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The Curious Case of Iconic Star Vega’s Missing Planets

Sat, 11/09/2024 - 08:00

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Space & Spaceflight, ESA, hubble telescope, NASA

Hubble and Webb Team Up to Reveal ‘Bloody Eyes’ Glaring at Earth

Thu, 10/31/2024 - 18:00

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Two spiral galaxies take the shape of a colorful beaded mask that sits above the nose. The galaxy at left, IC 2163, is smaller, taking up a little over a quarter of the view.

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Sungrazing Comet Turns to Cosmic Dust in Dramatic Halloween No-Show

Wed, 10/30/2024 - 17:15

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The Great Cosmic Atlas Begins: Euclid’s 208-Gigapixel Image Maps 14 Million Galaxies

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 16:40

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A mosaic of the cosmos made with Euclid Space Telescope data.

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Meet LISA: The $1.6 Billion Space Telescope That Will Redefine Astronomy

Sat, 09/28/2024 - 06:00

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An artist's impression of the laser triangle of LISA, superimposed on gravitational waves emanating from a black hole binary.

Physics, ESA, gravitational waves, ligo, lisa, NASA

Watch Stunning Timelapse of First Ever Lunar-Earth Flyby

Wed, 08/28/2024 - 17:10

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Juice Images Earth During Lunar Earth Flyby

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Europe’s Long Awaited Ariane 6 Rocket Suffers Anomaly During Its Debut Flight

Wed, 07/10/2024 - 13:25

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The Ariane 6 rocket launching from the European Spaceport in French Guiana

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Ariane 6 Performs Spectacular First Flight, Ending Europe’s Rocket Drought

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 15:28

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Ariane 6 lifting off for its inaugural flight.

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Venus’s Skies Are Covered in Oxygen, Actually

Fri, 11/10/2023 - 10:10

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While air is a gaseous delight unique to Earth, a team of astrophysicists have made a satisfying discovery: the direct observation of atomic oxygen on Venus’ dayside, confirming that the element crucial for our existence exists on both sides of the hellish planet.