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The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.
Astronomers have made the largest 3-D map of our universe and it could change the way we understand…
Jessica Orwig,Morgan McFall-J…
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…
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Indian start-up is building a three-stage rocket that could be ready to launch by 2022
With the government opening up the space sector for private investments, Chennai-based rocket makin…
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As demand for kids’ content sees a surge during lockdown, animation company Cosmos-Maya has its plate full
With schools shut down, children are consuming more content, leading to a surge in the growth of th…
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ESA satellite Sentinel-1A dodges a 'high-risk collision' from Russian space debris
"On Monday, for the first time, we performed a set of manoeuvres to avoid a high-risk collision wit…
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Rise in the number of satellites are threatening orbital space around Earth, say scientists
The rapid growth of the anthropogenic space object population, including satellite mega-constellati…
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Indian travel industry won’t be able to flourish much this holiday season, thanks to demonetisation
Travel operators are frustrated. Though, the airlines have reduced their prices, people aren’t stil…
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Jeff Bezos is about to take an 11-minute flight to the edge of space. Here's how his childhood obsession with the cosmos led to Blue Origin's unprecedented spaceflight.
While the spaceflight is an unusual experiment, it's not a very surprising one: Bezos has been pass…
Avery Hartmans
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope will spend its first year looking for primordial galaxies, gold-forging explosions, and habitable planets
NASA is about to launch the world's most powerful space telescope. Webb's first year of science cou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA says its Hubble telescope captured a spiral galaxy that's as bright as a jewel and 68 million light-years from Earth
The European and US space agencies said a photo snapped by the Hubble was of a galaxy in the Fornax…
Kevin Shalvey
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NASA's powerful new space telescope will be named after Nancy Grace Roman — the agency's first female executive, known as the 'mother of Hubble'
Nancy Grace Roman was told she couldn't do science. She became NASA's first woman executive and mad…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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Vintage NASA images reveal the agency's earliest feats, from launching the first astronauts to building a '70s space station
The agency keeps a library of historical photos from its earliest projects, including the Mercury m…
Holly Secon,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Why is China building a base on the Moon?
With a long-term vision mapped out through 2050, China’s space agencies are setting the stage for a…
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Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities
Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. W…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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There might be a secret massive black hole in our galaxy that scientists didn’t know about till now!
We have found evidence for the second-biggest black hole in our Milky Way, challenging our understa…
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn L…
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Japan unveils world's first wooden satellite! Here’s all you need to know about ‘LignoSat’
Human ingenuity knows no limits. From launching rovers to explore distant planets to capturing blac…
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Scientists think they’ve spotted 60 potential alien power plants in the Milky Way!
Dyson Spheres, a shell or swarm of objects built by an advanced civilisation to capture the immense…
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Voyager 1 briefly came back to life after a 'poke' from NASA, giving scientists hope for the 46-year-old probe
NASA engineers spotted an unusual set of data in the signal Voyager 1 sent back in response to thei…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen
NASA's Webb telescope was able to spot an object, the smallest of its kind, from 1,000 light years …