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Two stars with an odd wobble are stretching space and time around them

Einstein’s theory of relativity predicts that fast-spinning objects stretch space and time around them, and we’ve watched that effect make a pair of stars wobble




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We’ve finally spotted a pattern in mysterious radio blasts from space

Strange, powerful blasts of radio waves from space called fast radio bursts sometimes flash repeatedly, but never with any discernible pattern – until now




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Cork-coated spacecraft to be chucked out of the ISS for re-entry test

A spacecraft designed to study re-entry into Earth's atmosphere has a nose coated in cork, a cheap and lightweight alternative to other materials




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SpaceX has plans to fly space tourists twice as high as the ISS

SpaceX and the space tourism firm Space Adventures have announced a plan to fly paying customers into Earth orbit, higher than the International Space Station




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A wobbling star may explain pattern of weird radio signals from space

We’ve spotted strange blasts of radio waves from space in a pattern that may be produced by a magnetised neutron star wobbling as it spins




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For All Mankind review: A superb alternative history of the space race

When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says Emily Wilson




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First private space rescue mission sees two satellites latch together

A private satellite that is low on fuel could survive five more years because another satellite has come to its rescue – a technique that could be used by future service spacecraft




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SpaceX plans to send 3 tourists to the space station next year

SpaceX is partnering with a US start-up called Axiom Space to launch three space tourists on a 10-day trip to the International Space Station




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Lettuce grown on space station is just as good as on Earth

Lettuce grown on the International Space Station has been served with tacos and cheeseburgers, and it turns out to be just as nutritious as the Earth-grown version




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How red is a black hole? The strange reality of what space looks like

Our images of deep space are spectacular, but don’t reflect what our eyes would see. Here's what their stunning true colours reveal about the cosmos




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Rockets armed with talcum powder could stop deadly space junk

Thousands of dead satellites and chunks of debris in orbit are a threat to active satellites, but rockets that launch clouds of talcum powder may prevent a disastrous collision




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Long space flights can increase the volume of astronauts’ brains

Spending at least six months in microgravity can cause astronauts’ brain volumes to increase, causing pressure to build up in their heads and creating vision problems




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Weird radio signals spotted in our galaxy could solve a space mystery

Weird blasts of radio waves from space called fast radio bursts have been baffling astronomers since they were discovered, but after finding one in our galaxy we may finally know what creates them




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SpaceX mission control to do social distancing for first crewed flight

SpaceX’s first crewed launch is planned for 27 May and will be run from a mission control with desks set six feet apart to comply with social distancing protocols




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I'm a space archaeologist studying junk strewn across the solar system

From vintage satellites to lunar rovers, space archaeologist Alice Gorman is teasing out a unique history of humanity from the objects we've dispatched from Earth




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China just tested a spacecraft that could fly to the moon and beyond

China just tested its biggest rocket yet, along with a new capsule designed to carry humans to its planned space station, the moon and beyond




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Watch Astrobee's First Autonomous Flight on the International Space Station

For the first time, NASA's Astrobee robot has demonstrated autonomous free flight in space




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Predicting the Future with AI and Sound, Starting With Robots in Space

Bosch SoundSee combines deep learning with mobile microphone arrays to identify problems on the ISS before they happen



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RPGCast – Episode 458: “Set In Space, Close Enough”

Half the cast is embroiled in battles in another world. Half the cast got to the bottom of the case with Detective Pikachu. But one...




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‘The Space Between Us’: Review Revue

What film critics are saying about this week's new release.




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NASA’s Biggest Space Launch in Years Is Coming Up — But It Wants You to Stay Home to Watch

Top officials warned the public against traveling to Florida for the May 27 launch of two NASA astronauts aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station




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Human Urine Could Help Make Concrete on the Moon, Says European Space Agency

“Thanks to future lunar inhabitants, the 1.5 liters of liquid waste a person generates each day could become a promising by-product for space exploration,” the ESA says




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Mysterious Planet 9 could be found using futuristic spacecraft, theoretical physicist suggests

The hypothetical Planet 9 has been bandied about for several years, first mentioned in 2014, but researchers have yet to find it. Now, a well-known theoretical physicist believes we could find the mysterious object using "laser-launched spacecraft."








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Telescopes and spacecraft join forces to probe deep into Jupiter's atmosphere

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based Gemini Observatory in Hawaii have teamed up with the Juno spacecraft to probe the mightiest storms in the solar system, taking place more than 500 million miles away on the giant planet Jupiter.




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Musk's SpaceX, Bezos' Blue Origin land contracts to build NASA's astronaut moon lander

((This April 30 story has been corrected to say Starship can carry more than 100 metric tonnes of cargo, not 100 pounds in paragraph 9. The error occurred in a previous version as well.))




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SpaceX to bring astronauts to short-handed Space Station for longer stay

Two NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX's new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-handed crew aboard the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency said on Friday.




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China launches spacecraft via largest carrier rocket: CCTV

China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said.




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Tom Cruise aims higher with movie shot on space station

Action star Tom Cruise is working on a movie shot in outer space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said on Tuesday.




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Steve Carell? Real U.S. Space Force chief wanted Bruce Willis to play him

The real chief of the U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday he had hoped actor Bruce Willis would have played him on the upcoming Netflix show lampooning the military's newest branch of service - instead of comic actor Steve Carell.




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Astronauts returning to changed world after months in Space during coronavirus outbreak

Read our live coronavirus updates HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms




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International Space Station crew lands safely in Kazakhstan after more than 200 days in orbit

The crew of three returned to a planet troubled by the coronavirus pandemic Coronavirus: the symptoms Read our LIVE updates on the coronavirus here




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Nasa and Elon Musk's SpaceX announce first manned US space launch in nine years

Nasa has set a date for its first manned US space launch in nine years.




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Starlink space display set to continue all week throughout the UK

Scheme by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX firm casts unique chain of lights in Britain's night skies




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Mile-wide asteroid to pass Earth today at 19,000mph as NASA sets sights on crashing spacecraft into smaller one

Nasa plans to test potentially lifesaving technology by crashing a spacecraft into a smaller asteroid in 2021




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New York funeral home put bodies in trucks after running out of space

Police were called to a funeral home in New York after a bad smell coming from the street outside turned out to be from hundreds of bodies kept inside trucks.




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NASA space lasers show sea levels have risen by 14mm in 17 years

Sea levels have risen by 14mm since 2003 due to ice melting in Antarctica and Greenland, scientists have said.




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Commercial space flights a step closer after successful Virgin Galactic spaceship trial in New Mexico

Commercial space trips are a step closer to becoming reality after Virgin Galactic's spaceship took a glide and landed safely in the New Mexico desert.




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China launches trial version of newly designed spacecraft as part of plan to build orbiting space station

China has launched a newly designed spacecraft as part of its ambitious plan to build an orbiting space station.





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SpaceX has fired Starship’s Raptor engine, and the vehicle still stands

The Raptor rocket engine burned for about 4 seconds.




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Rocket Report: Military space plane returns to pad, SLS engine costs soar

LauncherOne to cap eight years of development with upcoming flight.




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China’s new spacecraft—which resembles a Crew Dragon—just landed

China now has a capsule potentially capable of returning from the Moon.




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Swarm Technologies chooses Momentus and SpaceX to launch constellation of tiny satellites

Swarm Technologies has struck an agreement with California-based Momentus for the launch of a dozen telecommunication satellites, each the size of a slice of bread, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December. The December rideshare mission is the first of a series that Momentum plans to execute for Swarm, continuing into 2021 and 2022. Swarm plans to have 150 satellites launched over the next couple of years for a communication network in low Earth orbit. The first 12 SpaceBee satellites covered by the agreement announced today will be deployed into orbit from the Falcon 9. The inch-thick satellites fit… Read More





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Spaceflight signs up as anchor customer for Firefly Aerospace launch in 2021

Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc. has signed an agreement to secure most of the payload mass on a Firefly Aerospace rocket that's due to lift off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base in 2021. The agreement, announced today, establishes Spaceflight as the mission's anchor customer and commits the company to managing the logistics for multiple payloads on the Firefly Alpha rocket. That should help Firefly maximize use of the rocket's 630-kilogram (1,389-pound) capacity for a launch to sun-synchronous orbit. Texas-based Firefly Aerospace is planning to launch the Alpha on its maiden flight from Vandenberg later this year. The company suffered a setback in… Read More





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Far out! Xplore teams up with JPL and Aerospace Corp. on gravity-lens telescope

NASA has awarded a $2 million grant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Aerospace Corp. — and Xplore, a Seattle-based space venture — to develop the design architecture for a far-out telescope array that would use the sun's gravitational field as a lens to focus on alien planets. The Phase III award from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program, or NIAC, would cover two years of development work and could lead to the launch of a technology demonstration mission in the 2023-2024 time frame. Xplore's team will play a key role in designing the demonstration mission's spacecraft, which would be… Read More





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Nasa space lasers track melting of Earth's ice sheets

US space agency satellites follow the melting trends in Antarctica and Greenland over 16 years.