A Chinese university has begun constructing an array of more than 20 large radar antennas to track potentially hazardous asteroids.
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Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 13th mission Sunday
SpaceX will launch one of its Falcon 9 rockets for a record-tying 13th time on Sunday morning (July 17), and you can watch it live.
Claims of new 'tropical ozone hole' raise controversy
Scientists debate claims of an ozone hole over the tropics.
Could we eavesdrop on aliens by detecting signals relayed around the sun?
Researchers suggest we may be able to use gravitational lensing to amplify radio waves, allowing us to listen in on communication signals passing through our solar system.
Live coverage: SpaceX going for record-tying 31st launch of the year
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-22 mission launched SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
Best telescopes for seeing planets 2022
Ready to tour the Universe? Find the perfect companion with our guide to the best telescopes for planets.
RelaunchSpace reconstructs NASA flight plan for Apollo 11 moon landing
More than half a century since its pages served as humanity's first roadmap to the moon, NASA's Apollo 11 flight plan has been relaunched.
'Rebooting' the moon: NASA's Artemis program aims for lunar sustainability
Artemis moonwalkers will need innovative technologies in order to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before and forge the first long-term presence on the moon.
'Hopping' space dust may help asteroids bust a move
Snap, crackle, pop! Dust 'hopping' on asteroids might influence how these small bodies migrate through space.
NASA's head warned that China may try to claim the moon — two space scholars explain why that's unlikely to happen
China is unlikely to claim control over the moon despite concerns of NASA chief Bill Nelson. Here is why.
Weather iffy for SpaceX’s next Starlink launch Sunday
A stack of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket during a recent launch. Credit: SpaceX
Forecasters predict a 50-50 chance of good weather at Cape Canaveral for launch of SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink internet satellites Sunday on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Russian space chief dismissed; NASA gets deal for joint crews
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Booster 7’s BOOM, Nuclear Mission to Neptune, More JWST Images
Even more pictures from James Webb Space Telescope, China’s planning a mission to Neptune, SpaceX’s Booster 7 suffers from an explosion, black holes are messy eaters, going under Europa’s ice crust and more.
SpaceX launches 25th Dragon resupply mission to space station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin the 25th Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo ship toward the International Space Station in a fiery twilight departure Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, hauling a $118 million climate instrument, fresh food, experiments, and other supplies for the lab’s seven-person crew.
Exclusive: Vice TV explores the making of 'Star Wars' with its new 'Icons Unearthed' docu-series
Brian Volk-Weiss and The Nacelle Company present a new "Star Wars" history series for Vice TV.
Watch SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule dock with the space station Saturday morning
A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will meet up with the International Space Station on Saturday (July 16), and you can watch the orbital action live.
These Ancient Microbes Give a Glimpse of What Extraterrestrial Life Might Look Like
Will we discover simple life somewhere? Maybe on Enceladus or Europa in our Solar System, or further away on an exoplanet? As we get more proficient at exploring our Solar System and studying exoplanets, the prospect of finding some simple life is moving out of the creative realm of science fiction and into concrete mission planning.
Virgin Galactic opening new spaceship factory in Arizona
Suborbital space tourism provider Virgin Galactic could build up to six spaceships a year at its newly announced Arizona facility.
JWST Also Looked Inside the Solar System, at Jupiter and its Moons
After the ‘big reveal’ earlier this week of the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full color images and spectra of the universe, the science team has now released data from closer to home. One stunning shot includes Jupiter and its moons, and there are also data from several asteroids. These latest data are actually just engineering images, designed to test JWST’s ability to track solar system targets, as well as test out how the team can produce images from the data. The quality and detail in these test images have excited the mission scientists.
Russian cosmonaut will fly to space station with SpaceX this fall
NASA announced today (July 15) that it has signed a deal with Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos to exchange seats on craft traveling to and from the International Space Station.
