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How environmentally friendly is SpaceX's Starship?

SpaceX's Starship uses greener propellant than other rockets, but its environmental footprint could still be substantial if plans for hundreds of launches per year come to pass, experts warn.

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SpaceX launches its 30th Dragon cargo mission to the ISS (video)

SpaceX launched its 30th cargo mission to the ISS for NASA this afternoon (March 21), carrying 3 tons of supplies and scientific hardware to the orbiting lab.

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'Singing' red giant stars could offer another way to measure the universe's expansion

The different ways red giants "sing" could affect distance measurements of the universe, potentially helping soothe a cosmic headache: The Hubble tension.

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What is the most distant thing we can see?

To the unaided human eye, the night sky is resplendent with over 9,000 individual points of light, but that perspective covers only a bare fraction of the universe.

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Why are the US and Japan pushing to ban nuclear weapons in space?

Washington and Tokyo sponsor a UNSC resolution calling on countries not to deploy or develop nuclear weapons in space.

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SpaceX's Starship could fly again as soon as early May

SpaceX hopes to launch the fourth test flight of its Starship megarocket just six weeks or so from now, according to the company's president and COO.

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China launches satellite to support future moon missions (video)

China launched a relay satellite towards the moon atop a Long March 8 rocket this week after a previous launch this month failed to reach lunar orbit.

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1 in 12 stars might have swallowed a planet

A new study suggests that stars may chomp on planets way more often than you'd expect.

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Whee! Zip down from the launch tower in SpaceX's new emergency-escape slide (video)

SpaceX has given us an astronaut's-eye view of the company's new emergency-escape slide in action at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Space

NASA Prepares For Once-In-A-Lifetime 'New Star' Phenomenon In Night Sky

The nova will appear as a bright spot between the Boötes and Hercules constellations, visible from the Northern Hemisphere.

International Business Times

7 things to buy to safely watch and photograph a solar eclipse

The last total solar eclipse was a natural phenomenon, and you can prepare to safely observe the next one.

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Rocket Lab launches mysterious spy satellites in 4th-ever US liftoff (video)

Rocket Lab launched from the U.S. for the fourth time ever Thursday morning (March 21), sending mystery payloads aloft for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

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Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion suns

Astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 662 new galactic superclusters, the most prominent of which, the Einasto Supercluster, contains a staggering mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion suns.

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Watch Russian Soyuz rocket launch 3 spaceflyers to the ISS today

A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch three people, including one NASA astronaut, toward the International Space Station on today (March 21). You can watch it live.

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Doomed egg-shaped exoplanet is death-spiraling into its star

WASP-12b, an ultrahot Jupiter planet molded into the shape of an egg, is set to nose-dive into its star.

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NASA, SpaceX ready to launch 30th cargo mission to ISS on March 21

SpaceX is scheduled to launch its 30th operational cargo mission to the International Space Station for NASA on Thursday (March 21).

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Arrokoth the 'space snowman' and other Kuiper Belt objects may be packed with ancient ice

"Space snowman" Arrokoth a other Kuiper Belt objects may contain locked-up ancient ice and gas, suggests a new model that could also explain the explosive behavior of "ice bomb" comets passing the sun.

The Hindu

Collision with NASA spacecraft altered shape of asteroid Dimorphos

When NASA sent its DART spacecraft to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, the U.S. space agency demonstrated that it was possible to change a celestial object’s trajectory, if needed, to protect Earth.

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DARPA picks Northrop Grumman to develop 'lunar raiload' concept

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman is outlining a proposed railway system for the moon, with support from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Space

A new ultrablack coating for telescopes could bring more stars into focus

Next-gen telescopes could see a much clearer picture using a new thin film coating that's incredibly dark.

Space

SpaceX's evening Starlink launch wows West Coast skywatchers (photos)

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the night sky March 18, when the expanding plume from the rocket's high-altitude ascent could be seen like a cosmic 'jellyfish' for hundreds of miles.

The Hindu

Tamil Nadu creates history with India’s second privately developed rocket

Tamil Nadu's Agnikul Cosmos to launch India's first private rocket, showcasing state's growing space ecosystem on March 22.

Space

Condor Array Telescope confirms Chinese astrology records of 'new star' spotted in 77 BCE

The first data from the Condor Telescope Array suggests a dwarf nova was the source of a new star seen in 77 BCE.

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Astrobotic readies next lunar lander following failed Peregrine moon mission

Despite the failure of the first U.S. commercial lunar lander to ever operate in space, Astrobotic is pressing ahead with its next moon, set for 2024.

International Business Times

Creeping Ice Clouding Vision Of Europe Space Telescope Euclid

Scientists are trying to melt a thin layer of ice that is increasingly clouding the vision of the "dark universe detective" space telescope Euclid, the European Space Agency said on Tuesday.

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