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
A team led by Prof. Mao Jirong from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside international collaborators, has provided compelling evidence of standing shocks in low-angular-momentum black hole accretion
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Commercial space companies are advancing rapidly in monitoring Earth’s environment, but scientists caution that private missions cannot replace government-operated satellites. A recent commentary in Nature argues that both public and commercial efforts
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A recent feature in New Scientist takes readers on an imaginative journey through the most remarkable events in the history—and future—of our solar system. From its violent birth to its distant, star-lit
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SpaceX is gearing up for another critical test of its massive Starship rocket on Sunday, a mission that Bloomberg reports comes amid mounting scrutiny following a string of high-profile failures this year.
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Astronomers have captured a tantalizing glimpse of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A — the nearest star system to Earth — potentially setting a new record for
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China’s ambitious race to rival SpaceX’s Starlink with its own constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites is running into a critical hurdle: a shortage of rocket launch capacity. As a result, the
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The European space race has officially entered its hot phase — and it began with a spectacular failure. In March, a much-anticipated launch of Germany’s Spectrum rocket from Andøya, Norway — hailed
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A team of astronomers led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has uncovered an unexpectedly intricate web of gas filaments within a massive, fast-moving hydrogen cloud
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The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC), a Washington-based nonprofit that has tracked sightings of unidentified flying objects for decades, has reported a dramatic surge in reports during the first half of 2025.
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In a dramatic development that could reshape the future of American space exploration, at least 2,145 senior-ranking employees at NASA are preparing to exit the agency as part of a sweeping effort
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