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Cruise by Jupiter and its giant moon Ganymede in this gorgeous Juno flyby video

A dazzling new animation puts you aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during its epic flybys last month of Jupiter and the huge moon Ganymede.

The smoke from wildfires in Oregon and beyond is covering vast areas of US, satellites show

It's summer in the Northern Hemisphere — and that means it's fire season. Satellites are pitching in to monitor dozens of blazes nationwide.

Don’t Be Surprised if EmDrive Experiments Never Work

Every few years the “EmDrive”, a proposed method of generating rocket thrust without any exhaust, hits the news. Each time, everyone asks: could this be it? Could this be the technological leap to revolutionize spaceflight?

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Shanghai is About to Open the World’s Largest Astronomy Museum

China has certainly been making its growing power and influence felt in recent years, especially when it comes to the realm of space exploration and science. In the past ten years alone, China has deployed the three space stations with their Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”) program, unveiled the Long March 5 heavy launch rocket, and sent robotic missions to the far side of the Moon and the surface of Mars.

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Jeff Bezos: Blue Origin and Amazon founder

Jeff Bezos, who made his fortune as the founder of Amazon also created Blue Origin, a space company focused on bringing humans into suborbit.

In George RR Martin's new 'Joker Moon,' space history is a 'Wild Card'

What do the 52 cards in a standard deck and 52 years since the first moon landing have in common with "A Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin? A new book in the "Wild Cards" anthology series. "Joker Moon" refocuses the story to outer space.

Fully stacked Starship caps busy week at SpaceX’s Texas rocket yard

Packed with puzzles, activities and videos, each edition of Future Genius takes you on an epic journey of STEAM discovery — from the solar system to Ancient Greece.

Gearing up for third Sentinel-2 satellite

An anonymous auction winner who paid $28 million for the opportunity will fly in the future due to a scheduling conflict.

Svetlana Savitskaya: Second woman in space, 1st female spacewalker

Surprisingly, one of the main criteria (besides the years of astronaut training) is body size.

Astronomy Jargon: Magnetars

At this point, SpaceX could claim to be both a rocket company and also a maritime shipping company.  The company owns a fleet of drone ships for the purposes of providing their rockets with a safe place to retrograde land in the ocean without having to splash down. In the past, they actually had additional ships for fairing catching, Dragon Capsule recovery, and other support efforts.  But now, the company welcomed its newest drone landing ship with an announcement by Elon Musk on Twitter.  Welcome to the SpaceX: A Shortfall of Gravitas.

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Astronomers spot first activity on giant megacomet beyond Saturn

Spotting the first signs of activity on a record-setting megacomet came down to a time-zone advantage.

New Vacancy: Director of Navigation

The European Space Agency is currently looking for a new Director of Navigation to join its Executive Board and support the Director General, with responsibility for relevant ESA activities and overall objectives.

Can artificial intelligence help scientists spot gravitational waves?

Scientists hunting for elusive gravitational waves across the universe may be able to supercharge their discoveries with a new tool: artificial intelligence.

City-sized asteroids smacked ancient Earth 10 times more often than thought

Asteroids as big as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, or even bigger, used to strike ancient Earth ten times more often than previously believed, according to a new study.

Hubble trouble is latest glitch in space telescope's long and storied history

For the past month, our most beloved eye on the universe has been closed, blinded by a computer glitch that NASA experts are still working to solve.

The best back to school space deals and gifts for kids 2021

From science kits to essentials, we've got something for every budget ahead of the back to school rush.

What's in Store for the Next Decade of Planetary Science

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ESA’s first Earth observation mission dedicated to understanding our planet, the European Remote Sensing satellite (ERS-1), was launched into orbit on 17 July 1991. At the time, it was the most sophisticated Earth observation spacecraft developed and launched by Europe.

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Mount Etna is 100 feet taller than it was 6 months ago

Blue Origin's nonprofit Club for the Future is donating $1 million apiece to 19 space organizations. The money was raised by selling a seat on Blue Origin's upcoming first crewed spaceflight.

'The Colony' trailer shows the struggle for survival upon returning to a once-ravaged Earth

The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System test flight was stacked on top of the rocket July 5. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

The upper stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System was installed on top of the heavy-lift rocket earlier this month, moving the agency one step closer to liftoff of the Artemis 1 test mission to the moon.

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NASA astronauts on spacewalk prep space station for new solar array

Engineers have identified the possible cause of the Hubble Space Telescope's computer problems, and they plan to start implementing a fix on Thursday (July 15).

It's rolling! NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission begins journey to the launch pad

7-Eleven is sending its Slurpee drink "on a private spaceflight" in celebration of its 94th year in business, and you can help decide one of the key factors — or rather, flavors — of the launch.


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