WASHINGTON — A propellant leak in a Falcon 9 booster has delayed the launch of a fourth Axiom Space private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
SpaceX announced late June 10 that it was postponing the scheduled June…
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From the andes to the beginning of time: Telescopes detect 13-billion-year-old signal
For the first time, scientists have used Earth-based telescopes to look back over 13 billion years to see how the first stars in the universe affect light emitted from the Big Bang.
Using telescopes high in the Andes mountains of northern Chile,…
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This mind-bending physics breakthrough could redefine timekeeping
How can the strange properties of quantum particles be exploited to perform extremely accurate measurements? This question is at the heart of the research field of quantum metrology. One example is the atomic clock, which uses the quantum…
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This Giant Planet Shouldn’t Exist – But Astronomers Just Found It Around a Tiny Star
A tiny star just one-fifth the mass of our Sun has shocked astronomers by hosting a gas giant planet, TOI-6894b—something long thought nearly impossible. The find, made through TESS data and confirmed by one of the world’s largest telescopes,…
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Sandy Skies and Baby Moons: Webb Catches Giant Planets in Mid-Birth
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have directly imaged two massive, youthful exoplanets in the YSES-1 system—revealing silicate clouds, a moon-forming disk, and some of the most detailed exoplanet atmospheres ever studied. The…
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Moons of Uranus surprise scientists in NASA Hubble study
Jun 11, 2025 New surface data from largest Uranian moons are contrary to expectations.
(Nanowerk News) Scientists using… Continue Reading
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Whitesides says budget proposal shows the administration does not value NASA science
WASHINGTON — A leading Democratic member of the House Science Committee says the proposed steep cuts in NASA’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal show that the administration does not appreciate the value of science not just to the NASA…
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NASA’s CODEX Captures Unique Views of Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
- NASA’s CODEX investigation captured images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, showcasing new aspects of its gusty, uneven flow.
- The CODEX instrument, located on the International Space Station, is a coronagraph — a…
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AIAA’s Uniquely Interdisciplinary Space Conference—ASCEND—Poised for a Memorable Vegas Event
AIAA’s Uniquely Interdisciplinary Space Conference—ASCEND—Poised for a Memorable Vegas Event – SpaceNews
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