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SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket into space on epic 3rd test flight (video)

SpaceX's next-generation Starship megarocket launched on a stunning third-ever test flight today (March 14), somewhat astonishingly completing many of its mission objectives.

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NASA finds clue while solving Voyager 1's communication breakdown case

In 2023, humanity's pioneering space mission, Voyager 1, stopped sending understandable data back to Earth. Now, NASA engineers may be closer to discovering the source of the issue.

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SpaceX’s Starship destroyed on return to Earth at end of third test flight

Spacecraft’s cruise vessel flew around globe for first time, but lost contact in final stages before planned splashdown

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The moon visits the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades tonight

The four-day-old waxing crescent moon will be positioned just below the Pleiades star cluster on Thursday, March 14.

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If there's life on Europa, solar sails could help us find it

Solar sails are well suited for life-hunting missions to icy, ocean-harboring moons like Europa and Enceladus, a new study suggests.

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Can you solve NASA's Pi Day 2024 challenge?

Hungry for Pi? Check out NASA's Pi Day challenge and put your wits to the test solving problems just like NASA scientists and engineers.

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SpaceX Poised For Third Launch Test Of Starship Megarocket

SpaceX plans on Thursday to attempt another launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade -- and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars.

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FAA grants license for SpaceX's March 14 Starship launch

The FAA has awarded a license for the third-ever launch of SpaceX's Starship megarocket, which is scheduled for 9:25 a.m. ET on Thursday (March 14).

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Dark Energy Camera captures record-breaking image of a dead star's scattered remains

The Vela supernova remnant looks breathtaking in this image from the powerful DECam, revealing intricacies in debris that resulted from the destruction of a massive star 11,000 years ago.

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Scientists find black hole spaghettifying star remarkably close to Earth

Astronomers have discovered rather close evidence of a star being ripped apart and devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption event.

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Giant Mars volcano discovered 'hiding' in plain sight

A giant volcano has been hiding in plain sight for decades in one of Mars' most iconic regions.

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See Mercury at its best in the night sky this month

For those in the Northern Hemisphere, we're in the midst of a fine "window of opportunity" for viewing Mercury in the evening sky throughout March.

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After a successful moon voyage, NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft helps prepare for the next (video)

Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft circled the moon in 2022, but its mission is not over. Ahead of the Artemis 2 astronaut mission in 2025, the vehicle is back in testing to ensure it's safe for humans.

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Japan's 1st commercial rocket explodes shortly after liftoff (video)

A Japanese company's first orbital launch attempt ended in a dramatic failure just seconds after liftoff on Wednesday, March 13.

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See the crescent moon and Jupiter meet up in the night sky March 13

A waxing crescent moon and the solar system's largest planet Jupiter will meet up in the night sky on Wednesday, March 13.

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As scientists find real exoplanets, sci-fi writers change their vision of alien worlds

The discovery of the first exoplanets was a watershed moment for both science and science fiction, which has attempted to keep pace with scientific knowledge of other worlds.

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What time is SpaceX's 3rd Starship launch test on March 14?

SpaceX is hoping to launch its first Starship test of 2024 as early as Thursday (March 14) in what it hopes will be a historic orbital flight of the world's biggest rocket. Here's when it may fly.

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Why spacesuits need a major upgrade for the next phase of exploration

A report released in November 2023 said that the contractor making the spacesuits is having to revisit aspects of the design provided by NASA

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Space One rocket explodes soon after launch in Japan

First attempt with private Kairos rocket was intended to test viability of homegrown commercial launch business

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Japan Private Rocket Explodes Just After Launch

A rocket made by a Japanese company exploded just after launch on Wednesday, with public broadcaster NHK showing footage of the fiery failure.

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Water-themed plaque to fly on Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy ocean moon

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is dedicated to studying Jupiter's icy ocean moon, will carry with it a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say "water."

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SpaceX stacks Starship ahead of 3rd test flight (photos)

SpaceX has stacked Starship ahead of the megarocket's highly anticipated third test flight, which could take place as soon as Thursday (March 14).

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A rare nova ignites a 'new star' in the sky this year. Here's how to see it

A nova named T Coronae Borealis is expected to decorate the night sky between February and September 2024 for the first time in 80 years. Here's how you can see the event.

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Russia and China announce plan to build shared nuclear reactor on the moon by 2035, 'without humans'

The proposed nuclear reactor, which could be transported and assembled without human assistance, would provide energy to a lunar base that Russia and China have agreed to build together.

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Watch 'horned' comet 12P/Pons-Brooks zoom past the Andromeda Galaxy live today (video)

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is currently sailing past the Andromeda Galaxy in the night sky as it races toward Earth, and you can watch it live today.

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