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A Chinese hypersonic weapon that alarmed top US military leaders fired something off as it sped toward its target
The projectile, possibly a missile or countermeasure, was reportedly launched midflight inside the …
Ryan Pickrell
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Top US general says Chinese hypersonic weapon test is close to 'Sputnik moment' and 'has all of our attention'
"I think it's very close to that," Gen. Mark Milley said of a reported Chinese hypersonic weapon te…
Ryan Pickrell
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A report says China tested a new hypersonic missile capability, but Beijing says it was testing spacecraft technology
A missile defense expert told Insider that the media report and China's claims about what happened …
Ryan Pickrell
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Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has spent $1 billion trying to reach to space — while a small New Zealand startup got to orbit for a fraction of that
CEO Peter Beck says Rocket Lab has spent about $180 million to develop the Electron launch vehicle,…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers reveal the first-ever photo of 2 planets orbiting a sun-like star, taken from 300 light-years away
Jupiter and Saturn have nothing on these gas giants. The planets are several times more massive and…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The US and Canada are updating a Cold War-era system to keep an eye on Russian and Chinese missiles. Experts say they need to add a lot more territory too.
With China, Russia, and North Korea fielding more advanced missiles, the US and Canada are paying m…
Michael Peck
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Astronomers discover an asteroid that's closer to the Sun than any other
The semi-major axis is a useful way to measure how far an asteroid is from the Sun on aver…
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Meet the astronaut who may fly Tom Cruise to orbit on the first all-private space mission with SpaceX's help
Axiom Space commander Michael López-Alegría, a former NASA astronaut, may pilot three tourists to t…
Dave Mosher
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Forget what you heard: Jupiter does not orbit the sun
For example: When the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth, both the Earth and the sp…
Rafi Letzter
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Forget what you heard: Jupiter does not orbit the sun
For example: When the International Space Station (ISS) orbits the Earth, both the Earth and the sp…
Rafi Letzter
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This space telescope just uncovered more than 100 new planets, including a planetary system that might harbor life
"Our analysis shows that by the end of the K2 mission, we expect to double or triple the number of …
Ali Sundermier
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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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China could have 1,000 nuclear warheads and missiles that can hit the US by 2030, says Pentagon report
The Pentagon estimates that China is set to at least double its nuclear warheads by the end of the …
Rebecca Rommen
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China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaque
Without providing the world with any word of explanation, in the past five years the People's Liber…
ANI
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The James Webb Space Telescope found a molecular building block of life hiding in the Orion Nebula
New images from the Webb Telescope revealed methyl cation, or CH3+ molecule, in a young star system…
Natalie Musumeci,Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said he plans to have a million people on Mars by 2050. Scientists say tha…
Maiya Focht
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NASA is intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday. Here's how to watch the collision live.
NASA's DART mission will crash into Dimorphos, a small asteroid 6.8 million miles away, to test our…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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NASA crashes DART spacecraft into an asteroid, testing a tactic to bump space rocks away from Earth
NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid to knock it off its path. It's the first te…
Paola Rosa-Aquino,Marianne Guenot
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Astronomers using a NASA space telescope spotted the first signs of a planet beyond the Milky Way
If this planet exists, it's orbiting a dead star or a black hole and it only passes through Earth's…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Tata group to offer satellite broadband services in India through Telesat’s Lightspeed brand
India may have the second-highest number of internet users in the world but there’s still a large f…