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Mars Helicopter Scouts Risky Terrain for Perseverance Rover
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter has proven itself a valuable asset to Perseverance, scouting out terrain that the rover can't cross.
In photos: Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed spaceflight with billionaire Richard Branson
The space tourism company Virgin Galactic successfully launched its founder Richard Branson and five other crewmembers into suborbital space on July 11, 2021 in a milestone mission that marked the first fully crewed flight of its VSS Unity space plane.
The Sentinel 6 satellite is now tracking Earth's rising sea levels with unprecedented accuracy
The new European-American ocean monitoring satellite Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich has started delivering precise sea-level rise data after six months of technical calibrations.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Magellanic Clouds
NASA's Juno flew by Jupiter's Ganymede, the biggest moon in the solar system, on June 7, 2021.
We're launching Australia's first scratch-built satellite, and it's a giant leap towards the moon
We don’t quite understand how the first supermassive black holes formed so quickly in the young universe. So a team of physicists are proposing a radical idea. Instead of forming black holes through the usual death-of-a-massive-start route, instead giant dark matter halos directly collapsed, forming the seeds of the first great black holes.
Northern lights (aurora borealis): What they are and how to see them
Sometimes loud explosions are easier to deal with when you know they’re coming. They are also easier to watch out for. So when astronomers from the University of Warwick found a rare tear-drop shaped star, known as HD265435, they knew they were looking at a potential new supernova waiting to happen. The only caveat – it might not actually happen until 70 million years from now.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Adaptive Optics
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's mission to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts ended on May 31, after exceeding its original planned lifetime of one year in orbit.
Live coverage: India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket set for launch today
The planets are a dynamic bunch, and throughout the year as seen from Earth, these celestial bodies appear not only to move across the sky but also to brighten and fade in turn.
NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have teamed up to fund three design concepts for reactors that could become part of a nuclear thermal propulsion system.
NASA prepares 1st moonbound Orion spacecraft to receive its launch abort system
The Orion capsule is one step closer to returning to space, this time for a moon mission.
Telescope maker Unistellar teams up with camera giant Nikon to increase access to high-tech skywatching
The optics giants will collaborate to bridge the gap between amateur astronomers and professionals.
Video of Richard Branson's desert bike ride was recorded before Unity 22 launch day, Virgin Galactic clarifies
A Virgin Galactic video of founder Richard Branson's bike ride ahead of his launch into space on the company's Unity 22 flight in New Mexico this week was actually recorded earlier.
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According to Elon, Starship Could Chomp up Space Junk
At their South Texas Launch Facility, just outside of the village of Boca Chica, SpaceX is gearing up to test the Super Heavy, the booster element of their Starship launch system. This massive reusable first stage rocket will be responsible for sending the Starship orbital vehicle to space, where it will deliver satellites to orbit, payloads and people to the Moon, and (if all goes as planned) the first human settlers to Mars.
'The Mandalorian' receives 24 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series
The "Star Wars" live-action spin-off, "The Mandalorian" received a whopping 24 nominations in 19 categories for the 2021 Emmy Awards on Tuesday (July 13).
Strange chemical on Venus may come from volcanoes, not life
A mysterious whiff of an unstable chemical in the skies of Venus may not be a sign of life but the result of explosive volcanic eruptions, a new study finds.
Exploding Material From a Gamma-ray Burst Scrambled Nearby Magnetic Fields
A team of astronomers has found that giant, organized magnetic fields can help drive some of the most powerful explosions in the universe. But when all is said and done, the shock wave from that blast scrambles any magnetic fields in a matter of minutes.
Dark stars: The first stars in the universe
These cosmic creators, powered by dark matter, could be responsible for our existence, along with the appearance of today's universe.
New photos from Ingenuity's 9th flight help refine science goals for Perseverance
A new batch of images from the recent Ingenuity flight is helping NASA scientists to refine science goals for the Perseverance rover as it searches for signs of life on the Red Planet.
ESA and NASA join forces to understand climate change
Climate change is, arguably, the biggest environmental challenge the global population faces today. To address this major issue, decision-makers not only need accurate information on how our world is changing now, but also predictions on what may happen in the future. A sound knowledge of how Earth behaves as one system is the foundation to all of this – and the pieces of this complex puzzle come largely from satellites orbiting our planet. To ensure that data from Earth-observing satellites are used to their best advantage, further science and, ultimately, bring the most benefit to humankind, ESA and NASA have formed a strategic partnership for Earth science and climate change.
