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SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)

More than 50 new Starlink satellites are now in orbit after launches from California and Florida.

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NASA-Funded Study Shows Wildfire Smoke’s Hidden Ozone Toll

Earth (ESD) Earth Explore Explore Earth Science Agriculture Air Quality Climate Change Freshwater Life on Earth Severe Storms Snow and…

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The Unexpected Brightness ‘Gap’ in an Ancient Globular Cluster

Scientists using the Euclid space telescope found a red-dwarf brightness “gap” in the population of a globular cluster—an ancient, crowded…

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12 of the weirdest ‘Masters of the Universe’ characters

By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were…

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AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a…

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Most exoplanets might be ‘soot factories,’ scientists say: ‘Like you have a natural diesel engine’

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by…

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Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Gary Eason © CC BY NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere…

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Delian Asparouhov and Philip Johnston on making the case for orbital data centers

This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews’ recent event on orbital data centers. There, Jeff Foust talks with talks…

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Cosmic Tryst: Venus Meets Jupiter at Dusk

It’s a familiar annual question, that we’re already hearing as we enter into June. “What are those two bright objects…

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NASA working to streamline development of nuclear electric propulsion demo mission

NASA is working on a streamlined management approach for a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission the agency wants to launch…

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