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Europe’s Ariane 6 Rocket Has A New Engine That Can Literally Reignite Itself In Space

The ESA's newest rocket promises agility in delivering space missions, and a special feature to minimize space debris.

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Europe's Ariane 6 Rocket Successfully Launches For First Time

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully blasted off for the first time on Tuesday, releasing satellites into orbit and restoring the continent's independent access to space.

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European Space Agency Successfully Launches Ariane 6 Rocket

The successful launch of the Ariane 6 rocket by the European Space Agency marks a significant milestone in advancing space exploration and satellite launch...

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launches on long-awaited debut mission (video)

The new Ariane 6 rocket launched for the first time ever today (July 9), opening a new chapter in European spaceflight history.

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope finds a jeweled ring in the cosmos

A sparkling jeweled ring, created through a cosmic phenomenon called gravitational lensing, has been imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Space

'Traffic jams' around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts

In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered Uranus has a strangely weak radiation belt. Now, researchers think this could be linked to "traffic jams" caused by the world's warped magnetic field.

Space

NOAA's upcoming GeoXO satellites could be 'weather-monitoring platform of the future'

NASA has awarded Lockheed Martin a $2.27 billion contract to build NOAA's next generation GeoXO weather satellite constellation.

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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasts off for the first time

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket blasted off successfully for its maiden flight on Tuesday, a live video feed showed. The success of its three-hour flight is crucial for European countries, who hope to regain independent access to space more than a year after they retired their workhorse Ariane 5 rocket.

France 24

James Webb Space Telescope sees an ancient black hole dance with colliding galaxies

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have witnessed the dramatic dance between a supermassive black hole-powered quasar and merging galaxies less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

Space

SpaceX Starship landings could contaminate water ice on the moon

Could human landing systems touching down on the moon deliver water from their rocket exhaust plumes? New research says it's a possibility.

Space

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Evening Standard

What is Ariane 6? How to watch the first flight of Europe's new rocket

After almost 10 years in development, the European Ariane 6 space rocket is ready for launch

Evening Standard

How to watch 1st launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket today (video)

The inaugural launch of Europe's new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is slated for today. Here's how to watch it live.

Space

This Scorchingly Hot Planet That Rains Down Glass Apparently Also Smells Like Rotten Eggs

In a new report, scientists reveal how understanding what this exoplanet is made of shapes how astronomers understand the evolution of all planets.

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Watch a supermassive black hole trap a 'fluffy' disk in this simulation

A new computer simulation flies through tangled galaxies and zooms in on a black hole to dissect how these voids feats on surrounding matter.

Inverse

Remnants of Mars’s Violent Past Are Hidden In this New ESA Express Orbiter Image

From lava flows to glaciers, Martian volcano Arsia Mons had an eventful past.

Space

Astronomers measure 'warp speed' of Milky Way galaxy

The Milky Way is warped, and the alignment of this warp is precessing backwards around the galaxy under the influence of a squashed dark matter halo.

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James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our 'best bet' at finding an alien ocean

James Webb Space Telescope data suggests the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is a water world in its star's habitable zone that sports a lovely, temperate ocean.

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SpaceX launches Türkiye's 1st homegrown communications satellite to orbit (video)

SpaceX launched Türkiye's first domestically produced communications satellite today (July 8), sending the craft aloft from Florida's Space Coast.

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Extreme 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet stinks like rotten eggs and has raging glass storms

As if deadly rains of glass, temperatures hot enough to melt lead, and sidewise 5,000 mph winds weren't unfriendly enough, the JWST has found a Jupiter-sized exoplanet also stinks of rotten eggs.

Space

After 14 years in space, NASA's prolific NEOWISE asteroid-hunter is about to shut down

A NASA asteroid-hunting mission is coming to a close, paving the way for the next generation of planetary defense efforts.

Space

'This is how we get to Mach 3:' Virgin Galactic's Jameel Janjua on his long journey to space (exclusive)

Jameel Janjua made it 'to the bitter end' in a Canadian astronaut government selection in 2009, but wasn't chosen. He found a different path to space, however: Virgin Galactic.

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Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket launching for 1st time ever today

Europe's new heavy-lift Ariane 6 rocket is set to make its long-delayed debut on Tuesday (July 9).

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Astrophotographer captures stunningly detailed photos of our 'fuzzy' sun

Check out these three incredible solar images taken by astrophotographer Mark Johnston from his backyard in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Space

Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

At the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting, I got to walk on an asteroid in virtual reality. Here's what I found in Ryugu World.

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