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NASA’s New Horizons probe flew by Pluto nearly eight years ago, but the epic encounter is still bearing scientific fruit. New Horizons gave humanity its first up-close looks at Pluto on July 14, 2015, when the probe zoomed just 7,800 miles (12,500 …

Space.com

A new round of scientific experimentation is set to begin in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. For its 27th commercial resupply mission (CRS-27), SpaceX delivered a fresh round of science and cargo to the International …

Spaceflight Now

A day-and-a-half after launching from Florida, SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft is on course for docking at the International Space Station Thursday to deliver fresh food, experiments, CubeSats, and a suite of U.S. military tech demo payloads.

Spaceflight Now

Houston-based Axiom Space on Wednesday showed off the new spacesuit NASA’s Artemis astronauts will wear when they return to the moon, a more flexible, dust resistant, insulated and radiation-shielded suit to protect them in the harsh environment near …

CNN

The NASA Magellan spacecraft captured the images in the early 1990s as it circled our closest planetary neighbor, which is similar in size and composition to Earth. A new analysis of the orbiter’s perspective of a region …

Space.com

Turbulent, swirling currents in Europa’s subsurface sea may influence the spin and geology of the moon’s icy crust.

Space.com

The near-Earth asteroid 2023 EY will pass close to Earth on Thursday evening (March 16), and you can watch it live thanks to a free telescope livestream. Asteroid 2023 EY is roughly 52 feet (16 meters) across and is expected to pass within 149,000 …

CNN

The remains of a glacier have been found near the Martian equator, suggesting that some form of water could still exist in a region on the red planet where humans may one day land. The ice mass …

Space.com

Venus is still alive. Scientists studying data sent home by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft in the early 1990s say they have spotted volcanic activity on Venus. The discovery, announced in a paper published Wednesday (March 15), is based on changes of a …

Phys.Org

As part of a new NASA Quantum Pathways Institute consisting of a multi-university research team, UC Santa Barbara professor of electrical and computer engineering Daniel Blumenthal will help to build technology and tools to improve measurement of …