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Hawaiian scientists discover one of the youngest planets ever seen
An international research team led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has discovered one of the youngest planets ever observed. The findings, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, estimate the planet is a…
Musk says Starship may be ready for orbital launch next month, but FAA review
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, said Friday the company’s huge new Starship rocket could be ready for its first orbital test launch from South Texas as soon as November, but the schedule comes with two big uncertainties…
SpaceX test fires Starship as FAA reviews license for orbital launch
A view from the launch tower as SpaceX stacks Starship prototype 20 on top of Super Heavy rocket Booster 4 on August 6, 2021.@elonmusk on TwitterElon Musk's SpaceX completed two test firings of the engines on its Starship 20 prototype on…
Hubble Space Telescope witnesses explosive star death
31 years of Hubble telescope images 31 years of Hubble telescope imagesHubble took this image of the rare blue variable star AG Carinae, located 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, to celebrate the 31st…
What NASA says about fireball that streaked across Michigan sky
NASA has confirmed that the fireball that streaked across the Midwestern sky early Wednesday was a satellite."There are many accounts from the midwestern states of a bright long-lasting fireball seen around 12:43 a.m. EDT last evening …
A full moon in October will obscure Orionid meteor shower
The hunter's moon will be fullest at 10:58 a.m. ET on October 20, and 99% full during the evenings of October 19 and 20, according to EarthSky. The full moon coincides with the peak of the Orionid meteor shower on the morning of October…
Mystery solved! Bizarre Hubble double galaxy caused by ‘ripple’ in space
Astronomers believe they’ve solved, at long last, a mystery first discovered nearly a decade ago by the Hubble Space Telescope. The dilemma centered on a strange "double galaxy," a pair of streaky objects that once defied explanation.…
How will our solar system end? A distant planet offers hints
A darkened planet circling the feeble remnant of a burned-out star about 6,000 light-years from Earth shows what our own solar system will look like at the end of its existence, according to astronomers.The distant survivor, described in…
NASA investigating issue with Lucy solar array
WASHINGTON — Engineers are investigating why one of the two solar arrays on NASA’s Lucy spacecraft may have failed to lock into place when deployed after launch Oct. 16.
In an Oct. 17 statement, NASA said that while the…
Asteroid impact could be stopped with nuclear missiles, study suggests
Asteroid impacts are one of the most dangerous possible natural disasters, as humanity currently lacks a reliable means of defense against them. One possible solution, using nuclear weapons or similarly destructive means, is…