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The catalog’s mix of planets is further evidence of the wide and wild variety of worlds beyond our cosmic backyard; it even shows that our solar system is perhaps a little boring. Yet, despite these planets being …

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To understand why this is important, we must begin with a crash course on stellar evolution. Stars generate energy through nuclear fusion processes in their cores by which they turn hydrogen into helium. When stars with at …

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A U.S. Senate committee heard from the head of NASA what the nature of a developmental mission means: sometimes, you need to wait. NASA administrator Bill Nelson, while mindful of what he calls a “space race” with China to establish a sustained …

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In the JWST’s images, this galactic trio resembles fuzzy red smudges feeding on nearby helium and hydrogen.Over millions of years, it is these elements that sustain such galaxies as they grow, helping to shape them into the familiar ellipses and spirals we …

CNN

Carrion crows could vocally count up to four, a new study found, much like young children. Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images.

CNN

Gliese 12b orbits a cool red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away. R. Hurt/JPL-Caltech/NASA. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder …

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Two small rectangular satellites hover above earth on opposite sides. each has a dual-. Artist’s illustration of NASA’s two PREFIRE cubesats in orbit around Earth. (Image credit: …

Spaceflight Now

Boeing’s Starliner capsule atop the Atlas 5 rocket inside United Launch Alliance’s Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral. Image: United Launch Alliance. After nearly three weeks …

Spaceflight Now

Update 11:15 p.m. EDT: SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX completed its third Falcon 9 launch in less than 48 hours with a mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. As with its launch Wednesday night, SpaceX sent another 23 Starlink satellites …

The Washington Post

Boeing and NASA teams struggling to resolve a persistent helium leak in the company’s Starliner spacecraft have uncovered a new problem, a “design vulnerability” that could affect its ability to fire its engines to return from space, officials said …