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Scientists Have Been Trying to Understand This Star for 50 Years. The Webb Telescope Figured It Out Quickly: It Wasn’t a Star

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope has once again surprised astronomers with the depth of its observations.

NASA Continues to Deliver Bad News for Artemis, Its Mission to the Moon: Now There's a Problem With the Sun

Space

An astronaut on the lunar surface could receive a dose of radiation thousands of times higher than on Earth.

NASA Will Send Two Astronauts on a Spacewalk Outside the ISS to Search for Living Organisms

Space

It’s a documented fact that many micro-organisms can survive the harsh conditions of space.

The Day Jeff Bezos Came Across the Coordinates of the Apollo 11 Rocket Crash Site Online and Went to Go Look for It

Space

The Saturn V engines had been lying at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for 44 years before Bezos went to go get them.

Researchers Have Found 150,000 Tons of Ice on Mars Hidden in Plain Sight: In Its Volcanoes

Space

Martian climatology has given us a new surprise.

A SpaceX Flight That Only Lasted for Three Days Brought Its Astronauts Back Genetically Younger

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The telomeres, which are chromosome structures that shorten with age, of the four crew members actually lengthened.

The ISS Said an Astronaut Was in 'Critical Condition' on Its Radio. It Forgot to Say It Was a Drill

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On Wednesday night, the International Space Station radio caused a significant unintentional stir.

Boeing Stated That Starliner Could Safely Withstand Up to Five Helium Leaks. It Just Found the Fifth One

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Engineers discovered the fifth helium leak after the spacecraft had already docked at the International Space Station.

After the Latest Launch, Elon Musk Is Convinced That Starship Will Reach Mars in 3 Years. How Realistic Is It?

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Musk believes that taking children to Mars will be unsafe in the first 10 years of flights, but that it will be secure to take dogs.

Starship Has 9 Months to Complete NASA's Lunar Contract. Against All Odds, SpaceX Believes It’s Doable

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Starship’s development is accelerating, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.

Spaceflights Have Always Experienced Radio Outages During Re-entry. Starlink Has Now Made Them Obsolete

Space

Broadcasting Starship's entire re-entry live has exceeded all expectations.

Elon Musk Made the Right Call When He Decided to Scrap Starship's Carbon Fiber Exterior and Replace It With Steel

Space

Deciding to switch Starship's exterior from carbon fiber and aluminum to stainless steel has proven to be a pivotal choice for SpaceX.

From Clouds of Dust and Gas to Black Holes: This Is How Stars Come to Be, Grow, Die, and Reproduce

Space

Thinking about stars as living beings is not entirely unreasonable.

We’re Receiving Radio Signals From Space. They Repeat Every 54 Minutes and Physics Can’t Explain Them

Space

What sets these signals apart is that they intermittently go through three very different states.

Boeing’s Starliner Successfully Transported Astronauts to the ISS Despite Having Five of Its Thrusters Fail

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Starliner’s test flight to the International Space Station became tense due to three helium leaks and the failure of five RCS system thrusters.

SpaceX Has Just Left Its Competition in the Dust: Starship Is One Step Away From Becoming a 100% Reusable Rocket

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While there’s still a long journey ahead before it becomes the spacecraft that will take us to the Moon and Mars, Starship has outclassed all other rockets in the world.

Starship Successfully Completes Fourth Flight. SpaceX Celebrates That It Didn't Explode

Space

Everything went smoothly in Starship's initial launch phases, something that had never happened before.

Boeing Identifies Two Leaks on the Starliner, Which Has Astronauts Onboard Headed to the Space Station

Space

NASA initially authorized the launch of the Starliner with one helium leak, but engineers have since discovered two additional leaks.

What To Expect From Starship’s Fourth Launch: Here’s Everything SpaceX Will Test for the First Time in Today's Flight

Space

A review of everything that has gone well, SpaceX’s progress so far, and the upcoming tests for this new rocket test flight.

We’ve Just Managed to Photograph Io Like Never Before. The New Photos Let Us Keep Track of Its Volcanic Activity From Earth

Space

With this new image, we can distinguish changes as small as 50 miles wide.

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