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Astronomers have discovered a hungry baby planet gobbling up material around an infant star located around 430 light-years from Earth. The planet has been given the suitably cute name WISPIT
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands at pad 39A for its planned launch with 21 Starlink satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. SpaceX second Starlink launch in 24 hours will see
Academy Award-winning “Star Wars” legend Roger Christian, mostly known for his detailed, “lived-in” universe production designs he created for George Lucas’s seminal space opera, is a true cinematic artist whose
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WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and European Commission have selected Avio and Isar Aerospace to launch the first missions of an initiative to support technology development and Europe’s launch
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A space capsule included on a recent SpaceX launch almost survived its decent back to Earth, so The Exploration Company is deeming their mission a “partial success”. A SpaceX Falcon
A dramatic fireball burst to life over New York earlier this week, illuminating the night sky in a fiery display before appearing to fragment and dim beyond detection, leaving a
WASHINGTON — An agreement between the United States and Sweden brings Firefly Aerospace one step closer to launching its Alpha rocket from a Swedish spaceport. The two countries signed a
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA Ames research scientist Kristina Pistone monitors instrument data while onboard the Twin Otter aircraft, flying over Monterey Bay
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) An antenna sticks out like whiskers from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in this artist’s concept of the spacecraft, which
Unsettled geomagnetic activity triggered by high-speed solar winds could spark northern lights over parts of the U.S. tonight (June 26–27), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather
An ordinarily dim star is making a brilliant appearance in the night sky after unleashing a powerful nova explosion, which has rendered it visible to the naked eye. The nova
When two stars orbit one another in such a way that one blocks the other’s light each time it swings around, that’s an eclipsing binary. A new paper from NASA’s
Artist’s concept of Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein. Astronomers have spotted the mega comet shooting out jets of carbon monoxide as it barrels toward the sun. Image via NSF/ AUI/ NSF NRAO/ M.
