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How to watch Boeing Starliner return to Earth on Wednesday

May 24th, 2022

After a successful launch and arrival at the International Space Station, Boeing’s Starliner is set to return to Earth this week. The capsule is expected to begin its descent back to Earth on Wednesday, May 25. If you’re interested in watching the action live, here’s what you need to know to watch Starliner’s return to …

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The Moon literally vanishes in this breathtaking lunar eclipse video

May 24th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

The Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Lucy spacecraft captured a stunning lunar eclipse video during this month’s eclipse. The video, which SwRI shared on May 20, shows the Moon literally vanishing as the Earth’s shadow covers it.

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Jaw-dropping image combines 32 years of Hubble telescope photos into one

May 23rd, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

NASA recently celebrated 32 years of Hubble observations. The space telescope was launched back in 1990. Since its launch, it has managed to complete over 1.4 million observations. Now, a physicist named Casey Handmer has combined all of those observations into one breathtaking image.

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Scientists finally figured out this mind-blowing Martian mystery

May 21st, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

Earth’s various auroras are some of the most spectacular sights you can find on the planet. But, Earth isn’t the only celestial body that experiences these phenomena. They’ve also been seen on Mercury, some moons around Jupiter, and even on a comet. But, one unlikely planet that you might not expect to see these on …

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China will soon launch a huge space telescope with a 2.5 billion-pixel camera

May 20th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

China’s first large space telescope could launch as soon as 2023. The new telescope will be called the Chinese Space Station Telescope. It will be roughly comparable to NASA’s long-standing Hubble Space Telescope, though its field of view will be somewhat larger.

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Serious spacesuit problem forces NASA to pause ISS spacewalks

May 20th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

The International Space Station’s spacesuits might finally need to be retired. NASA has paused ISS spacewalks following a water leak in one of the astronauts’ helmets. This isn’t the first time that the aging spacesuits have sprung a leak, either. Back in 2013, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano had to cut a spacewalk short after his …

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NASA: Mysterious new Hubble data on the universe is ‘something weird’

May 20th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

The nearly 30-year-old Hubble Space telescope continues to deliver outstanding data to astronomers. Now, NASA says that data Hubble has been gathering over the years could challenge what we thought we knew about our universe’s expansion rate.

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ESA Solar Orbiter’s hypnotic videos of the Sun look like sci-fi movies

May 20th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

New videos captured by the ESA and NASA’s Solar Orbiter showcase the Sun in a brand-new light. The videos were captured during the probe’s first close perihelion passages. This is, of course, just the first time that the space probe will zoom in on the Sun’s details. But that doesn’t make things any less exciting.

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A bizarre mystery surrounding NASA Voyager 1 probe is being investigated

May 19th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

NASA is investigating an issue with Voyager 1’s telemetry data. The space agency shared news of the investigation this week. NASA says that Voyager 1 continues to return science data and is otherwise operating as expected. However, there is a system data issue that has cast a bit of a mystery over the mission.

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Everything you need to know about NASA’s historic CAPSTONE launch

May 19th, 2022

Joshua Hawkins

NASA wants to put a space station in orbit around the Moon. That sounds like a grand plan, but NASA has a strategy in place. One key part of that plan is the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, or CAPSTONE. NASA announced the mission in 2019 and now we finally know …