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NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope has examined what may have been the most powerful explosion since the Big Bang, discovering a hitherto unseen feature. The feature could be the result of matter and antimatter particles annihilating at 99.9% the …

Space.com

a lone spacecraft hangs in the solid black of space. On July 23, 1999, NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory was released into space by five astronauts aboard space shuttle Columbia …

CNN

Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe’s late 16th century castle Uraniborg, on what’s now the Swedish island of Ven, included an observatory and an alchemy lab. Culture Club/Hulton Fine Art Collection/Art Images …

The Washington Post

Have you ever wondered how a fruit fly finds that rotting banana in your kitchen? Scientists at the University of Nevada at Reno have some answers. While it might seem like flies flit aimlessly around your home just to annoy you, a study published …

Space.com

“We now know it’s possible to equal or surpass the total habitable volume of the entire International Space Station, in a single launch.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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a black-and-white spacex falcon 9 rocket launches into a night sky. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida on July 28, 2024.

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX aims to continue its post-mishap resurgence with back-to-back launches in the early morning hours of Sunday. It staged two of its Falcon 9 rockets to launch from its pads in both Florida and California. First up is the Starlink 10-4 mission, …

ABC News

Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. Get ready for a meteor shower doubleheader. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor …

Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

The best planetary conjunction this month will be Mars and Jupiter being only one third of a degree apart in Taurus one hour before sunrise on Aug. 14, just two days after the Perseids peak. Then there are always some nice lunar conjunctions to look for …

NBC Southern California

FILE: Alpha Capricornids over the Milky Way. Get ready for a meteor shower doubleheader. The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower peaks in late July. And this year …