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How many satellites orbit Earth and why space traffic management is crucial
Have you ever wondered how many satellites orbit the Earth? According to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), which maintains…
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Watch NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two cosmonauts launch into space tonight
Four years after her first flight to the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will return to space today (Oct. 14). …
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A Soyuz capsule just made a record-breaking 3-hour flight to the International Space Station
Three new crewmembers arrived at the International Space Station today (Oct. 14) after a record-breaking speedy flight to the orbiting lab. The…
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Dawn Mission: Shedding Light on Asteroids
Dawn was a NASA mission that operated between 2007 and 2018, breaking several records along the way. When it entered…
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Hosted Near-Surface Water for Millions of Years
This mosaic of the bright spot known as Cerealia Facula inside the dwarf planet Ceres’ Occator Crater is based on…
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Dwarf Planet Ceres May Be Wrinkling As It Shrinks
This view of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows what the dwarf planet would look like to the human eye.…
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NASA spacecraft gets a look at one of the strangest places in the solar system
An animation stitches together images showing briny deposits, colored in reddish, splaying across Occator Crater on Ceres, as seen by…
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Planets more hospitable to life than Earth may already have been discovered
This artist’s depiction shows the first validated Earth-size planet to orbit a distant star in the habitable zone identified by…
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International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
The ambitious International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), being built in Provence in southern France, is set to become the largest…
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Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research
Just after the Big Bang occurred, conditions became ideal for the building blocks of matter — the quarks and electrons…
