NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before
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NASA’s Curiosity Rover Spots Strange Fish-Scale Patterns on Mars
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Comet 3I/Atlas likely originated in a cold corner of the Milky Way
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated…
World-first metajet propulsion could enable Alpha Centauri missions
Using even the most advanced rocket propulsion technologies available today, it would take billions of dollars and hundreds…
Space Force shifts from SDA transport layer to new Space Data Network ‘backbone’
WASHINGTON — The Space Force once again does not plan to fund future iterations of a data relay…
SpaceX Shuts Down Little-Known, But Precise Starlink Location Function
Starlink customers probably haven’t used it, but SpaceX is shutting down a little-known GPS feature that can be…
Earth glows alone in darkness: Christina Koch captures stunning earthshine video
A striking new video of Earth glowing against the vast blackness of space is offering a rare and…
APOD: 2026 April 23 – Large Scale Structure of the Universe
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Space Does Something Strange to Astronauts’ Sense of Gravity : ScienceAlert
When astronauts come back down to Earth, it can take a moment to adjust to the return of…
Photographing Rocket Chute Deployment At 10 Km
For those who haven’t been following along, [BPS.space] aka [Joe] is on a journey to launch a home-built…