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Firefly Aerospace claims the recent launch of its Alpha rocket was a success, despite its three satellite payloads reentering the atmosphere just days later. The second flight of the 95-foot-tall (29 meters) Alpha rocket took place on Oct. 1, lifting…
Salty water lakes throughout the crust of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might burst from the surface as plumes of vapor or flows of slushy ice “lava”, new research suggests. NASA’s Europa Clipper will explore the moon in the early 2030s…
Update for Oct. 13: SpaceX’s Crew-4 Dragon capsule Freedom is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station today at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT) after a one-day delay due to weather on Earth. The capsule and its four-astronaut crew…
Russia launched its second mission in a three-day stretch on Wednesday (Oct. 12), sending a communications satellite aloft for the government of Angola. A Proton rocket topped with the Angosat-2 spacecraft lifted off from the Russian-run Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan…
NASA’s planet-hunting mission is in safe mode after a computer glitch hit the spacecraft on Monday (Oct. 10). NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission launched in 2018 to survey the sky looking for exoplanets. TESS was designed to operate…
With several major celestial events left in 2022, now’s a good time to up your skywatching game. Whether you’re looking for your first telescope or are looking to add to your arsenal of skywatching tools, we’ve got you covered with…
One of the most iconic scenes in all of science fiction film history is the iconic attack on the Empire’s dreaded Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope, as Luke Skywalker and his brave squadron of X-wing fighters make…
While Amazon Prime Day is now over there’s still an amazing deal on this Celestron 114LCM computerized Newtonian telescope normally worth $439.95 now listed as just $364 on Amazon (opens in new tab) with a big saving of $75.95. That’s…
NEW YORK CITY — Sharing the wonders of the universe through the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope has been incredibly well received since the first images were released. By adding a third dimension to the imagery, conceptual artist…
SpaceX’s newly announced tourist mission to the moon could help humanity extend its footprint far beyond Earth, company representatives say. That mission, which was revealed today (Oct. 12), will send wealthy entrepreneur Dennis Tito, his wife Akiko and 10 other…
