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WATCH: Chinese space rocket accidentally takes off prematurely while testing and crashes into a hill within a minute

In an unexpected turn of events, Beijing-based aerospace company Space Pioneer conducted a static f…

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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.

China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…

Mikhaila Friel   


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Space Invaders, IRL: Japanese startup to zap space junk with ground-based laser beams!

EX-Fusion is an Osaka-based startup with a plan that's as audacious as it is ingenious: zapping spa…

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Ukraine says it wiped a key Russian missile and artillery arsenal 'off the face of the earth' in long-range strikes

A source in the Security Service of Ukraine said drones attacked a large weapons warehouse in Russi…

Jake Epstein   


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Chinese scientists claim Star Wars-like laser submarines can blast US satellites

A powerful laser could threaten satellite networks, but there are many reasons to believe this sche…

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Telescope spots the Chinese Long March 5B rocket that is currently in an unstable orbit around Earth

A sky gazer in Italy, who is a part of the Virtual Telescope Project, has spotted the huge Chinese …

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SpaceX rockets are burning bright red holes in Earth's atmosphere and they're becoming too common for astronomers' comfort

SpaceX rockets are punching more holes in Earth's ionosphere. The effects are minimal since they're…

Maiya Focht,Lloyd Lee   


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The US economy teeters after it's hit by a triple threat: Middle East escalation, port closures, and Hurricane Helene

With Israel-Iran escalation, a port strike, and a hurricane, the US economy is balancing a fine lin…

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China is set to launch the next piece of its space station on Sunday — in a rocket that previously rained parts back onto Earth

The Long March 5B rocket has launched twice before, and both times its heavy body fell back to Eart…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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A Chinese firm's answer to Elon Musk's Starlink just launched its first satellites for the thousands-strong network Beijing plans to build

The Thousand Sails Constellation is planned to bring 15,000 satellites into orbit, and is one of th…

Matthew Loh   


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China is allowing another rocket body to fall to Earth uncontrolled this weekend. It probably won't hit you.

China's Long March 5B rocket left its 23-ton core to fall to Earth uncontrolled. The forecast for d…

Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…   


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China is flexing its missile arsenal in a new simulation for a mass Taiwan attack as the US watches Beijing's Rocket Force closely

China's Eastern Theater Command released a simulation video on Friday that mixes CGI and live foota…

Matthew Loh   


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Debris from a giant Chinese rocket booster is set to plummet uncontrollably to Earth, raining parts across unknown locations this weekend

Experts say a 25-ton piece from a Chinese rocket booster will crash down to Earth this weekend. No …

Paola Rosa-Aquino,Morgan McFa…   


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Ukraine says its Sea Baby drones have become 'much more' powerful and can hit Russian ships anywhere in the Black Sea

A spokesperson for Ukraine's security services said Sea Baby drones have been upgraded to carry a t…

Thibault Spirlet   


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Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars

The former president chastised Silicon Valley tycoons' ambitions to put humans in space, saying Ear…

Marianne Guenot   


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Somewhere on Earth, it could rain rocket parts this weekend as a runaway Chinese spacecraft breaks up in the atmosphere

China's space-station rocket will most likely land in the ocean, but its path around Earth also tak…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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An astronomer who said that a SpaceX rocket part will hit the moon now says the object most likely came from a Chinese spacecraft

Astronomer Bill Gray said he had evidence that the rocket part due to hit the moon in March is a Ch…

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Chinese media claims it doesn't fear Taiwan's new weapons that can strike deep into China

China may be more worried about a new Taiwanese strike missile than it is letting on.

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Chinese rocket’s ‘massive’ splashdown in the Atlantic is biggest since 1991, says Harvard astrophysicist

China is no stranger to rockets falling out of the sky. In fact, its villages are used to raining r…