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ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

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Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms

Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here's why scientists say this is something to track.

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NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'

NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.

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New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)

Check out this peek at new alien abduction thriller "Watch the Skies" coming to theaters May 9.

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'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.

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Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)

Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed.

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Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief

President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.

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Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.

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DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere

Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.

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Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day

Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.

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Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)

Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

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Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.

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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet aces key 'cruise control' test ahead of 1st flight

NASA's "quiet" new supersonic jet, the X-59, just passed a key engine test, bringing it closer to its first flight later this year.

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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets

The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.

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Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?

After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?

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Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.

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SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles

SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

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Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.

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FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion

The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.

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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.

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NASA launches rockets into auroras, creating breathtaking lights in Alaskan skies (photos)

Two NASA rockets launched into auroras over Alaska last week, and the results were gorgeous.

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