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Space.com

The FCC recently voted favorably to dispose of low-Earth orbit satellites within five years, not within 25 years as previously recommended to satellite operators. “The changes being made seem to be in the right …

Space.com

The heavy lifter’s upcoming launch will end a 40-month drought. … SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy megarocket …

Space.com

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is scheduled to launch the Joint Polar Surveyor System-2 (JPSS-2) weather satellite from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base early Tuesday morning (Nov. 1).

Space.com

Static fires, in which a rocket’s first-stage engines are briefly ignited while the vehicle remains anchored to the ground, are a common prelaunch trial. The completion of the milestone keeps the Heavy on track to launch the USSF-44 mission for the U.S. …

Scientific American

But that buried biosphere would have ultimately retreated deeper into the planet, perhaps to its doom, driven by freezing temperatures of its own making. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, proposes that these hypothetical ancient …

BBC News

Space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on Mars – the largest in the Solar System ever caught in the act of excavation. A van-sized object dug out a 150m-wide bowl on the Red Planet, hurling debris up to 35km (19 miles) away.

Space.com

The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program facility, or HAARP, is in the midst of a wide-ranging science campaign that will see the facility bounce signals off the moon and Jupiter. HAARP consists of 180 antennas designed to transmit signals …

Space.com

If you’re seeking something unsettling from space this October, an audio track of converted data released by the European Space Agency (ESA) provides a disturbing sonic representation of the Earth’s magnetic field under attack.

Phys.Org

A groundbreaking new research project has analyzed the evolution of the placental mammal skull using 3D scans of 322 specimens housed in more than 20 international museum collections, and crafted a new model of how mammals diversified based on the …

CNET

Heard about the newly discovered, potentially dangerous asteroid heading our way? Few months go by without ominous asteroids in the tabloid headlines. Spoiler alert: There’s absolutely nothing to worry about. In the past week, news outlets around the …