China took a step closer to the Moon, with the first short test for their crewed lunar lander. The test…
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Climate change isn't just transforming weather on Earth's surface, it’s also fundamentally altering how space weather affects the thousands of…
Space is getting dangerously crowded. More than 50,000 pieces of debris larger than 10 centimetres are currently hurtling around Earth…
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The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission pose for a photo during a training session.Credit: SpaceX NASA astronauts Michael Fincke…
For more than six decades, the United States has pursued the promise of nuclear power in space — a technology…
Unexpected X-ray polarization challenges long-held ideas about how black holes behave.
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NASA Former NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough is photographed as he left the airlock hatch during a spacewalk on Jan. 13,…