Japan has successfully completed a major test of technology that could one day help protect Earth from potentially dangerous asteroids, marking another significant step in the growing international effort to develop planetary
Amazon’s satellite internet program has a new name—and, increasingly, a new purpose. The initiative formerly known as Project Kuiper will now operate under the name “Leo,” a reference to the network’s placement
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Chinese astronauts stranded aboard the Tiangong space station are set to return to Earth on Friday, after a suspected piece of space debris damaged their spacecraft and delayed their original departure. The
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Just months after its highly anticipated debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is already reshaping astronomers’ understanding of galaxy evolution. Its massive camera, the largest digital imaging device ever built,
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China recently reached out to NASA regarding a potential conjunction between satellites, marking the first instance of direct coordination between the two agencies over space traffic management. The event was disclosed by
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of Shift4 Payments Inc. and a SpaceX astronaut, faced an intense round of questioning during his recent interview for the role of NASA Administrator, Bloomberg reported. The
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NASA has revealed new details from Mars that could provide tantalizing clues about the planet’s potential for life. Scientists studying clay-rich rocks on the edge of Jezero Crater—the site of an ancient
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Thirty years ago this week, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz made a groundbreaking announcement: they had discovered the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, a discovery later published in
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NASA announced Tuesday that the first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century could launch as early as February 2025, moving up the timeline for the landmark
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India is working on a plan to strengthen its defenses in space by developing satellites capable of protecting its orbiting spacecraft from potential threats, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar
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Scientists have detected a surprising geological shift thousands of kilometres beneath Earth’s surface, near the boundary between the planet’s core and mantle. The change, which occurred between 2006 and 2008, was only
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