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Nanoracks announces plans for commercial space station

Artist’s concept of the Starlab space station. Credit: Nanoracks

Nanoracks announced Oct. 21 it is teaming with Lockheed Martin to develop a commercial crewed space station named Starlab that officials said could reach initial operational capability by 2027.

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Here's a first look at 'Invasion' on Apple TV+ with show co-creator David Weil

Apple TV+'s new sci-fi series "Invasion" follows people around the world during an alien attack. Here's our first look and interview.

Free League Publishing's new 'Blade Runner' tabletop game will let you hunt down rogue Replicants (exclusive)

Free League Publishing unites with Alcon Entertainment to deliver a dark new "Blade Runner" roleplaying game for 2022.

Here's an exclusive 1st look at 'Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships' from Hero Collector

Hero Collector's new book "Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships" features an incredible collection of never-before-seen concept artwork .

Black Friday Sky-Watcher telescope deals

Tiny natural ice structures help arrange stones into spectacular landscapes.

What happened when the dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth?

The asteroid that crashed into Earth 66 million years ago unleashed a catastrophic series of events.

5 sci-fi concepts that are possible (in theory)

Some of the most common and unlikely sci-fi tropes could one day be science fact.

China just test-fired a massive solid-fueled rocket

China has test fired a huge new solid rocket motor, creating more propulsion options for the country’s growing space activities.

Arianespace breaks payload mass record on final Ariane 5 launch before Webb

An Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Center with the SES 17 and Syracuse 4A communications satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/S. Martin

A European Ariane 5 rocket fired into space Saturday night from French Guiana with a commercial broadband satellite for SES and a French military telecom craft, setting a new payload mass record for geostationary transfer orbit on the final Ariane 5 flight before launch of the James Webb Space Telescope in December.

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Ariane 5 sets new record on latest launch

Europe’s Ariane 5 has delivered two telecom satellites, SES-17 and Syracuse-4A, into their planned orbits.

Live coverage: Ariane 5 rocket counting down to launch from French Guiana

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the SES 17 and Syracuse 4A communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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Under watchful eye of NASA, teams prep for final Ariane 5 flight before Webb

An Ariane 5 rocket on its launch pad Thursday in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/JM Guillon

Arianespace is counting down to the blastoff of an Ariane 5 rocket Saturday night from French Guiana, the final flight of Europe’s workhorse launcher before NASA and the European Space Agency entrust it to launch the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope.

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Primordial Gravitational Waves Continue to Elude Astronomers

The standard model of cosmology is a remarkably powerful and accurate description of the universe, tracing its evolution from the big bang to its current state, but it is not without mysteries. One of the biggest unsolved questions of the standard model is known as early cosmic inflation.

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Arianespace will launch 2 satellites on a Ariane 5 rocket tonight. Here's how to watch it live.

An Ariane 5 rocket will launch satellites for SES and the French military tonight, Oct. 23, and you can watch it live here.

An overview of the fall skies of 2021

There's a lot to look at between now and the December solstice: two eclipses, four meteor showers, Venus reaching its pinnacle in brilliance and a potential bright comet!

Researcher want to 'slice and dice' deadly asteroids with rocket-powered bombs, new paper says

Physicists propose a new plan to "slice and dice" incoming asteroids that could save Earth from a deadly calamity.

Huge hole discovered in Arctic's 'last ice'

A polynya, or rift, opened in the Arctic's oldest, thickest ice in May 2020, new research finds.

NASA thinks US needs nuclear-powered spacecraft to stay ahead of China

The U.S. needs to invest more in nuclear-powered spacecraft to be competitive with nations like China, experts say.

How to spot the 'elusive' planet Mercury in the night sky this month

For the next two and a half weeks, early-morning skywatchers will have an excellent opportunity to spot the so-called "elusive planet" — Mercury.

Musk says Starship may be ready for orbital launch next month, but FAA review continues

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, said Friday the company’s huge new Starship rocket could be ready for its first orbital test launch from South Texas as soon as November, but the schedule comes with two big uncertainties that may push the launch to next year.

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