NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland is launching the NASA Glenn High School Engineering Institute this summer. The free, work-based learning experience is designed to help high school students prepare for a future in the aerospace…
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Outgrowing Napoleon: How the Space Force can modernize its ranks
As former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter once mused, the current military rank structure “dates back to when Napoleon was invading Europe 200 years ago.”
While there are good reasons this system endured for so long, there are…
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Rocket Lab sees demand for Electron despite rideshare competition
COLORADO SPRINGS — Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said his company has found a successful market providing dedicated launches for small satellites — a strategy that he said does not directly compete with SpaceX rideshare missions.
In an…
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New AI Algorithm Analyzes Neutron Star Collisions 3,600x Faster Than Traditional Methods
A machine learning method has the potential to revolutionize multi-messenger astronomy. Detecting binary neutron star mergers is a top priority for astronomers. These rare collisions between dense stellar remnants produce gravitational waves…
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A ‘little pillow fort’: Making plans to protect the Artemis 2 crew
COLORADO SPRINGS — An upcoming exercise will help NASA respond if there is a solar storm during next year’s Artemis 2 mission near the moon.
NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) will host an exercise, scheduled for the end of…
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A Super-Earth Stripped Bare: Astronomers Uncover One of the Densest Planets Ever Found
K2-360 is a newly found planetary system with a super-dense planet, likely the core of a former larger world, shaped by dynamic interactions with its companion. An international team of researchers from Japan and Europe has discovered a new…
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‘Hidden galaxies’: Key to unlocking some of universe’s secrets
Astronomers have peered back in time to find what looks like a population of ‘hidden’ galaxies that could hold the key to unlocking some of the universe’s secrets.
If their existence is confirmed it would “effectively break current models of…
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Robert Kurucz (1944–2025) | Nature Astronomy
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Space leaders emphasize collaboration amid geopolitical challenges
TAMPA, Fla. — International space agencies stressed the importance of partnerships with the United States and each other at the Space Symposium April 9, as geopolitical shifts and an escalating trade war challenge the space industry.
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‘Everyone is doing AI’: Space sector urged to catch up
COLORADO SPRINGS — The space industry must speed up adoption of artificial intelligence or risk falling behind, government and industry experts warned March 27.
During a symposium organized by the Universities Space Research…
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