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By Barrabi The space race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos is heating up, with Amazon unveiling plans to launch internet satellites that would directly compete with SpaceX’s “Starlink” service. …
Read MoreBy Elisa The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that …
Read MoreBy 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 Joel OTTAWA — For the first time in its 31-year history, the Canadian Space Agency will have a female president. The government announced Thursday that longtime public servant Lisa …
Read More By Joel OTTAWA — For the first time in its 31-year history, the Canadian Space Agency will have a female president. The government announced Thursday that longtime public servant Lisa …
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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 Galin CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in as little as two months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly …
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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 Gladen Boeing plans to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic, looking at possibilities beyond the space tourism company’s immediate goal of launching passengers on suborbital flights as early as …
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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 Rogers India has located its missing Vikram lander on the lunar surface after losing contact with the probe when it was in the final stage of an audacious moon …
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By Wehner Scientists have a pretty good handle on the life cycle of various stars. They know the types of stars that are likely to die in fiery supernova blasts …
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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 Amanda Woods JINCHANG, China – About 100 excited Chinese teenagers completed a five-hour tour of a space colony against a desolate backdrop not unlike the desert planet of Tatooine, …
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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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