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Just Like Stars, Open Clusters Can Form Binary Pairs

Open star clusters are prevalent stellar structures in the Milky Way. Astronomers think their could be 100,000 of them. But…

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Setting up a permanent lunar presence needs investment in biology

In December 1972, Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt spent 75 hours on the lunar surface during Apollo 17. They drove…

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Revolv Space enters in-orbit servicing market with Infinite Orbits deal

WARSAW, Poland — The Italian-Dutch company Revolv Space has announced that French in-orbit services provider Infinite Orbits has selected its…

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Germany pushes European military space command initiative

AMSTERDAM — A senior German military official said Europe needs a coordinated approach to military space operations and proposed the…

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Astrophotographer spends 115 hours capturing Horsehead Nebula in striking detail with backyard telescope

The Horsehead Nebula cuts a dark silhouette against glowing clouds in the constellation Orion.

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Astrophysical Calibration Could “Autotune” Gravitational Wave Detection

The LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network has a new trick up its sleeve to improve the instruments’ sensitivity to gravitational waves:…

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Something Just Passed Between Us and a Distant Star.

In December 2019, astronomers detected a one hour brightening of a star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a classic gravitational…

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When Spacetime Crystallises, a Black Hole is Born

Physicists have thought for decades that microscopic black holes can theoretically emerge not from exploding stars but from delicate "critical…

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House Armed Services draft bill eliminates SDA, Space RCO as separate entities

HASC 2027 NDAA supports realignment of the Space Development Agency and the Space Rapid Capabilities Office under a portfolio-based acquisition…

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NASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety

5 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland…

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