China plans to complete a geological map covering the entire surface of Mars by the end of 2028, as Beijing prepares for its next major Martian mission and expands its capabilities in
SpaceX is working with at least 21 banks on its blockbuster initial public offering, codenamed Project Apex, according to people familiar with the matter, Reuters reports. The offering, expected in June, is
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NASA is on the cusp of history once again. Fifty-four years after humans last traveled beyond low Earth orbit, the Artemis 2 mission is preparing to send astronauts past the Moon, this
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On April 1, NASA is scheduled to launch its Artemis II mission, sending four astronauts on a roughly 10-day voyage around the moon—the deepest human spaceflight since Apollo 17 in 1972. The
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China has successfully tested a groundbreaking satellite refueling system in low Earth orbit, demonstrating capabilities that could transform space operations and commercial satellite servicing. The Hukeda-2, also known as Yuxing-3 06, carried
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The formation of our solar system’s rocky planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars—may have been far more complex than previously thought. For decades, scientists assumed that these planets coalesced from a single disc
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NASA has announced an ambitious $20 billion plan to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon, marking a historic step in space exploration. During a briefing on Tuesday, NASA Administrator Jared
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NASA is revising its Artemis moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing Co.’s Space Launch System (SLS) role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to carry astronauts to lunar orbit, according to people familiar with the
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Astronomers at the University of Oxford have announced the discovery of a planet so extreme it evokes visions of literal hell. Known only as L 98-59d, the world is cloaked in a
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For the first time, scientists have observed the creation of one of the universe’s most extreme objects — a dense, rapidly spinning magnetar with a magnetic field trillions of times stronger than
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In a milestone for space exploration and off-world agriculture, researchers in Texas have successfully grown chickpeas in simulated lunar soil for the first time. Using soil mixtures containing up to 75 percent
More SpaceX says it expects its flagship Starship rocket to be ready by mid-2027 to launch a new fleet of upgraded Starlink satellites, marking a pivotal step in the company’s commercial expansion and
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French container shipping group CMA CGM announced it will test Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite broadband network alongside Elon Musk’s Starlink across its fleet of roughly 350 vessels. Under a two-year contract, the company
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NASA said its next-generation moon rocket encountered another technical setback on Saturday, jeopardising a launch that was intended to send astronauts on humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than 50 years. The
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President Trump has ordered the release of U.S. government files on unidentified flying objects and extraterrestrial life, signaling a dramatic shift in the administration’s approach to alien phenomena. Citing “tremendous interest shown,”
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For decades, the race to space was defined by national rivalry. Today, it is increasingly shaped by two of the world’s richest men. The intensifying competition between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
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