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This astronaut took 5 spacewalks. Now, he’s helping make spacesuits for future ISS crews (exclusive)

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This astronaut took 5 spacewalks. Now, he’s helping make spacesuits for future ISS crews (exclusive)

Space.com February 15, 2024

The next generation of spacesuits for astronauts just went parabolic. Collins Aerospace tested its new spacesuit design,...

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Fire but no brimstone: Where is the universe’s missing sulfur?

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Fire but no brimstone: Where is the universe’s missing sulfur?

Space.com February 15, 2024

Astronomers may have solved the mystery of why dead stars’ death shrouds seem to lack sulfur, an...

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China wants to send plants, microbes and lunar resource experiments to the moon in 2028

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China wants to send plants, microbes and lunar resource experiments to the moon in 2028

Space.com February 15, 2024

An upcoming Chinese lunar mission will carry a small ecosystem and other payloads to test using lunar...

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NASA’s interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn’t doing so well — here’s what we know

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NASA’s interstellar Voyager 1 spacecraft isn’t doing so well — here’s what we know

Space.com February 15, 2024

On Dec. 12, 2023, NASA shared some worrisome news about Voyager 1, the first probe to walk...

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Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch

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Private Odysseus lunar lander heads for the moon after SpaceX launch

Space.com February 15, 2024

A pioneering private moon mission is going well so far. The robotic Odysseus moon lander, which was...

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Saturn’s ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all

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Saturn’s ocean moon Titan may not be able to support life after all

Space.com February 15, 2024

Titan’s underground ocean, and similar oceans inside other icy moons in the outer solar system, may lack...

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New ‘time travel’ study reveals future impact of climate change on coastal marshes

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New ‘time travel’ study reveals future impact of climate change on coastal marshes

Phys.org February 15, 2024

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new Tulane University study published in Nature Communications offers a glimpse into...

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Jupiter Used to Be Flat, Scientists Suggest

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Jupiter Used to Be Flat, Scientists Suggest

futurism-com February 14, 2024

“We had always assumed that they were spherical.” Flat Jupiter Think of all planets as being spheres?...

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SpaceX deorbiting 100 older Starlink satellites to ‘keep space safe and sustainable’

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SpaceX deorbiting 100 older Starlink satellites to ‘keep space safe and sustainable’

Space.com February 14, 2024

SpaceX will deorbit some of its older Starlink internet satellites in order to reduce the number of...

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SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A

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SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A

Space.com February 14, 2024

If aliens are synchronizing their signals with light coming from supernova 1987A, then the search for extraterrestrial...

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