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US military test-launches nuclear-capable ICBM from California (photos)

The U.S. military test-launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Space Force Base on May 20, 2026.

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A New Study on Coronal Holes Improves Space Weather Forecasting

New Mexico State University (NMSU) astronomy graduate student Khagendra Katuwal studied 70 coronal holes on the sun to better understand…

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Where did Neptune’s mysterious moon Nereid come from? It may be the only survivor of the planet’s violent history

Neptune's moon Nereid might be the only satellite surviving from the planet's original system, researchers report in a new study.

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Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, coming within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) of…

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NASA-developed AI Could Help Track Harmful Algae

Green swirls of microscopic algae (phytoplankton) are visible off the U.S. Gulf Coast in this image captured Oct. 21, 2024,…

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Orbital Data Centers: Power and Thermal Management for Scalable Architectures

As orbital data centers move from concept to reality, scalable power generation and efficient thermal management are emerging as critical enabling technologies. A…

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Starfighters turns Texas facility toward microgravity flight testing

Starfighters Space, which is developing F-104 supersonic jets for satellite air-launch, is turning its Texas facility into a staging ground…

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TESS Data Reveals 27 New Planet Candidates in Binary Systems

You’re doing some late afternoon work on the habitat as part of humanity’s first exoplanet settlement, but the sun is…

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A Brief-ish History of SETI. Part VI: The Great Silence and the Great Filter

In the closing decades of the 20th century, several proposed explanations were put forward for why humanity has not yet…

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Lasers in moon craters could create a lunar GPS system

Scientists are exploring how lasers stabilized in the moon's coldest, darkest craters could enable a GPS-like network to help future…

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