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Astronauts exploring asteroids would face a host of dangers from sinking into killer “ball pits” to taking ill-considered jumps that could launch them to space. Comments (0). In September 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, or DART, …

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NASA watched the sun throw out a coronal mass ejection “double punch” that could strike our planet before the weekend. Comments (0). a large cloud of material erupts from the sun. An illustration shows the sun as it throws out a coronal mass ejection …

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Today’s mission began at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT), when the Ariane 5 launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. About 2.5 minutes into flight, the vehicle’s 103-foot tall (31.6 …

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One of the brightest transient events is the result of a supermassive black hole beginning to feast on surrounding matter resulting in one of the most dramatic “switching on” events ever seen. Transients are astronomical events or objects that change …

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Hum from onboard electronics that power SpaceX’s internet-beaming Starlink satellites may disturb radio astronomy observations, a new study has found. Experts have long warned about how astronomy is being impacted by megaconstellations of low Earth …

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Typically, most supermassive black holes in the early universe weigh in at over 1 billion solar masses, making them brighter and easier to detect. The relatively small size of the black hole at …

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Europe’s venerable Ariane 5 rocket blasted off on its 117th and final flight Wednesday, successfully boosting two communications satellites into orbit but leaving the European space program without a large satellite launcher of its own until a delayed …

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Interestingly, the times when the Earth lies at its closest and farthest points from the sun roughly coincide with two significant holidays here in the United States. Comments (0). earth in space with the sun visible in the background.

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When the Viking 1 and 2 landers analyzed the Martian sands for microbial life back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the results were … inconclusive. Some of the experiments came back positive for microorganisms surviving the harsh conditions – today, …

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had a great view of this month’s full moon. July’s full moon — the first of four straight supermoons over the next few months — rose at 7:10 p.m. EDT (2310 GMT) on Monday (July 3) in New York and …