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China launches latest group of Yaogan 35 spy satellites
China launched three classified remote sensing satellites on Friday (Aug. 19), which are joining three earlier sets of Yaogan 35 series reconnaissance satellites in orbit.
Europe is looking at space-based solar power to address energy crisis
The European Space Agency will ask its member states to fund a preparatory space-based solar power program at a major meeting later this year.
Voyager turns 45: What the iconic mission taught us and what's next
The twin probes, launched in 1977, made groundbreaking discoveries about the solar system and inspired future space missions.
Firefly Aerospace targets Sept. 11 for second Alpha rocket launch
Firefly Aerospace is ready to get back to space, the company said, after completing a static fire test before sending its Alpha rocket into space again next month.
Debris from most spectacular comet outburst may explain its perplexing behavior — and be visible in telescopes
Debris from the most spectacular comet outburst ever is visible from Earth this month and astronomers hope the observations might shed light on the puzzling event that brightened up the sky in 2007.
SpaceX’s Starlink fleet gets 53 new satellites with launch from Florida
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 4-27 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography
Fifty-three new Starlink internet satellites launched Friday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, adding more capacity to the largest fleet of spacecraft ever put into orbit.
Rocket Lab planning to launch private Venus mission in May 2023
Rocket Lab aims to send a probe to Venus soon, and a new paper lays out the details of the ambitious mission.
Astronomers Have Revealed a Black Hole's Photon Ring for the First Time
In 2019 the Event Horizon Telescope gave us our first direct image of a black hole. It was a powerful image, but not one with much detail. It looks like a blurry orange donut. To be fair, the real meat of the discovery was in the data, not the image. And as a recent study shows, there’s a great deal more in the data than what we’ve seen.
Exploding meteor startles Utah
A loud explosion heard Saturday (Aug. 13) in Utah may have been an exploding Perseid meteor.
NASA's moon-landing astronauts will explore 1 of these regions
We now know where on the moon NASA astronauts will set foot after more than 50 years' absence.
British rocket startup Skyrora aces key engine test ahead of 2023 debut launch
British rocket startup Skyrora completed a static fire engine test of the second stage of its orbital rocket, paving the way for a debut launch in 2023.
Live coverage: SpaceX launch set for this afternoon, weather permitting
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-27 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.
Has JWST Found Proto-Globular Clusters?
The James Webb Space Telescope continues to deliver surprise after surprise. Next up, a team of astronomers have identified likely candidates for proto-globular clusters. Clusters like these can help astronomers understand the evolution and ultimate fate of galaxies like our own.
SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for Starlink launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on pad 40 Friday in preparation for liftoff to begin the Starlink 4-27 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now
Another 53 Starlink internet satellites are ready to rocket into orbit Friday from Cape Canaveral on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The two-stage Falcon 9, powered by a reusable booster, will place the 53 internet relay nodes into a low-altitude transfer orbit.
Best close-up of universe's most massive star reveals it might be smaller than thought
The most massive known star in the universe has been photographed in the greatest detail to date and it might be smaller than astronomers previously thought.
NASA selects four astrophysics missions for further study
Four astrophysics mission proposals to study stars, galaxies and some of the most violent explosions in the universe have been selected for further study by NASA.
A month on 'Mars': Trekking across the Arctic
Being in an environment such as the simulated Martian landscape of the Haughton-Mars Project in the Arctic magnifies what would normally be small problems.
Stephan's Quintet: 'It's a Wonderful Life' — and a wonderful James Webb Space Telescope image!
A new image produced by the James Webb Space Telescope reveals new details of Stephan's Quintet, the very first compact galaxy group ever discovered.
