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Space.com

It has taken seven years (or 57, depending on how you count), but now it is official: one of NASA’s Apollo-era rocket movers is the heaviest self-powered vehicle in the world.

Spaceflight Now

The first piloted flight of Boeing’s Starliner astronaut ferry ship is slipping from late April to at least July 21, officials said Wednesday, to allow more time to close out paperwork and to carry out an additional test of the spacecraft’s parachute …

Space.com

The solar system’s hottest planet and its coldest one will be in conjunction on Friday (March 31), offering a rare opportunity for skywatchers. Venus (the hottest) and Uranus (the coldest) will share the same right ascension — the celestial equivalent …

Space.com

NASA aims to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) at the space agency with the announcement of two new hires. NASA appointed Steve Shih to serve as the agency’s first diversity …

Space.com

Astronomers have been on the hunt for the origins of Furbies. No, not the eerie little toy creatures, but Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs (often pronounced “fur-bees”). These FRBs are mysterious pulses of radio waves coming from space, and what exactly …

NPR

Human attempts to kill cockroaches with sugary poison have had an unintended consequence: It has cramped the bugs’ sex lives. But now, some roaches appear to have tweaked the recipe for the sweet substance that males use to woo females — allowing the …

Florida Today

NASA on Monday, April 3, will reveal the Artemis II crew of four astronauts who will fly a mission to lunar orbit and back to Earth no earlier than late 2024.

Phys.Org

Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA satellite data could sound the alarm for dangerous space weather. The model uses AI to analyze spacecraft …

The Weather Channel

Meteor showers are undoubtedly one of the most awe-inspiring natural phenomena to grace our skies. Such is their beauty and wonder, that witnessing this astronomical event just once is never enough! Sadly, being able to catch shooting stars is a matter …

Phys.Org

In a new study in the journal Evolution Letters, scientists used a combination of fossils, DNA, and data on the habitat preferences of modern species to piece together how ants and plants have been evolving together over the past 60 million years.