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Right now, the Sun is far more active than predicted - and small satellites are paying the price
Three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's …
PTI
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America's X-37B vs. China's Shenlong: Top space planes and their shadowy role in orbital war
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are get…
Benjamin Brimelow
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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth
NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we k…
Jessica Orwig
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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science
A total solar eclipse made Einstein and his theory of relativity world famous. That's not the only …
Jenny McGrath
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ISRO lines up an LVM3, six PSLV, three GSLV launches in 2024
ISRO has lined up six missions of PSLV, three GSLV launches and one commercial mission of Launch Ve…
PTI
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Here's the science refresher you need before diving into Netflix's '3 Body Problem'
Netflix's "3 Body Problem" makes a lot of physics references. Two experts help explain some scienti…
Jenny McGrath
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China takes on Elon Musk's Starlink with hundreds of low-orbit satellites
A Chinese company plans to launch the first in a network of 300 very-low-earth-orbit satellites in …
Polly Thompson
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Chinese researchers sent a bunch of zebrafish to space and now they’re swimming weirdly!
Aboard China’s Tiangong space station, four zebrafish 'aquanauts' are thriving in their out-of-this…
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mariann…
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China's Mars spacecraft has photographed the entire red planet, state media says
China's space agency released sharp images, revealing Mars craters, a volcano, and a canyon that's …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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India successfully orbits 2 Singapore satellites (Ld)
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit TeLEOS-2 and Lumilite-…
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Earth through Indian eye in the sky: ISRO’s meteorological satellite INSAT-3DS unveils its first batch of images
INSAT-3DS, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) meteorological satellite pivotal for wea…
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ISRO receives Indo-US jointly developed NISAR satellite
NISAR, an Earth-observation satellite, is being jointly developed by the National Aeronautics and S…
ANI
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China lands its secretive space plane after 9 months in orbit
The mysterious "experimental" space plane could be a round-trip vehicle for "peaceful" use of outer…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFal…
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A failed Russian rocket stage crashed to Earth in an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere over the Pacific
The rocket stage from Russia's Angara-A5 rocket was meant to stay in orbit for thousands of years, …
Kate Duffy
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor on hot, Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a distant star
NASA's new telescope is already peering into the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. This …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Elon Musk congratulates space startup Astra for reaching orbit for the first time
Elon Musk said "orbit is not easy" after congratulating the California-based company Astra Space fo…
Zahra Tayeb
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is set to launch the first orbital rocket from UK soil on Monday. Watch live as the rocket drops from a Boeing 747.
Virgin Orbit crew will proceed cautiously around the launch in case winds or lightning set in, its …
Kate Duffy
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Astra CEO says space will be the next big platform as more satellites take orbit, but we need some regulations to avoid chaos
Astra CEO Chris Kemp said the space industry is on the verge of becoming as ubiquitous as the inter…
Grace Kay,Cadie Thompson
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Watch SpaceX launch 4 space tourists into Earth's orbit
The Inspiration4 crew members have never been to space. They've only trained for five months. Their…