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Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years

A team that includes aerospace engineers, historians and writers have proposed retrieving the 67-year-old Vanguard 1 satellite from orbit.

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Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.

Space

Asteroid once thought risk to Earth is seen for the first time

The first images of the space body have been captured by the Webb Telescope

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JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'

Scientists have uncovered a massive galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. But how did this colossal "Big Wheel" form so early in the universe? The answer could change everything we know about galaxy growth.

Space

Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.

Space

South Texas county leaders will lose some authority over SpaceX launches under new bill

The lawmakers behind the bill promised there would not be an increase in the number of days the beach is closed.

The Texas Tribune

SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch

SpinLaunch has unveiled its plans for a new broadband satellite constellation known as Meridian Space.

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I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.

Billed as the "World's Largest Astronomy & Space Expo," NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year.

Space

Olivia Munn criticizes all-female Blue Origin space crew: ‘What’s the point?’

Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez are headed to space this month as part of Blue Origin’s first all-female crew

The Independent UK

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'

The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.

Space

SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)

SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage.

Space

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.

Space

Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere

Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.

Space

Asteroid that caused panic about deadly collision with Earth is huge, Nasa finds

Webb telescope captures first images of once-feared space object

The Independent UK

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Blue Origin’s all-female space flight urges women to shoot for the stars – but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will enter orbit with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female space flight crew, which includes popstar Katy Perry, is set to take off this spring.

Space

Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers

New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.

Space

The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day

The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.

Space

How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America

A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years earlier.

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Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Evening Standard

Amazon to send internet satellites into space to rival Starlink

Amazon plans to begin offering satellite internet before the end of 2025

Space

NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface

New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

Space

What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?

A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights into long-standing astronomical mysteries like the "hot Neptune desert" and the "radius valley."

Space

Secretive Russian military satellites release mystery object into orbit

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has released a mysterious object into orbit, sparking interest among space trackers and analysts.

Space

Atlas V rocket will launch Amazon's 1st big batch of Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9

Amazon's first big batch of Project Kuiper broadband satellites will lift off a week from now, if all goes according to plan.

Space

Remember that asteroid everyone was worried about 2 months ago? The JWST just got a clear view of it

"All together, we have a better sense of what this building-sized asteroid is like."

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