New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future.…
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NASA Missions to Return to the Moon Delayed Until 2026 and 2027
It is unclear where the program, known as Artemis, will head after President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White…
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Trump Picks Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA
Mr. Isaacman’s company Shift4 Payments made him a billionaire, and he has financed two trips to orbit on SpaceX vehicles,…
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An Asteroid’s Destruction May Have Given Mars Rings, Then Moons
Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos…
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Uranus and Neptune May Conceal Vast Oceans of Water
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s…
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Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from…
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SpaceX Prepares for Sixth Starship Test Launch: What to Know
The company will try to catch the giant booster of its moon and Mars rocket for a second time on…
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For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest…
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SpaceX Starship’s Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds
An independent researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to…
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Leonids Meteor Shower: When and How to Watch Its Peak
The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot.…
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