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Europe's Vega C rocket fails on 2nd-ever mission, 2 satellites lost

Europe's Vega C rocket failed during its second-ever mission on Tuesday night (Dec. 20), which was supposed to loft two satellites for Airbus' Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging constellation.

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Two potentially habitable Earth-like worlds orbit a star in our cosmic backyard

Astronomers have discovered two Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf near our solar system that orbit their star with respective 'years' lasting just 10 and 21 days.

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Zero-G flight for disability ambassadors shows space is accessible for all

AstroAccess flew 14 individuals from 5 countries on a parabolic research flight Dec. 15, to open up space research to more people.

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Watch 2 NASA astronauts conduct spacewalk early Wednesday

Two NASA astronauts will conduct a spacewalk early Wednesday (Dec. 21) to install new solar arrays on the International Space Station, and you can watch it live.

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SpaceX aims to start launching next-gen Starlink satellites this month: report

SpaceX will soon start launching a new generation of Starlink broadband satellites, which could help the company deal with surging demand, according to a report.

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Strange arrangement of Milky Way's groupie galaxies may undermine dark matter

Scientists may have explained the mysterious distribution of small satellite galaxies around our Milky Way that has long puzzled astronomers, but not everyone is in agreement.

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Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth's magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm

A mysterious shock wave in a gust of solar wind has sent a barrage of high-speed material smashing into Earth's magnetic field, opening up a crack in the magnetosphere.

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NASA's InSight lander on Mars goes silent as power runs low

NASA lost contact with its Mars InSight lander on Monday (Dec. 18) after the spacecraft failed to respond to communications from its control team.

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Watch Europe's Vega C rocket launch its 2nd mission Tuesday night

Europe's Vega C rocket is scheduled to launch on its second-ever mission on Tuesday night (Dec. 20), and you can watch the action live.

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Salute Apollo 17's 50th anniversary with freshly restored moon mission shots

NASA restoration wizard Andy Saunders on Apollo 17's restored photos in his new book, "Apollo Remastered"

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China picks 4 international payloads for historic sample-return mission to moon's far side

China has revealed that four international experiments will fly on its historic Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the far side of the moon in 2025.

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Ursid meteor shower shines with ideal dark sky conditions this year

The moon will be at new moon phase on Dec. 23 when the Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak, meaning it won't provide any hindrance at all for meteor watching.

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Europa's icy crust may let more material into hidden ocean than thought

New research shows that even smaller impacts can warm and soften enough ice on Jupiter's moon Europa to send material sinking into the underlying ocean.

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Superdense neutron star likely has solid crust, NASA telescope finds

NASA's IXPE space telescope observed a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field in X-rays for the first time, finding polarization and a likely solid crust.

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Why haven't aliens contacted Earth? New Fermi Paradox analysis suggests we're not that interesting yet

We have absolutely no evidence for any extraterrestrial civilization, let alone life. This is Fermi's great paradox: If life can happen, it should be common, and if it's common, we should already know about it. But we don't.

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This may be the last Mars photo from NASA's InSight lander before it dies on the Red Planet

This photo from NASA's InSight lander on Mars just may be its last as the power-starved lander approaches the end of its life on the Red Planet.

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Hole spotted in leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft

An inspection of the leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station has revealed a small hole, though it's unclear if it was caused by a micrometeoroid strike.

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Boldly go: SpaceX to launch diversity tribute to 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry

A commitment to diversity honoring "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry will soon blast off to the final frontier.

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Megadrought on Earth affected gravity waves at the edge of space

An intense drought that has persisted on Earth for over two decades is now thought to have affected gravity wave activity where our planet's atmosphere meets outer space

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Something weird is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, 40-year study shows

Something odd is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, a new study has revealed.

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Under pressure! Watch a Lockheed Martin inflatable space habitat explode (video)

Lockheed Martin has been blowing up its in-development inflatable space habitat in more ways than one.

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