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Updated: 2024-08-30 14:30:00
Europa Clipper is a big spacecraft with big solar panels, all so it can perform a big mission. The galaxy is big too, and a Planetary Society member painted it that way.
Falling satellite will give clues to how objects burn up on re-entry
Updated: 2024-08-30 12:00:35
A chance to observe the high-speed re-entry of a falling satellite will give researchers important insights on how debris burns up in our atmosphereSpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew set to attempt the riskiest spacewalk yet
Updated: 2024-08-29 12:59:56
The Polaris Dawn mission will include the first ever civilian spacewalk, and with a new spacesuit and no airlock, it may also be the most dangerous spacewalk everStranded ISS astronauts reveal the US space programme is not in crisis
Updated: 2024-08-28 20:00:46
The failure of Boeing's Starliner capsule has left two astronauts stuck in space for months – but also proved how private spaceflight can go rightStarlink tests show how to save radio astronomy from satellites
Updated: 2024-08-23 15:00:46
Radio astronomers teamed up with SpaceX to find a promising solution for helping expensive telescopes avoid interference from thousands of Starlink satellitesWow! Boom! Ultra cool!
Updated: 2024-08-23 14:30:00The “Wow!" signal has a new explanation, and an ultra-cool experiment advances quantum sensing in space. Plus, making an asteroid go “boom!” might work, depending on the circumstances.Ramses: A new mission racing to land on asteroid Apophis
Updated: 2024-08-22 14:00:00When a skyscraper-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth in 2029, three spacecraft may be along for the ride.A billion dollars short: A progress report on the Planetary Decadal Survey
Updated: 2024-08-21 22:00:00NASA is underfunding planetary exploration relative to recommendations made by the National Academies Decadal Survey report, resulting in mission delays and cancelations.What would happen if we nuked an asteroid?
Updated: 2024-08-20 14:00:00Detonating a nuclear weapon on or near an asteroid is one of several options for defending the Earth from an impact. Here's what nuking an asteroid might actually do, and why it isn't always the best option.Life in other worlds
Updated: 2024-08-16 14:30:00New research suggests liquid water might be hiding under the surface of Mars. Could life be there too?Why NASA does space science and not the private sector
Updated: 2024-08-13 15:00:00With all the advances in private space exploration, why do taxpayers still pay for space science missions?Mars may host oceans’ worth of water deep underground
Updated: 2024-08-12 07:00:00The tentative discovery hints at an habitat where life could potentially thrive.Seeing the unseeable
Updated: 2024-08-09 14:30:00From X-ray imaging to slithering beneath Enceladus’ crust, space technology is always expanding what we can see for ourselves.