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Scientists have uncovered a macabre potential explanation for why a specific subset of exoplanets haven't been observed yet.
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Scientists Offer Ghoulish Theory for Why There Are No Planets of a Certain Size

Satellite constellations are clogging up Earth's lower orbit and making it harder to spot killer asteroids, scientists warn.
SpaceX

Planetary Defense Experts Complain That SpaceX-Style Satellites Make It Harder to Spot Killer Asteroids

Scientists have long thought early galaxies to be chaotic, misshapen messes — but new James Webb imagery proves that theory to be completely false.
James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Puzzled Because James Webb Is Seeing Stuff That Shouldn’t Be There

As a simple tool goes to show, the James Webb Space Telescope's first images are a huge upgrade over its predecessor, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
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Awesome Tool Shows How Much Better the JWST’s Images Are Compared to the Hubble

A surgical robot called MIRA could be remotely operated or autonomously perform surgery aboard the ISS, and is set to make its space debut in 2024.
Robotics

Surgical Robot Could Perform Surgeries By Itself on Space Station

Scientists have built a real-life tractor beam that can pull actual objects using nothing but light.But it has one big drawback: it's absolutely tiny.
Science & Energy

Scientists Build Working Tractor Beam, Although It’s Comically Tiny

Scientists have uncovered dozens more subterranean lakes near Mars' south pole, but some of their locations defy explanation.
Science & Energy

NASA Research Identifies Dozens of Underground Lakes on Mars

For the first entirely private group of space tourists, the ISS is starting to seem a lot like "Hotel California."
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Tourists Have Been Trapped on the Space Station for a Hilariously Long Time

A massive chunk of comet was spotted crashing into our fiery Sun. And perhaps unsurprisingly, it doesn't look like the rocky body didn't make it out intact.
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Hey Kids, Wanna See a Giant Comet Smash Into the Sun?

Astronomers believe they've spotted three objects known as dark stars originating just hundreds of years after the Big Bang.
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Appears to Have Spotted Weird Stars Powered by Dark Matter

As private companies like SpaceX pour thousands of satellites into the sky, even the veteran Hubble is having trouble getting a clear look at the cosmos.
SpaceX

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Satellites Are Messing Up the Hubble Space Telescope

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has sent back a sweet selfie, a stunningly crisp self-image of the six-wheeled rover's "head."
Mars

NASA’s Mars Rover Just Took a Selfie and It’s Actually Beautiful

The White House is more irked with Elon Musk than ever after a selfie of him with a Russian propagandist ended up online.
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White House Freaked Out Over Elon Musk’s Selfie With Top Russian Propagandist

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is officially on the move.Recently uploaded images show the six-wheeled robot's tracks imprinted in the dust around it.
Mars

NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Officially on the Move

James Webb Spots Oldest Supermassive Black Hole Ever
James Webb Space Telescope

James Webb Spots Oldest Supermassive Black Hole Ever

After a month-long saga, NASA says that the iconic Hubble Space Telescope is back online after it switched to a backup computer system.
NASA

Good News: NASA Says It Managed to Fix the Hubble Space Telescope

Former NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver believes that the agency's extremely expensive and overdue Space Launch System isn't worth it anymore.
Moon

Former NASA Leader Says SpaceX Should Build NASA’s Moon Rocket

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has embarked on its 11th flight on the Red Planet's surface, flying to record heights, reaching altitues of almost 40 feet.
Mars

NASA Mars Helicopter Flies Super High, Spots Rover Way Down on Ground

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the United States to stop militarizing space. The US is spending billions on the Space Force.
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China Accuses United States of Militarizing Outer Space

NASA engineers have finished assembling the Space Launch System that will take astronauts back to the Moon. The rocket is taller than the Statue of Liberty.
Moon

NASA Has Assembled a Megarocket to Take Humans to the Moon