Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expect to face the unexpected in space with Boeing Starliner, but told reporters on April 25 that the team is ready for the unexpected.

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26.04.2024

Curiosity rover may be 'burping' methane out of Mars' subsurface | Space

A new theory suggests that NASA's Curiosity rover is "burping" the surface of the Red Planet, releasing methane trapped beneath a salty crust.

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26.04.2024

Lego reveals NASA Artemis rocket, Milky Way galaxy sets coming in May | Space

Get ready space fans, Lego is about to launch two sets that can take you from the moon to edge of our cosmic neighborhood: Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System and Lego Art Milky Way Galaxy.

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26.04.2024

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is 'go' for May 6 astronaut launch | Space

Boeing's Starliner capsule has been cleared for its first-ever crewed launch, a test flight scheduled to send two astronauts toward the ISS on May 6.

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26.04.2024

'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video) | Space

After 64 years, the United Launch Alliance launched the final flight of its Delta IV Heavy rocket on April 9th, and stunning rocket cam footage captured the fiery finale.

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26.04.2024

NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays | Space

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope has failed to see gamma rays from a nearby supernova that should be created when it generates the high-energy cosmic rays that bombard Earth in their trillions.

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26.04.2024

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth | Space

When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.

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26.04.2024

Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares' | Space

Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are on the case and may now know why some stars are so violent.

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26.04.2024

Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates | Space

Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024

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25.04.2024

China’s Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report | Space

Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.

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25.04.2024

Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen | Space

Using ALMA, scientists have discovered one of the largest molecules ever seen in space in the space-birthing Cat's Paw nebula. The discovery hints at how chemical complexity emerges as stars form.

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25.04.2024

Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image) | Space

Take a fresh look at the iconic Dumbbell Nebula on occasion of the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in space.

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25.04.2024

April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos | Space

The Full Pink Moon rose on April 23, 2024, putting a damper on chances of catching any Lyrid meteors but providing a gorgeous target for cameras around the globe.

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25.04.2024

The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called 'JuMBOs' went rogue | Space

Scientists may have discovered how JuMBOs, strangle binary objects found in Orion, may have gone rogue while staying gravitationally bound. The discovery may shake up theories of planet formation.

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25.04.2024

Ancient rocks hold proof of Earth's magnetic field. Here's why that's puzzling | Space

Earth's ancient magnetic field appears to have had a strength similar to what we see today, and it may have protected ancient life from harmful cosmic radiation.

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25.04.2024

'Atlas' gets official trailer full of mech action and Jennifer Lopez not trusting AI (video) | Space

The full trailer of Netflix's 'Atlas' is a bit spoiler-y, but does a better job of selling the Jennifer Lopez-led sci-fi adventure.

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25.04.2024

Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today | Space

China plans to launch the three-astronaut Shenzhou 18 mission to its Tiangong space station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.

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25.04.2024

Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image) | Space

Japan's SLIM lunar lander has now survived three week-long nights on the moon, braving temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, despite not being designed to last one!

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25.04.2024

Space Force tests small satellite jammer to protect against a 'space-enabled attack' | Space

Such a system could disrupt adversary satellites overhead that might be surveilling or targeting U.S. forces on the ground.

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24.04.2024

NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years | Space

NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.

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24.04.2024

Rare quadruple eruption from sun caught on camera (video) | Space

Watch the incredible moment four solar flares erupt from the sun in near-unison during a rare 'super-sympathetic' event.

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24.04.2024

Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game | Space

Gather resources and complete a lunar habitat in this new space-centric Fortnite diversion

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24.04.2024

NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6 | Space

Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are in quarantine at agency facilities before the 1st Boeing Starliner launch. They are expected to fly on May 6.

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24.04.2024

Watch the Full Pink Moon 2024 bloom in the night sky April 23 | Space

The Full Pink Moon of April 2024 steals the show tonight as it crosses the nighttime sky from dusk until dawn.

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24.04.2024

Q&A with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck | Space

Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's plans for the future, which include a private life-hunting mission to Venus.

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24.04.2024

Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater | Space

Scientists turned into crime scene investigators to reconstruct the impact that sent Earth's "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa rocketing from the lunar surface.

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24.04.2024

Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration | Space

Slovenia signed NASA’s Artemis Accords on April 19, becoming the 39th country to affirm their cooperation in future space endeavors to the moon and beyond.

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24.04.2024

ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training | Space

Five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.

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23.04.2024

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home after 5 months of no contact | Space

On Saturday, April 5, Voyager 1 finally "phoned home" and updated its NASA operating team about its health. The interstellar explorer is back in touch after five months of sending back nonsense data.

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23.04.2024

New 'Star Wars Outlaws' trailer proclaims a golden age for the underworld (video) | Space

A new story trailer has dropped for Ubisoft's new "Star Wars Outlaws" video game.

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23.04.2024

India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030 | Space

India has announced its intent to join the global effort to reduce space debris in low Earth orbit.

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23.04.2024

James Webb Space Telescope documentary returns to IMAX theaters this week for Earth Day (video) | Space

New James Webb Space Telescope documentary, "Deep Sky," returns to IMAX screens for Earth Day. Watch two exclusive clips here at Space.com.

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23.04.2024

Satellites watch as 4th global coral bleaching event unfolds (image) | Space

Satellites are tracking in real time as multiple major coral reefs around the world get paler due to warming sea temperatures in the fourth-ever global bleaching event.

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23.04.2024

Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images | Space

To commemorate Earth Day, enjoy these 12 NOAA satellite images that showcase the different ways this critical technology helps scientists keep an eye on our planet.

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23.04.2024

Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material | Space

Astronomers have mapped a 20,000 light-year-long fountain of gas blasting out from a nearby galaxy and polluting intergalactic space at 450 times the top speed of a jet fighter.

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23.04.2024

Scientists use AI to reconstruct energetic flare blasted from Milky Way's supermassive black hole | Space

Using observations of the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of the Milky Way and AI scientists have reconstructed a 3D video of Sagittarius A* and its environment.

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23.04.2024

China's new reusable rocket aces key engine tests | Space

China has made progress on a powerful rocket engine to power its new reusable rockets that are expected to launch the nation's planned crewed moon missions.

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23.04.2024

The Earth Day 2024 Google doodle is a climate change reminder | Space

For Earth Day this year, the Google doodle is highlighting areas of our planet it sees itself in.

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22.04.2024

Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon? | Space

The Apollo program put humans on the moon in 1969. So why haven't we sent any more since?

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Russian cosmonauts make quick work of space station spacewalk | Space

'I'm sure we'll find things out': NASA astronauts fly to launch site for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner mission to ISS on May 6 (photos) | Space

Curiosity rover may be 'burping' methane out of Mars' subsurface | Space

Lego reveals NASA Artemis rocket, Milky Way galaxy sets coming in May | Space

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is 'go' for May 6 astronaut launch | Space

'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video) | Space

NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays | Space

Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth | Space

Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares' | Space

Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates | Space

China’s Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report | Space

Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen | Space

Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image) | Space

April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos | Space

The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called 'JuMBOs' went rogue | Space

Ancient rocks hold proof of Earth's magnetic field. Here's why that's puzzling | Space

'Atlas' gets official trailer full of mech action and Jennifer Lopez not trusting AI (video) | Space

Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today | Space

Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image) | Space

Space Force tests small satellite jammer to protect against a 'space-enabled attack' | Space

NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years | Space

Rare quadruple eruption from sun caught on camera (video) | Space

Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game | Space

NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6 | Space

Watch the Full Pink Moon 2024 bloom in the night sky April 23 | Space

Q&A with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck | Space

Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater | Space

Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration | Space

ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training | Space

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft finally phones home after 5 months of no contact | Space

New 'Star Wars Outlaws' trailer proclaims a golden age for the underworld (video) | Space

India aims to achieve 'debris-free' space missions by 2030 | Space

James Webb Space Telescope documentary returns to IMAX theaters this week for Earth Day (video) | Space

Satellites watch as 4th global coral bleaching event unfolds (image) | Space

Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images | Space

Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns' worth of material | Space

Scientists use AI to reconstruct energetic flare blasted from Milky Way's supermassive black hole | Space

China's new reusable rocket aces key engine tests | Space

The Earth Day 2024 Google doodle is a climate change reminder | Space

Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon? | Space

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