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Late last year, NASA scientists pressed start on a highly anticipated space mission. Basically, they launched a spacecraft toward an asteroid that could very well be made entirely of metal, a composition that appears to be a rarity — at least, …

CNN

Boeing developed the Starliner capsule as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. This rendering shows the spacecraft as it would appear in orbit. Boeing. Sign up for CNN’s …

Space.com

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that early universe galaxies must have grown up way faster than expected. Plus, the same team also found that, 10 billion years ago, the cosmos wasn’t quite as disordered and chaotic as …

Space.com

“Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission.” Comments (0). up-close photo of a rocket upper stage in the blackness of space. ADRAS-J, a satellite operated by the …

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The Crab Nebula, located some 6,500 light-years away from Earth, formed after a supernova explosion occurred long (long) ago. Astronomers originally witnessed the event in 1054 A.D. Using Chandra images taken over 22 …

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Seasonal, spider-like features have been spotted sprouting through cracks in Mars’ surface. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured new images of small, dark features that resemble spiders scuttling across the Martian region known as …

Scientific American

Someday an unlucky outburst from our sun could strike Earth and fry most of our electronics—and we’ve already had some too-close-for-comfort near misses. By Phil Plait. A solar flare, as seen by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory.

BBC News

A satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15 year-old piece of space junk and taken an up-close image of it. The object is a discarded rocket segment that’s about 11m by 4m (36ft by 15ft), with a mass of three tonnes.

WRAL.com

While visiting our state to highlight education at several schools, she and Governor Roy Cooper sat down with anchor WRAL News at the executive mansion. They talked about why investing in student education is critical and why …

Smithsonian

For decades, scientists thought the teeth pointed downward, similar to those of a saber-toothed cat, but now they believe the fish’s chompers jutted out sideways. Sarah Kuta. Daily Correspondent. April 25, 2024 4:35 p.m. …