On a cloudless night in August, a lawn chair offered a simple vantage point for watching the sky. It was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, when as many as 100
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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In late December 2024, the discovery of asteroid 2024 YR4 triggered a flurry of activity among astronomers and planetary defence experts worldwide. The asteroid was first detected on 27 December—crucially, two days
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President Donald Trump’s plans to build a space-based Golden Dome missile defense shield have drawn immediate criticism from China, which has framed it as a renewed American push to “weaponize space.” This program, announced
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While much of the Northern Hemisphere enjoys the long, sun-soaked days of summer, Earth is quietly drifting to a surprising milestone: its farthest point from the sun, known as aphelion. As reported
More Where is everybody? ~ Enrico Fermi Are We Alone? The phenomenon of World UFO Day, observed on both the 24th of June and the 2nd of July each year, stands as a
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