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Scientists Knew What Would Eventually Destroy the Earth. Now, There’s Hope: A Tiny Dot Next to a White Dwarf Star

Space

If the Sun becomes a red giant, the future of humanity is sealed—or so the experts believed.

NASA May Not Need to Destroy the ISS in 2030. A Recently Discovered Leak on the Space Station Suggests an Early End

Space

Russia didn’t make a big deal about some leaks from its section in February. However, NASA doesn’t see the problem the same way.

The Astronauts Stranded in Space Can Breathe Easily. 10 Years Ago, NASA Made a Last-Minute Decision That Changed Their Fate

Space

In 2014, the space agency signed a crucial contract for the future of the space race.

As China Makes Progress, NASA Is Facing Several Challenges in Its Efforts to Return to the Moon. Tensions Are Rising

Space

The U.S., which first landed on the Moon 50 years ago, can’t afford a symbolic defeat against its major competitor.

Next Week’s Annular Solar Eclipse Will Create a ‘Ring of Fire’ in the Sky

Space

This type of eclipse occurs when approaches the part of its orbit that is farthest from Earth.

The Spacecraft That Will Rescue Boeing Astronauts Is Prepared for Liftoff. With It, SpaceX Will Debut a New Launch Tower

Space

The Crew-9 mission will take off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 pad with two empty seats.

China Plans to House 5,000 Scientists Worldwide to Its Upcoming Lunar Base. The First Arrivals Are Scheduled for 2035

Space

The Chinese space agency has extended an invitation to all nations for the country’s International Lunar Research Station.

China Has Just Provided the First Answers to the Big Question of What the Heck Is on the Dark Side of the Moon

Space

Chinese scientists have published the first paper on the lunar soil extract they obtained during their last mission.

Elon Musk’s Warning to the U.S. Government Is True: China Is Closer Than Ever to Having Its Own Starship

Space

As SpaceX clashes with the FAA, China advances with its various versions of Starship.

NASA Manages to Get Voyager 1 to Switch On Its Inactive Engines for the First Time in Decades, Ensuring the Spacecraft Lives to See Another Day

Space

NASA launched the Voyager 1 space probe into space 47 years ago. It’s the farthest manufactured object from Earth (more than 15 billion miles away).

China’s Zhurong Rover Found These Mysterious Polygonal Structures Under the Martian Soil. They May Be More Common Than We Thought

Space

The rover’s instruments detected these structures at a depth of about 115 feet as it traversed the Utopia Planitia region.

In an Unexpected Twist, China Says It Can Use Starlink Signals to Detect Spy Planes and Drones

Drones

Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid radar detection and other surveillance technologies.

NASA Has Finally Solved the Mystery of the Spiders on Mars. It Recreated Them on Earth

Space

Mars spiders have been discovered on Earth, and scientists are excited.

Earth Will Be Getting a New Mini-Moon for Two Months, but You’re Probably Not Going to Be Able to See It

Space

The mini-Moon, known officially as asteroid 2024 PT5, will orbit the Earth between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25.

Scientists Have Been Searching for Planet Nine for Years. More Than 3,000 New Simulations Suggest That It’s Not a Planet and Never Was

Space

We may not have found the solar system’s ninth planet because it doesn’t exist.

Some Thought This Moment Would Never Come: A Company Is Ready to Test an Aerospike Engine in Flight

Space

The German company Polaris has a contract with the German Armed Forces.

How to Watch Tuesday’s Rare Partial Lunar Eclipse

Space

The partial lunar eclipse will coincide with a Supermoon and the Harvest Moon, creating a celestial trifecta that experts say is “quite rare.”

As Soon as the James Webb Telescope Started Operating, It Seemed to 'Break' Cosmological Models. There’s Another Explanation

Space

The first galaxies in the universe seemed to be more massive than we expected.

A Billionaire Has Just Ventured Into Territory Previously Explored Only by NASA. It’s a Warning About What the Future of Space Exploration May Hold

Space

Polaris Dawn is setting the stage for what will occur in low Earth orbit once NASA leaves the International Space Station, as the U.S. is planning to do.

Polaris Dawn Is a Success: SpaceX’s First Commercial Spacewalk Is Game-Changing

Space

The hatch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft opened for the first time into nothingness. Four people were exposed to the vacuum of space, and two peered through a ladder.

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