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Astronomers have caught a tug of war between a massive galaxy and its smaller dwarf galaxy neighbor. The smaller galaxy has no chance of prevailing in this deeply one-sided gravitational conflict and will eventually …

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With scientists measuring energy waves traveling through stars and setting them to music, the familiar tune takes on a whole new meaning. Comments (0). A large blue star, a medium orange star, and red dwarf star. Scientists. The three stars measured to …

CNN

When NASA’s next-generation space observatory launches in a few years, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will expand the search for exoplanets as well as rogue planets, or worlds that travel through space without orbiting stars.

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The Falcon Heavy was scheduled to launch Wednesday night (July 26) at 11:04 p.m. EDT (0304 GMT on July 27) from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But it wasn’t to be; the launch team called things off with 65 seconds left on the countdown …

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SpaceX aims to pull off an unprecedented launch doubleheader tonight (July 27). Elon Musk’s company plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight at 10:20 p.m. …

CNN

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN —. Astronomers have detected water vapor swirling close to a nearby star — indicating …

Scientific American

Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx is the first U.S. mission to snare a sample from an asteroid. In October 2020 the spacecraft dutifully gathered bits and pieces of the space rock Bennu, an ancient rubble pile of diverse leftovers from the early days …

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A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures a stunning head-on view of a distant galaxy with tightly wound spiral arms. Comments (0). A broad spiral galaxy seen directly face-on. It has two bright spiral arms. The spiral galaxy UGC 12295 …

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It has been a full month since Kelly Haston moved to Mars. As commander of NASA’s first CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission, Haston and her three crewmates volunteered to live for more than a year secluded inside “Mars Dune …

Phys.Org

The spinning, solar-powered spacecraft will take another look of the fiery Jovian moon on July 30. When NASA’s Juno mission flies by Jupiter’s fiery moon Io on Sunday, July 30, the spacecraft will be making its closest approach yet, coming within …