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But what exactly Brahe worked on in his alchemical laboratory, located beneath his castle residence and observatory called Uraniborg, has been something of a historical enigma. The covert nature of Brahe’s work was common among alchemists …

Spaceflight Now

A two-week launch hiatus for SpaceX is set to come to a close shortly after midnight on Saturday. The launch company scheduled Starlink 10-9 as its return to flight mission following a mishap with a Falcon 9 upper stage on July 11.

Spaceflight Now

The Atlas 5 stands ready to emerge from the Vertical Integration Facility at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now. United Launch Alliance …

ABC News

Today, in his home in Reno, Nevada, Case has a collection of more than 2,000 fossils — mostly teeth from a variety of species, about 10% of which he believes are from various dinosaurs. Hunting and collecting fossils, or buying them at auction, is a …

Space.com

Crew 9 may be the final NASA-led ISS mission to arrive in the Atlantic Ocean aboard Crew Dragon.

Phys.Org

The European Space Agency’s Juice probe blasted off in April 2023 on a mission to discover whether Jupiter’s icy moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa are capable of hosting extra-terrestrial life in their vast, hidden oceans.

Los Angeles Times

Researchers say the polymetallic nodules that mining companies hope to harvest from the deep-ocean seafloor may be a source of oxygen for the animals, plants and bacteria that live there. This discovery of this “dark oxygen” has the potential to rock …

Scientific American

Old wrinkled hands with red cuffs playing the piano. Musical memory might be resistant to age-related cognitive declines because it stirs emotions and becomes more encoded in memory. RapidEye/ …

Yahoo News

SpaceX is now targeting mid- to late August for the launch of Polaris Dawn, a mission funded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The upcoming flight, which will employ SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, had been slated to lift off …

Livescience.com

Against a cloudy white and purple background, part of a bright blue-white star. An artist’s illustration of a jet emitted from a dying star as it collapses into a black hole …