Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
Saddle up, area cowboys. It might get rough for a while. President Donald Trump actions on the phase at Kennedy Space Center after the effective launch of the Demo-2 team…
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US Space Force warns of “mind-boggling” build-up of Chinese capabilities
Both Russia and China have actually evaluated satellites with abilities that consist of grappling hooks to pull other satellites out of orbit and “kinetic kill automobiles” that can target satellites…
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Earth from space: Massive blue ‘melt pond’ in Arctic glacier is an eerie sign of things to come
NASA’s ER-2 aircraft found the enormous melt pond after it appeared on an unnamed glacier in Alaska. Its lively blue color is an outcome of how the immersed ice takes…
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a stellar ‘H-bomb’ exploding in Aquarius at 1 million mph
This Hubble Space Telescope image includes the binary star system R Aquarii. (Image credit: Image credit: NASA, ESA, Matthias Stute, Margarita Karovska, Davide De Martin(ESA/Hubble ), Mahdi Zamani(ESA/Hubble)) What it…
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate ‘super star cluster’ deep in the Milky Way
JWST’s view of Westerlund 1, among the closest “super star” clusters to the planetary system. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M.Zamani(ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello(INAF-OAPA)and the EWOCS group) What it…
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Top-secret X-37B space plane will execute ‘never-before-seen maneuvers’ on its descent to Earth
The X-37B will participate in “aerobraking” — a series of regulated descents into Earth’s environment. This will quickly and unexpectedly alter its orbit. (Image credit: Boeing Space) A trick, speculative…
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Space photo of the week: See the gorgeous Rosette Nebula — before it destroys itself
Nestled within the intense petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster it supported. (Image credit: Image credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/ NSF/AURA; Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of…
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Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Focus on Uranus
In a brand-new research study, astronomers compared high-resolution pictures of Uranus from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to the more-distant view from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Their outcomes might work…
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Hubble Space Telescope Sees Starburst Regions in NGC 5248
Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) has actually taken a striking brand-new picture of the strategy spiral nebula NGC 5248. This Hubble image reveals NGC 5248, a strategy spiral nebula…
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James Webb Space Telescope is ‘science and magic rolled together,’ says iconic astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock
The James Webb Space Telescope’s view of the “Pillars of Creation,” among astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock’s preferred area images. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale(STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer(STScI), Alyssa…
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