaceX
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New clues to how giant galaxies formed in the early universe
https://earthsky.org/upl/2026/02/giant-galaxy-early-universe_sulzenauer2026-Max-Planck-Inst-for-Radio-Astro.webm Watch a video explaining how giant galaxies in the early universe might have formed. Video via Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy. EarthSky’s 2026 lunar calendar shows the moon
Vulcan suffers solid rocket booster problem during USSF-87 launch
An anomalous plume is visible from one of the Vulcan’s solid rocket motors during the launch of the USSF-87 mission on Feb. 12, 2026. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. United Launch
ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. Space Force mission to geosynchronous orbit
WASHINGTON — A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket lifted off early Feb. 12 on a multi-manifest national security mission, sending payloads directly to geosynchronous orbit more than 22,000 miles
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In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year
In 2025, more than 322,000 civil servants left jobs voluntarily or were dismissed out of a workforce of roughly 2.4 million. The 13% drop in staffing is the largest single-year
A study led by the Center for Astrobiology (CAB), CSIC-INTA, using modeling techniques developed at the University of Oxford, has uncovered an unprecedented richness of small organic molecules in the
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan booster is offloaded from the company’s R/S RocketShip barge at a dock at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This will be the first Vulcan
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice. The agency announced Feb. 5
Sometimes humans get ahead of ourselves. We embark on grand engineering experiments without really understanding what the long-term implications of such projects are. Climate change itself it a perfect example
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View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Greg Johnson captured this image on March 22, 2025, from Washington and wrote: “Fireball captured on my SkunkBayWeather “Night” webcam.” Thank you, Greg! Spring
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