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Space.com

Boeing’s Starliner crew vehicle is on track to fly its first astronauts in space in April. In a Feb. 17 update, NASA and Boeing officials outlined the aerospace company’s work on its entry for …

Space.com

The upcoming NASA/SpaceX Crew-6 mission is set to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) as soon as Feb. 27. Following launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the team will conduct cutting-edge science aboard the orbiting laboratory during a …

Spaceflight Now

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft. Credit: Roscosmos. A Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship blasted off from Kazakhstan Thursday, …

Space.com

The moon makes its close approach to Uranus on Saturday (Feb. 25) providing an excellent guide for skywatchers to spot the seventh planet from the sun. During the close approach, both the moon and Uranus will be in the constellation of Aries, the ram.

The New York Times

Scientists have discovered two new forms of salty ice that probably do not exist naturally on Earth but might be found on icy moons farther out in the solar system. “These structures are nothing like anything that has been described before,” said …

Phys.Org

“Look at this,” says Erica’s message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is July 2022 …

Phys.Org

The new research, led by Armando Azua-Bustos at the Center for Astrobiology in Madrid, tested the sophisticated instruments currently in use by NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance rovers—as well as some newer lab equipment planned for future analysis—in the …

EarthSky

The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong appears not to have moved for about six months. Has its mission ended? There’s been no official word about the rover from CNSA – the Chinese space agency – since May of 2022. That’s when the rover entered a dormant state …

The Atlantic

During the day, the seafloor is full of life and color; at night it looks much more alien. Shlesinger is waiting for a phenomenon that occurs once a year for a plethora of coral species, often several nights after the full moon.

CNET

An artist’s conception of a large gas giant planet orbiting a small red dwarf star called TOI-5205. Katherine Cain, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science.