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A spaceport startup launched the 1st rocket from a floating launch pad in US waters

A mobile shipping platform in the Gulf of Mexico sent out the first rockets to suborbital space from U.S. territorial waters. The Spaceport Company is aiming for orbital launches next.

SpaceX joining FAA to fight environmental groups' Starship lawsuit: report

SpaceX is joining the FAA to fight a lawsuit brought by environmental groups, which claim the agency didn't properly assess the damage the company's Starship rocket could cause.

Juno Reveals Volcanoes on Io

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanic world in the Solar System, with over 400 volcanoes. Some of them eject plumes as high as 500 km (300 mi) above the surface. Its surface is almost entirely shaped by all this volcanic activity, with large regions covered by silicates, sulphur, and sulphur dioxide brought up from the moon’s interior. The intense volcanic activity has created over 100 mountains, and some of them are taller than Mt. Everest.

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Watch the moon snuggle up to Earth's 'evil twin' Venus today with free livestream

Skywatchers can watch the moon get close to the solar system's hottest planet Venus on Tuesday (May 23) thanks to a free telescope livestream.

Lego to roll out Mars rover Perseverance as new Technic set on August 1

The next space-themed Lego set is actually two spacecraft in one, Technic-ally speaking. The Lego Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance set recreates the wheeled explorer and its Ingenuity helicopter.

See amazing new sun photos from the world's largest solar telescope

The world's largest solar telescope has captured the sun's fine features in remarkable detail, including rare glimpses of dying sunspots.

Jupiter's lightning is strikingly similar to Earth's

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted short bursts that make up lightning bolts on Jupiter, showing that Jovian lightning works in much the same way as it does on Earth.

These beginner-friendly Celestron telescopes are over 30% off

You can either start your stargazing journey for under $80 or grab something a little more powerful and save over $110.

Radio Waves Unveil Supernova Origin

Astronomers have observed an unusual supernova, in which a helium star fed a white dwarf until it exploded.

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An Astronaut Will Be Controlling Several Robots on Earth… from Space

The European Space Agency has been hosting a series of robotic teleoperation experiments where an astronaut abroad the ISS controls a robot back on the ground. We’ve previously reported on some of their successes. Now it’s time for the next round of experiments, with one individual astronaut on the ISS controlling four separate robots to perform a task back on Earth.

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See the crescent moon have a close encounter with Mars tonight

The moon and Mars will dance together in the night sky both tonight (May 23) and Wednesday night (May 24).

'Star Trek: Resurgence' video game comes out today

Gamers keen to immerse themselves in the upcoming "Star Trek: Resurgence" video game don't have to wait any longer — the game comes out today (May 23).

This new supernova is the closest to Earth in a decade. It's visible in the night sky right now.

During the last few days, astronomers have been pointing their telescopes toward a familiar celestial object in our spring night sky for a look at a rare event: A new supernova.

Cyberlink PhotoDirector 365 Review 2023

PhotoDirector 365 is an AI-heavy photo editing software with an in-built library and non-destructive workflow, but there's little for serious astrophotographers.

ESA receives Space for Climate Protection Award

ESA has been presented the ‘Space for Climate Protection’ Special Award by the International Astronautical Federation during the Global Space Conference on Climate Change – currently taking place in Oslo, Norway.

Watch SpaceX launch big telecom satellite to orbit tonight

SpaceX will launch a big telecom satellite to orbit tonight (May 23), weather permitting, and you can watch the liftoff live.

Sending astronauts to Mars by 2040 is 'an audacious goal' but NASA is trying anyway

Astronauts may orbit Mars by 2033, but setting foot on the Red Planet by the end of next decade would be an "aggressive" and "audacious" goal, NASA officials said.

Around the bed in 60 days

Lying in bed for a full 60 days – with one shoulder always touching the mattress – might sound like bliss, but add cycling, spinning and constant medical tests to the equation and it becomes a challenging experience for the sake of human space exploration.

Annual global ice loss simulated over Oslo

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Satellites play a vital role in monitoring the rapid changes taking place in the Arctic. Tracking ice lost from the world’s glaciers, ice sheets and frozen land shows that Earth is losing ice at an accelerating rate.

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SETI Researchers Are Simulating Alien Contact — and You Can Help

Is it a multimedia art project? Or a rehearsal for alien contact? Let’s call it both: Researchers specializing in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, are working with a media artist to stage the receipt of an interstellar message — and a global effort to decode the message.

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The Tonga Eruption Was So Powerful it Disrupted Satellites Half a World Away

Remember the huge Tonga eruption in the South Pacific in January 2022? This underwater volcano sent tons of ash into the air. It also blew 146 teragrams of water into our atmosphere and the effect of the explosion reached space. It also made life very difficult for people on Tonga, wiping out their communications and sending tsunamis across the South Pacific.

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