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Drones Scanning Earth’s Glaciers Are Paving the Way for Future Mars Helicopters

Mars has lots of glaciers located along its mid-latitudes. We’ve known this for years thanks to the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s…

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The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets

The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (PoET), installed at the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, has made its…

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Firefly plans late summer launch of first Alpha Block 2 rocket

Firefly Aerospace plans to debut the upgraded version of its Alpha rocket late this summer as it sees strong demand…

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NRO taps EarthDaily, Iceye, Pixxel to expand commercial data pipeline

The agency established a three-tier cybersecurity classification system for commercial data vendors

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NATO governance policies need updating

DENVER – NATO must update policies and strengthen relationships among allies to accelerate the fusion of commercial and national geospatial…

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Moon’s Formation In Many Ways Still Remains A Mystery

Our Moon is still guarding its secrets decades after the last of the Apollo missions lifted off the lunar surface.…

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NASA Welcomes Ireland as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory

Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., 3rd from left, signs the Artemis Accords during a ceremony with…

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Trump’s proposed NASA budget is a ‘horrible threat to our future’ in space, Planetary Society CEO says

In conversation with Space.com, the new Planetary Society CEO talked about the fight to restore NASA's funding again 2027.

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NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies

4 Min Read NASA Fosters Development of Lunar Resource-Seeking Technologies Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, over…

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James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet’s surface for the 1st time: ‘We see a dark, hot, barren rock’

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant super-Earth, revealing a dark, airless,…

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