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India space agency launches its heaviest satellite
India launched its heaviest ever communication satellite on Sunday, the latest step in the country's ambitious space program.
Space Exploration
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How to spot November's supermoon, the closest of the year
The moon will look slightly bigger and brighter Wednesday night during the closest supermoon of the year.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2025
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China's Shenzhou 21 docks with space station, sets the country's own speed record
China announced Saturday that its Shenzhou 21 spaceship docked with China's space station with its latest three rotation crew at the country's own record speed after a successful launch.
Space Exploration
Nov 1, 2025
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Rapid brightening of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it nears sun surprises scientists
An interstellar comet that originated outside our solar system has just made its closest pass to the sun, brightening dramatically and rapidly as it did so. The reason for the sudden extreme activity is currently puzzling ...
A mundane universe and the rarity of advanced civilizations
How could the principle of "radical mundanity" proposed by the Fermi paradox help explain why humans haven't found evidence of extraterrestrial technological civilizations (ETCs)? This is what a recent study posted to the ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2025
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Muscle tissue from a 3D printer—produced in zero gravity
Human health is the Achilles heel of space travel. Researchers at ETH Zurich have now succeeded in printing complex muscle tissue in zero gravity. This will enable drugs for space missions to be tested in the future.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2025
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The keen-eyed Vera Rubin Observatory has discovered a massive stellar stream
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) hasn't yet begun its much-anticipated Legacy Survey of Space and Time. But it saw its first light in June 2025, when it captured its Virgo First Look images as part of commissioning its main ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2025
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The empty search for dark matter
What if I told you that while you can't see dark matter, maybe you can hear it? I know, I know, it sounds crazy…and it is crazy. But it's crazy enough that it just might work. It's a real life experiment, called the…let ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2025
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VLT Survey Telescope captures spooky bat signal in the sky
A spooky bat has been spotted flying over the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Paranal site in Chile, right in time for Halloween. Thanks to its wide field of view, the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) was able to capture ...
Astronomy
Oct 31, 2025
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China sends astronauts—and mice—on its latest space station mission
China said Saturday that it successfully launched the Shenzhou-21 spaceship on a mission to the country's orbiting space station, sending its newest rotation of three astronauts—along with four mice.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2025
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Parabolic flight experiment highlights flame dynamics in microgravity
Casting a swirling shadow, a glowing candle flame sways eerily before flaring up once more. As ghostly as it looks, this flame dance is not the result of any force—paranormal or otherwise—but rather the lack of one: gravity.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2025
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NASA rejects Kardashian's claim Moon landing 'didn't happen'
NASA hit back on Thursday at reality TV star Kim Kardashian's claim that the 1969 moon landing "didn't happen," a theory consistently debunked over decades.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2025
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Scientists find an explanation for oddball, water-rich exoplanets: They make their own water
As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for awhile. A new study, published in Nature, describes a process that might explain why a large portion ...
Mini-Neptune exoplanet orbiting bright K-type star discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers have detected a new exoplanet orbiting a bright K-type star known as TOI-283. The newfound alien world, which received the designation ...
Nova Scorpii 2023 shows months-long X-ray variability after stellar outburst
Using NASA's Swift spacecraft, an international team of astronomers have performed X-ray observations of a classical nova named Nova Scorpii 2023. Results of the observational campaign, published October 21 on the pre-print ...
Halloween fireballs could signal increased risk of cosmic impact or airburst in 2032 and 2036, research suggests
Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the "Halloween fireballs," they are named for the constellation Taurus—the bull—from which the meteors ...
Astronomy
Oct 30, 2025
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Large quantities of water are created as a natural consequence of planet formation, experimental work demonstrates
Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans and primitive atmospheres during their early years, according to new research published in Nature ...
Astrobiology
Oct 30, 2025
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We're putting lots of transition metals into the stratosphere. That's not good.
We successfully plugged the hole in the ozone layer that was discovered in the 1980s by banning ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). But, it seems we might be unintentionally creating another potential ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 30, 2025
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The International Space Station marks 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit
It's an unprecedented space streak: 25 years of people living off-planet without even a moment's pause.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2025
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China says it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 ahead of space station mission
China said Thursday it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 2030 as it introduced the next crew of astronauts who will head to its space station as part of the country's ambitious plans to be a leader in space exploration.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2025
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