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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites to polar orbit in late night launch
SpaceX launched 24 more Starlink satellites late Friday from California into low-Earth orbit.
NASA’s new Roman Space Telescope aims to discover 100,000 cosmic explosions
While the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes continue to offer astronomers revolutionary glimpses of our universe, their upcoming sibling may very well upstage them. Scheduled to launch in 2027, NASA’s Nancy Grace...
NASA Conducts Solar Array Testing on Interstellar Mapping Spacecraft
Technicians at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida install the two-panel solar array on Thursday, July 17, 2025, that will help power the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping...
Exploratory Experiments with Plasma
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Introductory Experiments with Plasma
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Heart Scans, Hearing Tests Wrap Week as Station Gears Up for Crew Swap
The crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission (from left) mission specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot, and Anne McClain, commander, along with Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA...
NASA’s TRACERS Mission Targeting Launch on July 22
NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) spacecraft are targeting launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a launch window that opens at 2:13 p.m. EDT (11:13 a.m. PDT) on...
Sol 4602: Right Navigation Camera, Cylindrical Projection
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About the Satellite
Explore NISAR MissionEarthNISARAboutMission OverviewAbout the SatelliteScience Behind the MissionGet to Know SARMission/Science TeamISRO Partnership News & UpdatesApplicationsApplications OverviewWorkshops & Working GroupsEarly EngagementDataMultimedia Observatory The NISAR spacecraft will accommodate two fully capable synthetic aperture radar instruments...
Chinese quantum satellite sends 'unbreakable' code
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has sent an "unbreakable" code from a satellite to the Earth, marking the first time space-to-ground quantum key distribution technology has been realized, state media said...
Japan GPS satellite launch postponed due to glitch
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday postponed the planned launch of an H-2A rocket tasked to put a geo-positioning satellite into orbit due to possible helium gas leakage, Mitsubishi Heavy...
A new kind of telescope is set to search for mysterious fast radio bursts
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Shining light on scientific superstar
Science & Tech Shining light on scientific superstar The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a new astronomy and astrophysics facility in Cerro Pachón, Chile.Courtesy of Vera C. Rubin Observatory Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer...
Hot dispute over impact
Science & Tech Hot dispute over impact Pilbara Craton, Australia.Field photos courtesy of Alec Brenner Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer July 14, 2025 7 min read Harvard team argues oldest meteorite strike to...
Unlocking Superior Accuracy in Satellite Positioning with Advanced BDS Services
The development of an Integrated Real-Time Precise Point Positioning (InRPPP) system leveraging BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) B2b, B2a, and B1C services has significantly enhanced satellite-based positioning accuracy.
The biggest black hole smashup ever detected challenges physics theories
Gravitational waves spotted by LIGO reveal two black holes, 140 and 100 times the mass of the sun, merged to become a 225 solar mass behemoth.
In a first, an image shows a dying star exploded twice to become a supernova
The image offers the first evidence for a previously unconfirmed origin story of type 1a supernovas.
This star offers the earliest peek at the birth of a planetary system like ours
A young sunlike star called HOPS 315 seems to host a swirling disk of gas giving rise to minerals that kick-start the planet formation process.
TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets could harbour significant amounts of water
All seven worlds circling a red dwarf could be habitable, say astronomers
New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life
The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.
Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch
Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
Astronauts Butch and Suni finally back on Earth
Dolphins circled their capsule after it landed off the coast of Florida.
Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere
The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades.
Most new build homes must have solar panels - Miliband
The energy secretary says the move will cut energy bills, but house builders caution against burdensome regulations.
First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope
The telescope should detect killer asteroids and may even find the ninth planet in our solar system.
India sends its first astronaut into space in 41 years
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has become only the second Indian to travel to space.
Observatory marks 230 years of recording weather
The building holds the longest sequence of continuous weather data anywhere in the UK and Ireland.