SpaceX’s Crew Dragon aircraft Try to force yourself approaches the ISS in 2021 during the Crew-2 mission. Credit: NASA/Michael Hopkins When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Try to force yourself returns to Earth this week, it will set a series of records for the most time spent in space by a crewed spacecraft. Launched on its […]
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The asteroid Ryugu, as seen by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft on June 26, 2018. (Image credit: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST) Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped asteroids, planets and
A Falcon 9 rocket launches SpaceX’s Crew-9 astronaut mission to the International Space Station on Sept. 28, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) U.S. launch regulations could soon get an overhaul. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today (Nov. 14) that it’s creating a new committee to review and update its “Part 450” launch and reentry
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R Aquarii is a double star that emits jets of high-energy material as gas from one star accumulates on the other. Astronomers combined visible, radio and X-ray wavelengths to create this image. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optics: NASA/STScI/Palomar Observatory/DSS; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA; H-Alpha: LCO/IMACS/MMTF “Beware of turbulent stars. It’s trouble,” he says Astronomy Editor David Eicher. The
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The Sun rises above the Pyramid of the Sun. Credit: Sharron McClellan (Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) Throughout human history, the Sun has been a major constant in daily life. As this brilliant sphere shines in the sky, it sustains life, provides harmonious rhythms to our world, and marks the continuous passage of time. It is
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The main platform of the Arecibo Observatory crashed into the dish below on December 1, 2020. Credit: Michelle Negron, National Science Foundation The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico was brought down by the combination of a hurricane, an equipment failure never before seen in the annals of engineering, and an “alarming” lack of concern from
(Image credit: Ivar Sandland) It’s not every day you get to watch a rocket launch into a sky glowing with colorful auroras — and it’s even rarer to see that rocket leave swirling clouds in its wake as part of a NASA science experiment. But that’s exactly what Ivar Sandland of Bodo, Norway saw on
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The Sun is the center of the solar system and provides the energy that makes life on our planet Earth possible. This image, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory across several wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet part of the spectrum, shows a massive solar flare (lower right) accompanied by a large eruption of material. Credit:
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The two stages of SpaceX’s sixth Starship vehicle are seen at the launch pad ahead of a planned Nov. 18, 2024 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX via X) Both pieces of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket have made it to the launch pad ahead of their expected test flight on Monday (Nov. 18). SpaceX rolled Starship’s huge first-stage