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Major milestone! India becomes 4th nation to dock satellites in orbit

India successfully docked its two SpaDex satellites in Earth orbit yesterday (Jan. 15), becoming just the fourth country to pull off such a satellite meetup.

Space

Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says

The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make.

Space

Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent 'pale blue dot' (image)

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth.

Space

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Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

Space

James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest 'truly gargantuan' supernovas ever seen

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted one of the earliest and most distant supernovas, marking the death of a stellar monster 20 times the mass of the sun.

Space

Scientists turn 3 years' worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)

The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.

Space

'Daredevil' white dwarf star could be closest-known object to a weird black hole

The weird outbursts of a distant supermassive black hole may be caused by a death-defying white dwarf walking a cosmic tight rope around it.

Space

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See Mercury's frigid north pole in extraordinary new images from the BepiColombo spacecraft

A joint Japanese-European mission to Mercury just made its sixth flyby of the planet, revealing stunning close-ups of the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole.

LiveScience

Cyclone Dikeledi moves away from Mayotte, leaves three dead in Madagascar

Cyclone Dikeledi was moving away from the French territory of Mayotte on Sunday but the archipelago will remain under red alert until Monday evening. The storm however caused flash floods in the neighbouring Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, where at least three people were killed.

Radio France Internationale

The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

Space

Mercury looks stunning in images from BepiColombo spacecraft's 6th and final flyby

BepiColombo made its sixth and final flyby of Mercury on Wed (Jan. 8) capturing images of the tiny planet hinting at the mysteries it will soon investigate.

Space

NASA Eyes SpaceX, Blue Origin To Cut Mars Rock Retrieval Costs

NASA announced Tuesday it may turn to Elon Musk's SpaceX or Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to help reduce the soaring costs of returning Martian rocks collected by the Perseverance rover to Earth.

International Business Times

NASA won't decide on Mars Sample Return plan until mid-2026

NASA is considering two ways to get its precious Mars samples back to Earth but won't pick a winner for another 18 months or so.

Space

"There Is, Technically, No Snail Darter," But the Snail Darter Still Delayed the Tellico Dam

A case study in how the Endangered Species Act encourages the politicization and distortion of science.

Reason

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Ancient volcanic ash on Mars could offer new clues in search for extraterrestrial life

Researchers believe dark rocks at the site of a future Mars rover landing mission may be left over from ancient volcanic eruptions, and may be protecting signs of life — if there ever was life on Mars.

Space

Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return mission is salvageable after facing scrutiny for its $11 billion budget.

LiveScience

10 amazing things we found on Mars in 2024, from hundreds of 'spiders' to a 'Martian dog'

From arachnid-like formations and mysterious blobs to an underground ocean and a giant volcano, here are our 10 favorite things scientists discovered on Mars this year.

LiveScience

Coolest space missions coming in 2025

From a death swirl into Jupiter to "Ghost Riders in the Sky," here are some of the most exciting space missions coming in 2025.

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These Are The Most Exciting Space Missions Coming In 2025

From exploring the Moon to revealing mysteries of the solar system, space agencies around the world are gearing up for an exciting year of launches and flybys.

Space

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video

Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

LiveScience

10 mind-blowing black hole discoveries from 2024

An artist's interpretation of a black hole surrounded by stars

Evening Standard

Belfast astronomer at ground control on mission to stop asteroid strike on Earth

Professor Alan Fitzsimmons, from Queen’s University Belfast, has recently returned from ground control of ESA’s Hera mission.

LiveScience

Our favorite space stories of 2024 — from lost planets to human-caused meteor showers

From the mysterious Planet Nine to the prospect of a "human-caused meteor shower," space and physics editor Brandon Specktor lists his favorite stories of 2024.

LiveScience

5 times the James Webb telescope rewrote physics in 2024

The James Webb space telescope had several stunning findings this year that changed how we understand the universe.

LiveScience

'Spiders on Mars' and ancient sea monsters: 5 of the biggest science stories you read in 2024

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