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Earth's mysterious innermost core is a 400-mile-wide metallic ball

New research adds to the growing body of evidence that the mysterious innermost inner core is a distinct metallic ball deep inside Earth.

Europe's Vega C rocket launch failure caused by nozzle flaw, investigators say

The Vega C failed Dec. 20, 2022 while carrying two spacecraft for Airbus' Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging constellation.

Here's how to catch up on The Mandalorian according to its showrunner

"The Mandalorian" showrunner Jon Favreau explains where to find helpful videos to help you catch up ahead of Season 3.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California after delays

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 2-7 mission. Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 51 more Starlink internet satellites from California on Friday after a delay of several days to wait for liftoff of a higher-priority crew mission from Florida.

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China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts perform 2nd spacewalk and 1st 'fire in space' test (video)

China's Shenzhou 15 astronauts conducted the second spacewalk of their mission and the first 'fire in space' test aboard the Tiangong space station.

Week in images: 27 February - 03 March 2023

Week in images: 27 February - 03 March 2023

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China selects mystery astronauts for 2023 missions to Tiangong space station

China has selected the astronauts that will fly a pair of crewed missions to its Tiangong space station this year.

SpaceX Crew 6 liftoff lights up the sky in stunning photos

SpaceX's Crew-6 liftoff is captured in stunning images that illustrate the drama and excitement of a nighttime rocket launch.

Flash sale: SkySafari 7 astronomy app is up to 60% off on app stores

SkySafari 7 stargazing app is as low as $2.99, giving astronomers savings of over 50% on the 'Plus' and 'Pro' versions of the app which is available for iOS and Android.

SpaceX capsule docks at space station with multinational crew

The arrival of the four-man crew on SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft — wearing blue flight suits — temporarily raised the size of the space station crew to 11 people. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now

SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Friday, delivering two NASA astronauts, an Emirati astronaut, and a Russian cosmonaut to the complex after a short delay for ground teams to uplink a software fix to mask a bad sensor on the capsule’s docking mechanism.

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Designing a drone that can search for life on other planets

We have yet to find microbial life on another planet. But with the assistance of autonomous drones, we may be able to find it sooner rather than later.

A Chinese spacecraft has been checking out US satellites high above Earth

The Chinese satellite TJS-3, which launched in 2018, has been inspecting other nations' spacecraft high above Earth in geostationary orbit.

Media briefing on the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission

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The Independent Enquiry Commission tasked with analysing the loss of the Vega-C Flight VV22 mission shares its findings.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, March 3 – 12

Venus and Jupiter draw majestically apart in the evening twilight, 1° farther each day. Much higher, Mars makes its third pass in the last five months between the horntip stars of Taurus.

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ESA’s Solar Orbiter Spies a Transit of Mercury

Solar Orbiter’s unique vantage point recently allowed researchers to make a crucial observation of the solar system’s innermost world.

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Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows Poyang Lake in China’s Jiangxi Province during winter.

Galactic seascape

Image: Galactic seascape

A Very Young Star is Forming Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole

Since the 1930s, physicists and radio engineer Karl Jansky reported discovering a persistent radio source coming from the center of our galaxy. This source came to be known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), and by the 1970s, astronomers determined that it was a supermassive black hole (SMBH) roughly four million times the mass of our Sun. Since then, astronomers have used increasingly-advanced radio telescopes to study Sgr A* and its surrounding environment. This has led to many exotic discoveries, such as the many “Stars stars” and gaseous “G objects” that orbit it.

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See Jupiter and Venus dance across the twilight sky in this amazing photo collage

A stunning image shows what the photographer calls "10 Days of Nearness" between Jupiter and Venus, spanning from Feb. 21 to March 2, 2023.

The Dark Energy Camera Captures the Remains of an Ancient Supernova

The first written record of a supernova comes from Chinese astrologers in the year 185. Those records say a ‘guest star’ lit up the sky for about eight months. We now know that it was a supernova.

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