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Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

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Amazon to send internet satellites into space to rival Starlink

Amazon plans to begin offering satellite internet before the end of 2025

Evening Standard

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

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What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?

A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights into long-standing astronomical mysteries like the "hot Neptune desert" and the "radius valley."

Space

Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has released a mysterious object into orbit, sparking interest among space trackers and analysts.

Space

Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9

Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will lift off a week from now, if all goes according to plan.

Space

Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it

"All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like."

Space

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Europe's life-hunting ExoMars rover gets new landing platform to replace canceled Russian craft

The European Space Agency has picked Airbus to build the landing platform for the life-hunting ExoMars rover Rosalind Franklin, which is scheduled to launch in 2028.

Space

ESA's new documentary paints worrying picture of Earth's orbital junk problem

The European Space Agency's new documentary short tackles the question of whether space debris has reached crisis level.

Space

US Space Force picks Rocket Lab and Stoke Space to compete for national security launches

Private launch companies Rocket Lab and Stoke Space have been selected to compete for future U.S. national security space launches.

Space

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Space

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

Space

NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'

NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.

Space

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.

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Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief

President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.

Space

Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.

Space

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)

Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

Space

Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.

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Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets

The JWST was used in a creative way to capture direct images of distant worlds.

Space

Sun unleashes powerful M5.6 solar flare and Earth is in the firing line — are auroras incoming?

After last week's explosive X-flare, sunspot AR4046 is at it again! Could this latest eruption bring stormy space weather to Earth?

Space

Changing seasons on Uranus tracked across 20 years by Hubble Space Telescope

An analysis of two decades of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided fresh insights into the complex atmospheric changes on Uranus, including the effects of the sun's radiation on its seasonal shifts.

Space

SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles

SpaceX launched the Fram2 astronaut mission today (March 31), the first-ever crewed spaceflight to orbit Earth over its poles.

The Independent UK

SpaceX launches world-first polar mission, funded by crypto magnate

It is the first mission to send a crew over both poles

Space

Watch a private German rocket explode during 1st orbital launch attempt from European soil (video)

A dramatic video shows Isar Aerospace's first orbital launch attempt, which ended with a fiery crash into the frigid sea about 30 seconds after liftoff.

Space

FAA closes investigation into SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion

The FAA has closed its investigation into the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mishap, accepting the company's findings and verifying its corrective actions.

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