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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

October 19, 2020
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on 14 October, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary...

International Artemis Accord principles try to establish a safe, peaceful, and prosperous future in space

October 14, 2020
Reflecting more than a little Star Trek Federation style peace and harmony, international cooperation on and around the Moon as part of the Artemis program took a step forward with...

Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe

October 9, 2020
A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunting exercise for even the most mathematically proficient. A team led by...

Splash down for first commercial crew flight to Space Station

August 3, 2020
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space...

Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission launched

July 31, 2020
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover mission is on its way to the Red Planet to search for signs of ancient life and collect samples to send back to Earth.

ESPRESSO confirms Earth-sized planet around the nearest star

June 2, 2020
The existence of a planet the size of Earth around the closest star in the solar system, Proxima Centauri, has been confirmed by an international team of scientists including researchers...

Signals suggest black hole swallowed neutron star

August 19, 2019
Gravitational wave detectors have registered evidence of a black hole swallowing a neutron star for the first time.

Galactic fountain

November 27, 2018
An international team of scientists has observed plumes of cold molecular gas sprayed out by a black hole a billion light-years from Earth. The team say this is the first...

Net successfully snares space debris

October 15, 2018
For the first time human history, a satellite has been successfully used to capture a piece of space debris.The RemoveDEBRIS satellite, designed, built and manufactured by a consortium of leading...

New clues to source of comet oxygen

July 16, 2018
Scientists have found that molecular oxygen around comet 67P is not produced on its surface, as thought, but may be from its body. The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft escorted...

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