In a major leap for lunar navigation, China has successfully bounced a laser off a Moon-orbiting satellite in full daylight—a feat previously thought impossible due to intense solar interference. The breakthrough, carried out by the Deep Space…
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“Nuclear Breakthrough at NASA”: New Space Power System Passes First Test Using Fuel That’s Five Times Cheaper Than Before
IN A NUTSHELL - ? NASA and the University of Leicester have developed a groundbreaking nuclear power system for space missions.
- ? This system uses americium-241, which is five times cheaper per watt than plutonium-238,…
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The Kármán Line Separating Earth and Space Has Moved Closer—Here’s What That Means!
For decades, the Kármán Line, set at an altitude of 100 kilometers (or 62 miles) above sea level, has been the widely accepted boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. This invisible threshold has been central to our…
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NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
The next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon has been delivered to the only space agency on Earth to ever successfully fly astronauts to our nearest celestial neighbor.
Orion, the capsule that will carry the Artemis 2 astronauts on a mission…
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New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out
That soon-to-reenter Cosmos 482 is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details.
The former Soviet Union’s Cosmos 482 was lofted back in 1972. But that country’s attempted Venus probe ran…
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Massive hydrogen cloud discovered surprisingly close to Earth
An enormous hydrogen-rich molecular cloud has been faintly glowing near our solar system – escaping detection until now.
This newly discovered cloud is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to Earth ever detected….
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Rocket Report: Starbase the city is coming soon; Alpha remains in beta
SpaceX launches 50th rocket of the year. The California company launched two separate Starlink missions within six hours of each other on Monday. The second of these, the Starlink 12-10 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space…
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Scientists Find 3-Million-Year-Old Tools—But They Were Not Made by Our Ancestors
Archaeologists in southwestern Kenya have uncovered stone tools that are estimated to be up to 3 million years old. These tools, which may be the oldest of their kind ever discovered, were found near fossils of Paranthropus, a distant relative…
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Gene Transfer Between Fungi and Plants May Have Triggered the Development of the First Ecosystems
A recent study from researchers at the University of Toulouse has revealed a fascinating insight into the origins of life on land. The study, published in Science, highlights how a gene transfer between fungi and early plants helped these…
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Sharks May Not Be Silent After All!
Rig sharks make clicking sounds when handled (Credit: Paul Caiger/ CC-BY-SA-2.0/ University of Auckland) Sharks have always been considered silent swimmers. Unlike most fish, these top ocean predators lack sound-producing organs. But…
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