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By Reilly SpaceX astronauts leaving the International Space Station on Sunday will be wearing diapers on the ride back to Earth due to a broken toilet on the company’s flagship …
Read MoreBy Calder NASA on Saturday launched a space probe named Lucy on a 12-year mission to explore Jupiter’s so-called Trojan asteroids and potentially find new clues of how the solar …
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By Feuer Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the agency’s decision to award a $2.9 billion moon lander contract to Elon Musk’s …
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By Natalie NASA’s history-making helicopter Ingenuity made its fastest and farthest flight on Mars ever on Sunday. The four-pound space chopper – which last week became the first controlled aircraft …
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By Jack Cell service could soon be out of this world. NASA has awarded Nokia a $14.1 million-dollar contract to bring astronauts the first cellular network on the moon, the …
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By Edwards NASA has given out some new grants for innovative space projects. Perhaps the wildest of the chosen projects is a plan to put a radio telescope on the …
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By Elina CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida. — After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can’t wait to dig into some …
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By Chris Even before its launch in 2021, researchers have discovered a new way to use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to look for signs of oxygen on distant …
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By Edwards Astronomers have spotted a galaxy in the distant universe that appears duplicated on the night sky at least 12 times. The unusual sight was captured using the NASA/ESA …
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By Chris Amateur astronomers in the Northern Hemisphere may be able to currently see Saturn, but NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has taken a series of images of the ringed planet …
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By Wehner The Hubble Space Telescope is really, really good at spotting distant objects in space, but it’s just as well-suited for catching a snapshot of planets that are a …
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By Garger A “city-killer” asteroid whizzed by Earth on Thursday, startling astronomers who didn’t pick up the rock’s trajectory until days before it passed the planet, according to a report. …
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By Carbone The powerful eruption of the Raikoke volcano was captured by astronauts on the International Space Station on Saturday. The amazing image, which shows a huge plume of smoke …
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By Chris Since first encountering the mysterious Ultima Thule earlier this year, NASA has made several discoveries about the ancient space object. Now, researchers from the government space agency have …
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By Bradford SpaceX successfully launched its new and improved Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Thursday for a paying customer — more than a year after sending up …
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By Mike Regardless of what your own personal idea of a dream job might be, you have to admit that being paid to lounge around in bed sounds pretty awesome …
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By Lisa E NASA rang in 2019 in stellar style by celebrating a successful excursion to the most distant world ever explored — some billion miles beyond Pluto. To a …
Read MoreA NASA spacecraft is preparing to rendezvous with the largest object in the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. The Dawn craft is on target to slip into orbit …
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