The Russian space agency released a proposal to allow its Progress cargo ships to arrive in a single orbit, an unprecedented two-hour flight.
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What is the biggest thing in the universe?
Earth and even the sun are puny compared to a mighty, hulking source of gamma-rays.
SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage breaks up in Earth's atmosphere, 5 years after launch
The rocket stage helped heft the Echostar 23 satellite to orbit in 2017.
Mars Could Have Been wet for Much Longer Than Previously Believed
Billions of years ago, Mars was a much different place than it is today. During the same period when life was first emerging on Earth, Mars had a thicker atmosphere, warmer surface temperatures, and flowing water on its surface. Evidence of this warmer, wetter past is preserved on the planet’s surface today in the form of river channels, lakebeds, alluvial fans, and sedimentary deposits. When this period began, and how long it lasted, remains the subject of much debate for scientists.
SpaceX rocket stage on a collision course with the moon captured in telescope images
A SpaceX rocket's upper stage was caught on camera careening toward a collision course with the moon.
Astra rocket aborts 1st Florida launch attempt at last second (video)
The first-stage engines of Astra's Launch Vehicle 0008 fired up as planned today (Feb. 7), but the rocket aborted the liftoff try shortly thereafter due to a telemetry issue.
The Big Bang: What really happened at our universe's birth?
Our universe was born 13.7 billion years ago in a massive expansion that blew space up like a giant balloon.
Olay erects statue of rocket engineer Mary Golda Ross to promote STEM equity
In life, Mary Golda Ross helped develop a rocket stage that served as a rendezvous and docking target for astronauts preparing to go to the moon. A new statue, donated by Olay, honors her legacy.
Elon Musk giving update on SpaceX's Starship Mars rocket Thursday
Elon Musk will give a big Starship update — his first since the fall of 2019 — on Thursday (Feb. 10) at 9 p.m. EST (0200 GMT on Feb. 11).
Farewell, Jupiter! The gas giant will disappear from the evening sky this month
It will soon be time to bid a fond adieu to an object that has been a fixture in our evening sky since late last summer: the planet Jupiter.
This SpaceX video of a Falcon 9 rocket stage separation during launch is just amazing
A new SpaceX video has captured a striking view of two critical moments in any rocket launch: stage separation for its booster and nose cone jettison.
Astronomers Watch the Making of a Super-Earth
Gaseous mini-Neptunes may become rocky super-Earths when they lose their atmospheres. Now, astronomers have caught that process in action.
Simulation Predicts Where to Find 300,000 Meteorites Hidden in Antarctica
Although meteorites are known to fall all over the world, the environment and unique processes in Antarctica make them somewhat easier to find on the pristine, snowy landscape. Still, collecting meteorites in Antarctica is physically grueling and hazardous work.
Asteroid sharing Earth's orbit discovered — could it help future space missions?
Could we mine Earth's newly discovered companion?
How Dark Matter Could Be Measured in the Solar System
Dark matter has long been a mystery to astronomers, in no small part because it is so hard to measure directly. Its influence is plain when looking at its gravitational effects on objects such as far away galaxies, but measuring that influence directly has proved much trickier. But now, a team of scientists thinks they have a way to measure the influence of dark matter directly – all it would require is a specialized probe that sits really far away from Earth for a while.
25 myths about space
These wild myths about space that just won't go away.
Astronomy Jargon 101: Eclipsing Binary
In this series we are exploring the weird and wonderful world of astronomy jargon! You’ll be seeing double with today’s topic: eclipsing binaries!
Our galaxy hosts loads of binary stars. So much so that the majority of all stars in the galaxy are members of a binary system. Astronomers can only find most binary systems through intense scrutiny, either by having a telescope big enough to reveal two or more stars where we once thought there was only one, or by using spectroscopy to notice the wiggling motion of one star caused by the orbit of a hidden companion.
Strange twin asteroids, the youngest ever seen, likely broke apart just 300 years ag
Scientists spotted two space rocks that may be Earth's freshest asteroid neighbors, but have to wait until 2033 to see them again.
Greenland lost enough ice in last 2 decades to cover entire US in 1.5 feet of water
Satellite data shows that Greenland’s ice sheet has lost enough water over 20 years to submerge the entire United States.
International Astronomical Union launches new center to fight satellite megaconstellation threat
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has launched a new center to fight the threat of satellite megaconstellations, which it now describes as worse than urban light pollution.
