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Japan has a wild idea to launch a satellite made of wood in 2024

An international partnership has designed a wooden satellite scheduled to be jointly launched by the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and NASA sometime next year.

Space

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Spaceflight Entity Liability Bill Into Law

The law provides limited liability for spaceflight entities, bolstering Florida's role in the thriving commercial space industry.

Zenger

NASA concludes first-ever public UFO briefing. What did we learn?

The government is investigating hundreds of military UFO reports, but only a small fraction are truly "anomalous."

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Monster black hole burps out hot gas in bright 'H' shape (photos)

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory spied a massive "H" structure half the size of our entire galaxy made of blazing hot gas spewing from a distant supermassive black hole.

Space

NASA Says Some "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena" Are Unexplainable — Here's What They Might Be

There are now about 800 cases of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP. NASA, the FAA and the Pentagon are investigating.

Inverse

Ax-2 Splashdown Marks Another Milestone for Commercial Spaceflight

Four private citizens splashed down in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to mark the end of the Ax-2 mission on May 30.

Inverse

Vow to raise awareness of wildfire risk after blaze in Highlands

Satellite images from Nasa had shown the plume of smoke from the blaze drifting towards the loch on Monday amid clear skies.

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A cosmic magnifying glass: What is gravitational lensing?

Gravitational lensing is a powerful tool for telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope as it images some of the most distant and faint early galaxies.

Space

UFOs will remain mysterious without better data, NASA study team says

During the opening remarks in today's meeting of NASA's UAP study team, members stressed that the biggest roadblock standing between us and understanding unidentified phenomena is a lack of data.

Space

NASA UFO meeting LIVE - research team briefs the public for the first time ever

A newly-formed panel formed by NASA to study unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), or UFOs is holding its first public meeting ahead of a report on unclassified sightings

Daily Mirror

Devastating Scottish wildfire visible from space is climate warning, say Greens

The huge inferno has burned through three square miles in the hills of Cannich near Loch Ness and is now into its fourth day.

Daily Record

China launches new space crew ahead of 2030 moon expedition

China plans to set foot on the moon before 2030, and it is launching a new space crew in efforts to do so.

The Week

Boeing faces 'emerging issues' ahead of Starliner capsule's 1st crewed flight in July, NASA says

A recently completed 'checkpoint review' of Boeing's upcoming crewed flight test to the International Space Station identified several issues to address before the planned July 21 liftoff.

Space

How to watch Mars photobomb the buzzing Beehive Cluster of stars this week

Here's how to watch the Red Planet swoop across the Beehive Cluster — one of the closest star clusters to Earth — after sunset this week.

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Reuters

NASA UFO panel in first public meeting says better data needed

Members of an independent NASA panel studying UFOs, or what the U.S. government now terms UAP for "unidentified anomalous phenomena," said in their first public meeting on Wednesday that scant high-quality data and a lingering stigma pose the greatest barriers to unraveling such mysteries.

Space

Hubble telescope hunts for a black hole among a brilliant field of stars (photo)

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning image of a distant star cluster that could help us better understand how such clusters evolve and even reveal the elusive black holes at their hearts.

Space

China plans to put astronauts on the moon before 2030

China could land astronauts near the south pole of the moon before the end of the decade, according to statements made by officials with the country's space agency.

WEKU

SpaceX mission returns from space station with ex-NASA astronaut, 3 paying customers

The return caps a nine-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission was funded by Axiom Space, a company that wants to build and operate the world's first commercial space station.

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Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station

An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman sent into orbit, splashed down safely off Florida on Tuesday night, capping an eight-day research mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Space

SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying private Ax-2 astronauts splashes down off Florida coast (video)

The four astronauts of the private Ax-2 mission returned to Earth in their SpaceX Dragon capsule tonight (May 30).

Space

Relive SpaceX Starship's epic launch with these amazing highlights (video)

Recently released footage gives new, highly detailed looks at the first-ever launch of a fully stacked Starship vehicle, which SpaceX conducted last month.

The Guardian - UK

Astronomers see 6,000-mile water vapour plume blasting from Saturn moon

‘Extraordinary’ sighting may open window on possibility of life beneath Enceladus’s icy outer crust

Space

SpaceX could launch this wild, origami-inspired folding heat shield later this year

A private company has plans to test a revolutionary new heat shield that folds and unfolds like origami, and it could conduct a test flight aboard a SpaceX rocket later this year.

Space

New record! 17 people are in Earth orbit at the same time right now

The total number of people in Earth orbit is now at a record high, though only for a short time. With Monday's (May 29) launch of China's Shenzhou 16 mission, the population in orbit grew to 17.

Space

Hungry black hole shoots out bright X-ray jet 60,000 times hotter than the sun

Observing a powerful feeding black hole in X-ray light has allowed astronomers to peer into the inner workings of what is the brightest quasar seen in the last 9 billion years of cosmic history.

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