One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo
Another mission the White House wanted to cancel was THEMIS, a pair of spacecraft orbiting the…
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Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship
STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this…
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Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object
There is a growing buzz in the astronomy community about a new object with a hyperbolic…
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The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter
In fact, axions belong to a much broader class of “ultra-light” dark matter particle candidates, which…
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Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode
The spacecraft, built by Maxar Space Systems, will operate its electric thrusters for the equivalent of…
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SpaceX’s next Starship just blew up on its test stand in South Texas
The Trump administration’s proposed budget for NASA would cancel the Artemis program’s ultra-expensive Space Launch System…
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China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission
That’s one reason why Tianwen-2’s roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years. Japan’s…
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid
An illustration depicts a NASA spacecraft approaching the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. Though there are no plans…
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Birth of Unix
Sometimes it feels like Unix has been around forever, at least to users who have used…
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Moon rocks reveal hidden lunar history
That mission, and the 2020 Chang’e-5 robotic mission before it, are the first to return lunar…
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There was a straight shot from Earth to the Moon and Mars last night
The most recent lunar occultation of Mars that was visible from the United States occurred on…
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NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
Notably, the Dragonfly launch was one of the first times United Launch Alliance has been eligible…
