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5,000 exoplanets: NASA just reached a major milestone in the search for alien life

A new batch of 60 planets discovered by the NASA Exoplanet Archive and an additional five planets from other observatories brings the total tally of planets beyond our little home system to 5,005.

Inverse

KBR Bags $640M Contract To Support NASA Exploration

KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) has secured a $640 million Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 (GSMO-3) contract to support more than 10 NASA exploration missions. The contract also includes continued efforts on the James Webb Space Telescope, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and Earth Observing System. KBR will provide systems engineering, facility engineering, launch, early orbit support,…

Benzinga

The BOLT II hypersonic flight test could bring superfast global travel a step closer

The BOLT II hypersonic flight experiment will launch tonight from NASA’s Wallops Test Flight Facility in Virginia.

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8 years ago, the U.S. and Russia played chicken with the ISS — will history repeat itself?

Russian and the USA's 2014 diplomatic spat over the ISS also provides a blueprint for understanding the current clash over the space station — and how this fresh fight may ultimately pan out.

Inverse

NASA plans to obliterate the International Space Station — here's how

Not with a whimper, but with a bang. NASA plans to send the International Space Station to a fiery end, once Roscosmos and others decide also to withdraw from the station.

Inverse

Why the $4.1 billion launch cost of NASA’s Moon rocket could destroy it

NASA's Space Launch System is supposed to ferry astronauts to the Moon, but at an estimated $4.1 billion per launch, it may be doomed before it ever gets off the ground.

Inverse

50 years later, NASA is finally opening a critical cache of Moon rocks

These rocks and dust were collected more than 50 years ago during the Apollo missions. Now, NASA is finally cracking them open to study the Moon and Earth.

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Jaw-dropping Jupiter NASA image reveals two cosmic Easter eggs

Io and Europa creep into a shot from the Juno probe.

Inverse

30 amazing women in science and math

From the first woman to win a Nobel Prize to the discoverer of jumping genes, here are some of the women who have made major contributions to science and mathematics.

LiveScience

NASA head: We have cooperation with our Russian colleagues

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Friday played down recent comments by the head of Russia’s space agency that the United States would have to use broomsticks to fly to space after Russia said it would stop supplying rocket engines to U.S. companies

The Independent UK

Behold! Colossal NASA SLS Moon rocket revealed in full for the first time

NASA rolled out the rocket that will power its Artemis missions, giving the public a glimpse at the sheer scale of the agency's ambitious space launch vehicle.

Inverse

NASA Rolls Out Its Mega Moon Rocket

NASA's massive new rocket began its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon this summer. It left the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building around 5:47 pm Eastern Time (2147 GMT) and began an…

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New Russian cosmonaut team welcomed aboard International Space Station

Three Russian cosmonauts arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, docking their Soyuz capsule with the outpost for a mission that continues a 20-year shared Russian-U.S. presence in orbit despite tensions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Artemis I rocket rolls to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first trip to the moon for NASA’s new rocket has one more major hurdle, but it’s taking the jump nice and slow as Artemis I began its 4.4-mile journey with a top speed of 0.8 mph to the launch pad Thursday.

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Nasa's mega Moon rocket on way to launchpad

WASHINGTON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (Nasa) massive new rocket was beginning its first journey to a launchpad on Thursday ahead of a battery of tests that will clear it to blast off to the Moon in mid-year.

Inverse

Scientists couldn't stop this asteroid from crashing into Earth — and that's ok

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read about the asteroid that crashed into the Arctic, find out if aerobic exercise helps with episodic memory, and more.

The Conversation

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first aligned image of a star. Here's how it was done

In a huge milestone, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has finally been aligned to produce the first unified image of a single star.

The Hindu

Physicist Eugene Parker dies aged 94

He is best known for his 1958 theory of the existence of solar wind — a supersonic flow of particles off the sun's surface

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Behold! NASA releases stunning new Webb image of an unexpected star

NASA released the latest images from the James Webb Telescope.

The Independent UK

Physicist Eugene Parker, namesake of NASA probe, dies at 94

A physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name has died

Daily Mirror

'Blood rain' hits UK as 'apocalyptic' Sahara dust bomb 'scares and confuses' Brits

Amazing satellite images captured by NASA show massive clouds of dust covering huge areas of the Earth as skies turn blood orange in London, Kent and East Sussex while the Alps are covered in dust

Inverse

Do you really think Albert Einstein was a genius? Here's what the history shows

In this edition of Inverse Daily, enjoy Albert Einstein’s birthday week coverage, learn how to watch NASA’s Artemis I wet dress rehearsal, and more.

Space

What is quantum entanglement? The physics of 'spooky action at a distance' explained

Quantum entanglement is one seriously long-distance relationship.

Daily Mirror

NASA say asteroid size of a Boeing will zoom past Earth today in ‘close approach’

The mega asteroid is on NASA's "Close Approaches" database but don't be concerned - any space object that comes within five million miles of us is automatically considered "potentially hazardous"

Inverse

NASA Lunar Gateway: Launch window, specs, and orbit of the Moon’s space station

NASA plans to launch a spaceship to support future Artemis lunar missions. Here's what you need to know about the Lunar Gateway.

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