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SpaceX is Gearing Up for the Starship’s Third Orbital Test Flight
The Starship/Super Heavy is the world’s first fully reusable launch system and the most powerful rocket…
Ariane 6 is Coming Together
The European Space Agency (ESA)’s next generation heavy lift rocket is just months away from its…
This Hot Jupiter is Doomed to Crash Into its Star in Just Three Million Years
In 2008, astronomers with the SuperWASP survey spotted WASP-12b as it transited in front of its…
White Dwarfs Might Be Less Dead Than We Thought
At the end of their lives, most stars including the Sun will become white dwarfs. After…
Unexpected signals from Voyager 1 baffle engineers after 46 years of service
Over four decades after its launch and more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away…
Pentagon Report Rules Out UFO Coverup, But Debate Continues
The Pentagon office in charge of investigating UFO reports — now known officially as unidentified anomalous…
Science Fiction is Learning About Exoplanets From Science
As long as it has existed as a genre, there has been a notable relationship between…
Satellite Measurements Show That Global Carbon Emissions are Still Rising
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), human activities have…
Astronomers Image 62 Newly-Forming Planetary Systems
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have now completed one of the largest surveys…