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Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane

Katalyst Space Technologies will use Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus rocket for its upcoming mission, which will send a spacecraft to boost the orbit of NASA's Swift space telescope.

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Lasers target the Tarantula Nebula with 'artificial stars' | Space photo of the day for Nov. 19, 2025

The Very Large Telescope's interferometer targeted four lasers toward the Tarantula Nebula to create an artificial star.

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Scientists just discovered a new crater on the moon — they call it a 'freckle'

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera has identified a never-before-seen crater on the moon's surface.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into Florida's night sky carrying Starlink satellites to orbit (video)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites in a nighttime liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Nov. 18).

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The Euclid space telescope observed 1.2 million galaxies in just 1 year. Here's what we've learned

The data is starting to reveal how galaxies and their black holes evolve.

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Walk through the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs with American Museum of Natural History's new 'Impact' exhibit

"It sounds like science fiction or the stuff of Hollywood movies."

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Ryan Gosling and 'Rocky' team up to save the galaxy in new 'Project Hail Mary' trailer (video)

"His planet's dying, too. We're here for the same reason."

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The James Webb Space Telescope may have finally found the 1st stars in the universe

"We really needed the sensitivity of JWST. We also needed the 100 times magnification from gravitational lensing from a galaxy cluster between us and LAP1-B."

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Do the cores of dead stars exist forever?

Regular stars collapse and die once they run out of fuel for their nuclear reactions, but the white dwarfs just sit there, hanging out, for eternity.

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Huge red giant star has newfound companion — and it may be a bad neighbor

"Throwing a close companion into the mix could possibly wreak further havoc on the already complicated processes surrounding these stars."

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Will Europe's flagship space science missions survive NASA's budget cuts?

NASA budget cuts proposed by President Donald Trump will cause a significant funding shortfall to Europe's space science missions. But the European Space Agency hopes it can save them.

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Euclid space telescope sees gorgeous cosmic cloud | Space photo of the day for Nov. 18, 2025

This image shows Euclid's capability to explore both our cosmic neighborhood and the deep universe beyond.

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As our black hole images get more detailed, we may find Einstein wasn't quite right about them

Albert Einstein's theory of gravity, general relativity, may not be the best recipe to describe black holes.

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Watch NASA unveil new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS live today. Here's how

The big reveal will come Wednesday (Nov. 19) at 3 p.m. ET.

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'Superheated' stellar factory in the early cosmos is producing stars 180 times faster than the Milky Way

"Even though it's the first time we've seen a galaxy like this, we think that there could be many more out there."

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'Star Wars Battlefront' at 10: How DICE's reboot captured the feel of 'Star Wars' like no other game before or since

The first post-Disney Star Wars game didn't reach the gameplay highs of the originals, but it took us to a galaxy far, far away in spectacular, and almost photorealistic fashion.

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Orbiting satellite uses AI to reorient itself in 'major step towards full autonomy in space'

An AI-powered controller on an orbiting satellite executed real-world attitude adjustments in space, showing that AI can fly satellites autonomously.

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FAA lifts ban on daytime rocket launches after government shutdown ends

Now that daytime launches can resume, expect SpaceX to pick up the pace of its Starlink launches.

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SpaceX Starship timeline delays astronaut moon landing for NASA's Artemis 3 mission to 2028: Report

At this rate, Starship will not be ready in time for NASA's schedule.

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'Invasion' showrunner Simon Kinberg on Season 3's cliffhanger finale and high hopes for Season 4 (exclusive)

'In many ways this was our 'The Guns of Navarone' season and they completed their mission'.

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Chinese astronauts to get replacement spacecraft after debris strike leaves them without a ride home

China has a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong Space Station.

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Mars spacecraft images pinpoint comet 3I/ATLAS's path with 10x higher accuracy. This could help us protect Earth someday

This is great news for planetary defense.

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Is an aurora cruise worth it? I joined Hurtigruten's Signature Voyage to find out

Sailing through Arctic Norway under the aurora, this voyage redefines what cruising and chasing the northern lights can really be.

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Astrophotographer spies an ancient supernova remnant shining in the wing of a cosmic swan (photo)

The Eastern Veil Nebula is part of a colossal supernova remnant known as the Cygnus Loop.

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Satellite captures destructive power of Hurricane Melissa | Space photo of the day for Nov. 17, 2025

The image shows the difference in temperature between the top of a hurricane and the bottom.

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