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With the Vespera III and Vespera Pro 2, telescope-maker Vaonis unveils its sharpest optics yet

They boast a new optical design for sharper images and host a bunch of upgraded features to make stargazing a…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 210 — ESCAPADES at Mars

On Episode 210 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Robert Lillis of the…

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Space Force awards Northrop Grumman $398 million satellite contract

The company will build a communications satellite to test protected communications technologies for contested environments

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What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 1: A Wave Function for the Universe

The equations of general relativity give up at the singularity. Decades before Stephen Hawking dared to guess what came before,…

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New moon of May 2026 brings stunning views of the Milky Way, Venus and Mars

See dazzling planets, the Milky Way and a trio of celestial animals brightening the spring sky around May's new moon.

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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?

NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the solar…

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SpaceX launches CRS-34 cargo mission to ISS

A Falcon 9 launched a Dragon cargo spacecraft May 15 carrying nearly 3,000 kilograms of cargo to the International Space…

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NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon cargo spacecraft atop, launched Friday, May 15, 2026, from Space Launch Complex…

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Starlink Mobile challengers back proposed telco-led D2D joint venture

A planned direct-to-device joint venture between AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon has divided operators behind the satellites needed to connect ordinary…

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A New Theory of Dark Matter Could Solve Three Cosmic Mysteries

A study led by UC Riverside physicist Hai-Bo Yu suggests that a new type of dark matter could explain three…

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