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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
Ejection of gasses around black hole thanks to magnetism
Explaining the force that causes gases to be blown away from a black hole, an international team of researchers…
Auroras over Alaska explored by three NASA rockets
To aid scientists studying the northern lights and the interactions of the solar wind with Earth’s upper atmosphere…
Forget Barbados, these two are off to the moon
SpaceX has announced that two people will be flying over to the moon next year. A fear which has not been attempted…
SpaceX delivery delays at the International Space Station
After fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day, SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at…
NASA plans for an Earth-independent future in space
NASA has selected proposals for the creation of two multi-disciplinary, university-led research institutes that…
Start Your Search For A Whole New World With NASA
NASA is inviting the public to help search for possible undiscovered worlds in the outer reaches of our solar…
Database of over 1,000 stars can help find new exoplanets
The largest collection of observations made with a technique called radial velocity, which is used for hunting…
MIT graduate joins the space race
Less than 10 years out of MIT, Shana Diez ’02, SM ’03 had helped design and build a commercial spacecraft that…
Japanese Mission To Clear ‘Space Junk’ Results In More
Officials said Monday, in an embarassment for Tokyo, an experimental Japanese mission to clear 'space junk' or…
The New Spacesuit That Will Take Astronauts To The ISS
Do astronauts have to lumber around like the Michelin man? Or is there a way to design something a bit sleeker,…