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NASA is delaying its Artemis missions to the moon
NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I at the Kennedy Space Center in…
Prototype rocket engine burns itself up for fuel as it flies
Rockets that eat themselves may be on the way. To reach orbit, a rocket must hoist…
Moon mission: Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus spacecraft
The Odysseus spacecraft is scheduled to launch to the moon on 14 February SpaceX The US…
2024 is set to be the year of the moon, but let’s proceed with care
Joe Marino/UPI Credit/Alamy Live News THIS is the year of the moon, and it is already…
How galactic mysteries near and far are poised to shake up cosmology
Last year saw a host of exciting galaxy-related discoveries, led by a study about a satellite…
Christina Koch: ISS, Artemis II and human bowling in zero-gravity
Part of NASA’s ambitious project to send people back to the moon, Christina Koch is getting…
Molecules vital for life could survive in Venus’s acid clouds
The acid clouds surrounding Venus might not be hostile to some of life’s key molecules JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin…
Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning
Jets of plasma may slow down the spins of black holes NASA/JPL-Caltech Most black holes may…
The sun could contain a tiny black hole that formed in the big bang
The sun and other stars might look and act differently if they held black holes Nixx…