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Scientists at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) simulated what happens when a satellite burns up in the Earth's atmosphere.
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Watch What Happens When a Satellite Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere

A team of scientists found that they could power a drone mid-flight using microwaves, and they say the same tech could someday launch spacecraft.
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Japanese Scientists Propose Microwave-Powered Spacecraft

According to the latest drone shots, SpaceX is making great progress on its orbital launch facilities at its site in Boca Chica, Texas.
Starship

SpaceX Makes Progress on “Launch Tower” Meant to Catch Starship Booster

Because of bad weather here on Earth, a SpaceX Dragon that was supposed to head home from the International Space Station is hanging out in orbit.
Science & Energy

Bad Weather Leaves SpaceX Dragon Stuck at Space Station

Mathematician and astronomer Claudio Maccone published more research on how to defend Earth from asteroids with orbital missiles.
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Scientist: If Asteroids Threaten Earth, We Should Blow Them Up With Missiles

NASA just sent brainless bits of slime mold to the ISS to study how the single-celled organism's behavior is affected by microgravity.
Science & Energy

Europe Just Launched Brainless Blobs of Slime Mold to Space

NASA spotted a "dragon" in a image taken by University of Arizona's HiRISE camera attached to NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Science & Energy

NASA Spots “Dragon” in Stunning Mars Orbiter Image

China is pushing back against all the criticism over the uncontrolled reentry and landing of its Long March 5B rocket on Saturday
Military

China’s Military Is Apparently Also Tracking UFOs

Russia has begun vacuum testing its "Science" module intended to build out the Russian segment of the International Space Station.
International Space Station

Russia Says It’s Quitting the ISS, But It’s Also Testing a New ISS Module

A spectacular new view of the Pillars of Creation, released by NASA, shows the iconic cosmic image in a new light: in infrared.
Science & Energy

NASA Releases Breathtaking Infrared Image of Pillars of Creation

Satellite delivery company Virgin Orbit just flew a Boeing 747 to a lofty height before launching a space rocket strapped to the bottom of one of its wings.
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Virgin Orbit Just Launched a Rocket Strapped to the Wing of a 747

Watch NASA Astronauts Give Zero-G Tour of SpaceX’s New Capsule
NASA

Watch NASA Astronauts Give Zero-G Tour of SpaceX’s New Capsule

China has announced that two of its astronauts have completed the very first spacewalk outside of the Tiangong station.
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Chinese Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk Outside New Station

Instead of finding one big black hole at the center of a cluster of 250,000 stars, a pair of astronomers found evidence of a school of smaller black holes.
Science & Energy

Astronomers Find Five Dozen Baby Black Holes in Distant Psychotic Chaos Galaxy

SpaceX is getting ready to send the next batch of astronauts to the International Space Station on April 20 as part of its Crew-2 mission.
SpaceX

SpaceX Preparing Third Launch of Astronauts to Space Station

This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen
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This Photo of the Sun Is Unlike Anything You’ve Ever Seen

Senator Bernie Sanders suplexed tech billionaire Elon Musk in a Sunday tweet, excoriating the SpaceX CEO for pouring money into interplanetary space travel.
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Bernie Sanders Slams Elon Musk for “Unsustainable” Greed

China's state-owned Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology has announced some ambitious plans to establish a permanent crewed base on the surface of Mars.
Mars

China Releases Plans for Permanent Mars Base

China has launched the Tianzhou-2 spacecraft from the Wenchang Space Launch Center. Its goal is to resupply their new space station for future astronauts.
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China Launches First Cargo Resupply Mission to New Space Station

Russian cosmonauts currently stationed on board the ISS have started drilling holes near the infamous crack that formed in the station's Zvezda module.
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Russian Cosmonauts Are Drilling Holes in the Walls of the ISS