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Hundreds of Nasa workers rebuke ‘arbitrary’ Trump cuts in scathing letter
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SpaceX scrub launch of SES O3b mPOWER mission Monday evening
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SpaceX aborts satellite launch 11 seconds before liftoff
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SpaceX launch could create sonic boom in Southern California, officials advise
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NASA to launch 2 new satellites that will help forecast solar storms
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NASA’s TRACERS Mission Targeting Launch on July 22
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2 new NASA satellites will track space weather to help keep us safe from solar storms
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SpaceX to launch NASA mission Tuesday from Vandenberg; sonic boom expected
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What are these strange swirls around an infant star? 'We may be watching a planet come into existence in real time'
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Astronomers witness dawn of new solar system for 1st time
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Refractory solid condensation detected in an embedded protoplanetary disk
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Scientists Just Witnessed the Birth of a Solar System for the First Time
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Astronomers witness newborn planet sculpting the dust around it
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In world breakthrough, scientists see star survive encounter with a black hole
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NASA loses another senior official as tension about the agency's future grows
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'Chaos' reigns beneath the ice of Jupiter moon Europa, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet rolls out for its 1st test drive (video)
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Full moon could disrupt peak views of popular meteors. When to watch the Perseids
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This summer, the sky comes alive with shooting stars. What you need to know about ongoing meteor showers.
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Bright Fireballs in the Skies: Catch the Perseids Meteor Shower This Week
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See The Perseid Meteor Shower Now Before It Peaks, Experts Say
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How NASA saved a camera from 370 million miles away
By Stephanie Baum
NASA Shares How to Save Camera 370-Million-Miles Away Near Jupiter
NASA hacked hardware of camera orbiting Jupiter – and fixed it
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How to repair a camera 595 million km away from Earth? Nasa just did it
NASA hacks and fixes malfunctioning camera 370 million miles from Earth
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Gemini North discovers long-predicted stellar companion of Betelgeuse
When Betelgeuse Explodes, It’s Going to Take Out Another Star
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Astronomers crack 1,000-year-old Betelgeuse mystery with 1st-ever sighting of secret companion (photo, video)
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Betelgeuse’s companion star revealed in new images
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These 3 popular skywatching star clusters may be branches of the same family tree
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Trio of star clusters may be the same system at different ages
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Study suggests Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades share a common origin
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Orion Nebula, Pleiades and Hyades reveal the development of star clusters
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Why Does Matter Exist? Scientists Discover Unexpected New Clue
New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found
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Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider
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Scientists Just Found a New Matter-Antimatter Clue—and It Might Explain Why Anything Exists at All
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Astronauts collect blood aboard the ISS photo of the day for July 21, 2025
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Mysterious Red Dots in Early Universe Could Be Seeds of Supermassive Stars
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Astronomers Identify an Object that Defies Astrophysics
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Undeniable Signal From the Unknown: CHIME Reveals Spinning Radio Object Behaving Unlike Anything Ever Observed
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SpaceX keeps NASA key contracts following Trump spat
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New Astronomer CEO Addresses ‘Surreal’ Situation After Andy Byron Coldplay Concert Scandal
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How a trailblazing Jewish scientist is still revolutionizing the world of astronomy
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Massive $1B telescope redefines our view of the universe
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The Vera Rubin Observatory could find dozens of interstellar objects
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New Horizons Could Find Its Way to Proxima Centauri if it Wanted
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York Space Systems to acquire Traverse City-based ATLAS Space Operations
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York Space parent company to acquire ground systems operator Atlas Space
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York Parent Company to Acquire ATLAS Space Operations
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Denver satellite maker to buy space communications company
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Asteroid Deflection Experiment Triggered Unexpected Debris
By Reynier Squillace
Giant space 'boulders' unleashed by NASA's DART mission aren't behaving as expected, revealing hidden risks of deflecting asteroids
By Harry Baker
Dozens of BOULDERS flying through space at high speed after Nasa test goes wrong
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NASA has a plan to save humanity from an asteroid impact and is already looking for ways to complete the mission
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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty
By Tony Milligan, Adam Fish & Deondre A. Smiles
NRO extends data contract with Hydrosat to leverage thermal infrared satellite imagery
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Americans Want Americans To Go (Back) To The Moon (And On To Mars Too)
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On Apollo 11 lunar landing anniversary, we look at future missions to the moon
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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline
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A strange fossil at the edge of the solar system just shook up Planet Nine theories
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Discovery and dynamics of a Sedna-like object with a perihelion of 66 au
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Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'?
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Space Force rehearses mobilization of private satellite assets during orbital emergencies
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Space Force training for on-orbit warfare in inaugural Resolute Space exercise
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Resolute Space exercise focuses Guardians on countering ‘realistic’ threats to satellites
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U.S. Space Force preps in the Pacific
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Space Force is training for ‘orbital warfare’ in its largest exercise yet
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Blue Origin Announces Crew for New Shepard’s 34th Mission
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To The Moon? Justin Sun To Be Launched Into Space After $28M Bid
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Tron founder Justin Sun to fly on Blue Origin four years after bidding nearly $30 million for a seat
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Justin Sun is going to space now that his SEC lawsuit is paused
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ESA Recertifies ExoMars Parachutes After Years in Storage
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Shooting star caught on Fresno Ring camera
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Uranus emits its own heat, it turns out. NASA set to probe it
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Massive hidden planet found orbiting young star
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This ancient pristine galaxy validates the Big Bang
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Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: Why it needs to be protected
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NASA Just Discovered Where These Mysterious Space X-Rays Really Come From
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Thieving Pulsar Spinning 592 Times A Second Reveals New Understanding Of Where Its X-Rays Come From
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NASA X-ray spacecraft reveals secrets of a powerful, spinning neutron star
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NASA’s IXPE tracked a rare pulsar—and found an unexpected power source
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Mysterious Object Orbits the Sun Once for Every 10 Neptune Orbits—But Why?
Astronomers discover strange solar system body dancing in sync with Neptune: 'Like finding a hidden rhythm in a song'
By Robert Lea
Newly Discovered Space Rock Is Caught In A Unique 10:1 Dance With Neptune
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Spotted: Neptune Has a Secret Dance Partner
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FAA Allows SpaceX to Drop Starship Rocket Bits on Sacred Hawaiian Island
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Inside Elon Musk’s plan to rain SpaceX’s rocket debris over Hawaii’s pristine waters
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Government Gives Elon Musk Permission to Detonate Rockets Over a Sacred Hawaian Island
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The world started with a 'bang' but will end in a scary 'big crunch' — and scientists think they know when that will be
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Universe will start to shrink in just 7 billion years, new study claims
An international collaboration reveals when the Big Crunch could occur in the cosmos
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Two meteor showers to peak above Kansas on the same night, here’s when
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Texas' SpaceX base is seeing a lot more employee injuries than its peers
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A Daring NASA Astronaut Once Flew Untethered To Capture A Satellite, And The Footage Says It All
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Humans survived harmful radiation after Earth’s magnetic field weakened 41,000 years ago
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China Unveils Game-Changing Moon Technology That Converts Lunar Soil Into Usable Fuel and Oxygen for Deep Space Missions
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Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?
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New device turns moon dirt into water and oxygen for lunar bases
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