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Total Lunar Eclipse Creates a ‘Blood Moon,' Dazzling Stargazers
The celestial action unfolded Sunday night into early Monday morning, with the moon bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours
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Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way's Huge Black Hole
Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Nearly all galaxies, including our own, are believed to have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get images of them. The image released Thursday was...
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SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Home With Midnight Splashdown
Friday’s homecoming for the three Americans and one German caps the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s space taxi service.
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Paying $50K to Go to Space is Actually a Bargain
Right now, spacefaring companies charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to tourists who want to see Earth from up high. But the company World View plans to charge $50,000 when it starts commercial space flights in 2024. Additionally, some seats on the initial flights will be given away for free, World View CEO Ryan Hartman said on LX News.
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Spots Wreckage of Rover Landing Gear
The interplanetary photo op was conducted earlier this month by the helicopter, NASA reported.
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Astronaut Makes History as First Black Woman on Long-Duration Space Mission
Jessica Watkins, an accomplished UCLA and Stanford grad who worked on the Curiosity rover with NASA JPL, will make history as the first Black woman to serve on a long-duration space mission.
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SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts for NASA After Private Flight
SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires
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Four Planets Will Line Up in the Sky This Month. Here's How to Spot Them
The midmonth alignment is a relatively unusual opportunity for people to see multiple planets in the sky with the naked eye.
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SpaceX Launches US Spy Satellite
SpaceX launched a spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. government from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday.
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UCLA Researchers Measured the Largest Comet Astronomers Have Ever Seen
Scientists from UCLA have made an exciting discovery that’s heading toward our part of the cosmos from the oldest, outermost part of the solar system: the largest comet astronomers have ever seen.
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First All-Civilian Crew Docks at the International Space Station
Four private citizens made history by docking at the International Space Station Saturday. It’s the first private mission to the International Space Station with an all-civilian crew
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How Russia's Ukraine Invasion Puts the International Space Station at Risk
The International Space Station (ISS) has been a symbol of international cooperation since it was conceived by former President Ronald Reagan in 1984. But that doesn’t mean the partnership hasn’t been uncomplicated — and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put the decades-long partnership at greater risk than ever before.
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Blue Origin Launches 6 People Into Space
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin carried six more space tourists out of the Earth’s atmosphere Thursday.
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Machine-Parts Start-Up Hadrian Raises $90 Million as It Seeks to Shake Up the Aerospace Supply Chain
Hadrian Automation raised $90 million in funding led by venture firms Lux Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, as it works to transform the aerospace supply chain.
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Launches First New Shepard Space Crew of 2022
Comedian and actor Pete Davidson was previously announced to be flying with the crew, but his seat was turned over.
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Space Telescope Helps Astronomers Discover Farthest Star Yet
Astronomers have discovered the farthest star yet, a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos
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US Astronaut Ends Record 355-Day Spaceflight, Returning With Russian Cosmonauts
Mark Vande Hei landed in a Soyuz capsule in Kazakhstan alongside two Russian Space Agency cosmonauts.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Says Billionaires Should Pay More Taxes to Help the ‘Next Elon Musk'
“I’m happy to celebrate success, but let’s remember, Elon Musk didn’t make it on his own,” the Massachusetts Democrat told CNBC on Tuesday.
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Terran Orbital Starts Trading on the NYSE With $200 Million in Outstanding Spacecraft Orders
Spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday after closing its SPAC merger.
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SpaceX Raises Prices for Rocket Launches and Starlink Satellite Internet as Inflation Hits Raw Materials
The price hikes range from as much as a 20% increase for new Starlink hardware, to 8% for launches with the company’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.