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NOAA satellites watch Hurricane Rafael make landfall in Cuba (video)

Rafael made landfall in Cuba Wednesday (Nov. 6), and NOAA's GOES satellites have been monitoring the storm every step of the way.

Teeny tardigrades can survive space and lethal radiation. Scientists may finally know how

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions.

Moon RACER: Intuitive Machines takes lunar rover out for debut drive

Intuitive Machines' lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is not your grandfather's moon buggy. The company's Moon RACER, or Reusable Autonomous Crewed Exploration Rover, just made its public debut.

'God of chaos' asteroid may be transformed by tremors and landslides during 2029 flyby of Earth, study finds

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.

You Can Build a Home Radio Telescope to Detect Clouds of Hydrogen in the Milky Way

If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing to the sky, or even an array of dish antennas such as the Very Large Array. What you likely don’t imagine is something that resembles a TV dish in your neighbor’s backyard. With modern electronics, it is relatively easy to build your own radio telescope. To understand out how it can be done, check out a recent paper by Jack Phelps.

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Astronaut Suni Williams 'in good health' on the ISS, NASA says, refuting tabloid claims

NASA astronaut Suni Williams is in good health aboard the ISS, despite some speculation in the media to the contrary, agency officials stress.

Space stations are loud — that's why NASA is making a quiet fan

NASA's building a quiet fan to help future astronauts have some peace and quiet.

Hawke Endurance ED 10x42 monocular review

With its purposeful design, does the Hawke Endurance live up to its good looks?

NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet test fires engine for 1st time

NASA's revolutionary X-59 jet is steadily progressing toward its first flight test after completing a set of engine run tests at the storied Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility in California.

Snow returns to Mount Fuji

Image: Snow returns to Mount Fuji

How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond

Scientists are tracking the evolution of comet Hale-Bopp, one of the brightest comets ever seen.

Meet ESA’s SME Office at Space Tech Expo 2024

Space startups and SMEs can meet ESA’s SME Office at Space Tech Expo, a space technology trade fair and conference in Bremen, Germany from 19–21 November.

Proba-3 will constantly measure Sun’s energy output

Proba-3 is such an ambitious mission that it needs more than one single spacecraft to succeed. In order for Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft observe the Sun’s faint surrounding atmosphere, its disk-bearing Occulter spacecraft must block out the fiery solar disk. This means Proba-3’s Occulter ends up facing the Sun continuously, making it a valuable platform for science in its own right.

Live coverage: SpaceX California launch slips two days

File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX

SpaceX has delayed a Falcon 9 rocket launch from California on Wednesday, just hours after it scrubbed a Falcon 9 launch from Florida.

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from California early Nov. 9

SpaceX plans to launch 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).

Sun erupts with powerful X2.3 solar flare, triggers radio blackouts (video)

A X2.3 solar flare Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), leading to shortwave radio blackouts for parts of the southern hemisphere.

'Fastest-feeding' black hole of the early universe found! But does it break the laws of physics?

The hungriest known black hole in the early universe has been found, thanks to teamwork between NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory.

'What's Starlink?' Trump talks Elon Musk, Starship and SpaceX in election night victory speech (video)

President-elect Donald Trump had high words of praise for Elon Musk and SpaceX during his election night victory speech, mentioning twice that he did not know what Starlink satellites were.

SpaceX targeting Nov. 18 for next Starship megarocket launch

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will fly for the sixth time ever on Nov. 18, on a test flight that will include another dramatic booster catch.

US military test-launches unarmed nuclear missile on election night (video)

The United States military test-launched an unarmed nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Nov. 5, 2024.


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