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'Fireflies' help NASA map radiation around Jupiter and its moons

The first ever 3D radiation map of Jupiter and its moons has been created using low-light cameras aboard the Juno Spacecraft that have been tweaked to operate as radiation detectors.

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How can we protect humans on Mars from dangerous solar storm radiation?

As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms.

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What time does SpaceX's Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission launch?

What time does SpaceX's Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission launch?

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Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun

Many red supergiant monster stars lurk in a Milky Way cluster astronomers have discovered with the Gaia space telescope. The cluster, Barbá 2, could help understand why some stars become black holes.

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Physicists find superconductor behavior at temperatures once thought 'impossible'

Scientists have observed an unexpected new behavior in a superconducting material. If physicists can figure out the cause, it could help them to find room-temperature superconductors.

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NASA challenged the public to make 'deep space food' — here are the winners

Three U.S. teams in NASA's Deep Space Food Finale won a combination of $1.25 million for developing delicious and safe food for astronauts.

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How SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn private spacewalk will work

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which is scheduled to launch on Aug. 27, will feature the first-ever private spacewalk. Here's what to expect.

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Where can I see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026?

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will pass over parts of Russia, Greenland, Iceland, Portugal and Spain.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts will return home on a SpaceX Dragon in 2025, NASA confirms

NASA decided Saturday (Aug. 24) to return its two Boeing Starliner astronauts to Earth in February 2025. Their Starliner capsule will come back empty over thruster concerns.

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Quantum data beamed alongside 'classical data' in the same fiber-optic connection for the 1st time

Scientists have transmitted quantum and conventional internet data through the same fiber-optic channel, meaning a future quantum internet could theoretically use existing infrastructure.

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SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will set altitude record for female astronauts

Two women astronauts on Polaris Dawn are set to break an altitude record set in 1990. Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will fly higher than any female astronaut before them.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 125 —Back to Space School 2024

On Episode 125 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq chat about the next 9 months in space.

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What happens when your warp drive fails? Scientists have the answer

Scientists have "boldly gone" where no one has gone before, discovering what would happen if a faster-than-light warp drive like the one used in Star Trek were to fail.

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Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns – but their growth has slowed as the universe aged

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Japanese company to deorbit big hunk of space junk by 2029

Japanese space-sustainability company Astroscale just signed a $90 million contract to take a bus-sized rocket stage out of orbit by the end of the decade.

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StarFOX autonomous satellite swarm could level up space exploration

StarFOX is an autonomous satellite swarm that scientists hope to send beyond our planet's orbit someday.

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3 decades of satellite images show how cities keep getting higher

Cities around the world are now growing upward more than outward, an analysis of three decades of satellite data has found.

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What is the 'Offspring' creature in the 'Alien: Romulus' finale?

An explanation of "The Offspring" hybrid monster in "Alien: Romulus."

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200 meteorites on Earth traced to 5 craters on Mars

Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium.

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Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk of gas and dust that gave birth to them.

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NASA will give a Boeing Starliner update on Aug. 24 and you can watch live

ASA leaders will give an update on Saturday (Aug. 24) to outline their plan on how to return Starliner's astronaut crew to Earth.

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