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Space refers to the science and study of Earth, the atmosphere, and outer space – specifically, the research, design, and technology behind spacecraft and the latest innovations in the study of the void between celestial bodies.
Comet Roasts to Death
For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a periodic rocky near-Sun comet breaking apart, a common…
Gaia Charts the Galaxy
The Gaia space mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) is mapping our galaxy, providing unprecedented, detailed…
Gateway™: The Deep Space Launch Complex Opens at Kennedy Space Center
An F-104 Starfighter (hopefully named after the 1984 movie, the Last Starfighter or the Star Wars spacecraft)…
Finding New Particles Around Black Holes
Ultralight particle clouds can form around rotating black holes. Physicists from the University of Amsterdam and…
SpaceX Starlink Internet Serves 150,000 Daily Users in Ukraine
According to Ukraine vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov, SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet has been critical…
The First Image of the Milky Way’s Black Hole
Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are part of a large international collaboration that…
Rare “Black Widow” Binary has Shortest Orbit
MIT astronomers have locked onto a mysterious system 3,000 light years from Earth—a "black widow binary." The…
Supernova Survivor Revealed by Hubble
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered a companion star previously hidden in the glare of its partner's supernova.…
NASA’s Webb Ready for Instrument Commissioning
The alignment of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is finished, and it's ready to capture images with its four…
Using X-ray Polarimetry in Space Exploration
An Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched by NASA on 9 December 2021 is a space-based observatory.…