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Virgin Orbit: Branson's rocket firm permanently ceases operations
The announcement that Virgin Orbit has shut down comes just months after a major mission failure.
Watch Russian cargo craft launch toward space station Wednesday morning
A robotic Russian cargo craft will launch toward the International Space Station on Wednesday (May 24), and you can watch the liftoff live.
Virgin Orbit shuts down, liquidates assets in bankruptcy auction
Bankrupt satellite launcher Virgin Orbit has officially shut down after selling off its assets to three winning bidders at auction, the company confirmed Tuesday.
NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
Astronomers using Hubble have identified some of the best evidence yet for an intermediate-mass black hole weighing roughly 800 times our Sun's mass that may be lurking in the heart...
Taylor Geospatial Institute Announces Inaugural Class of TGI Fellows
The Taylor Geospatial Institute announces the inaugural group of TGI fellows. The program enables TGI member institutions to recruit and retain distinguished researchers in geospatial science fields, develop the next...
Suborbital explorers: Meet Virgin Galactic's test pilots in this new video
Virgin Galactic has released a video introducing the public to the pilots who fly the company's VSS Unity space plane, which is gearing up for its final test flight.
You can grab the Celestron PowerSeeker 50AZ for $50
Getting the Celestron PowerSeeker for $50 is a low-risk investment on a reliable telescope for those looking to take their first steps into stargazing.
James Webb telescope discovers gargantuan geyser on Saturn's moon, blasting water hundreds of miles into space
The James Webb Space Telescope caught Saturn's icy moon Enceladus spraying a 'huge plume' of watery vapor far into space — and that plume may contain chemical ingredients for life.
Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches
Researchers still hope to discover hundreds of new binary black hole mergers despite technical setbacks that have sidelined key detectors in Italy and Japan
A spaceport startup launched the 1st rocket from a floating launch pad in US waters
A mobile shipping platform in the Gulf of Mexico sent out the first rockets to suborbital space from U.S. territorial waters. The Spaceport Company is aiming for orbital launches next.
Moon crash site found! NASA orbiter spots grave of private Japanese lander (photos)
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the final resting place of a private Japanese moon lander that failed in its touchdown attempt last month.
Powerful Arab League communications satellite ready for night launch
A powerful communication relay satellite for the 21-member Arab League is scheduled for launch Tuesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. weather permitting.
Watch: Italian llama's 4-foot, 3-inch leap breaks world record
A leaping llama belonging to an Italian farmer broke a Guinness World Record when he jumped over a bar placed at a height of 4 feet, 3 inches.
Scientists make first observation of a polar cyclone on Uranus
Scientists used ground-based telescopes to get unprecedented views, thanks to the giant planet's position in its long orbit around the sun.
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds?
In the past 30 years, more than 5,000 planets have been discovered outside our solar system. One common exoplanet is the lava world, a hot super-Earth with oceans of liquid...
Watch the moon snuggle up to Earth's 'evil twin' Venus today with free livestream
Skywatchers can watch the moon get close to the solar system's hottest planet Venus on Tuesday (May 23) thanks to a free telescope livestream.
'Cannes Confidential' trailer: Lucie Lucas, Jamie Bamber team up in Acorn crime drama
"Cannes Confidential," a new detective series starring Lucie Lucas and Jamie Bamber, is coming to Acorn TV in June.
Watch: NCT's Taeyong shares 'Code: Thorn' teaser for 'Shalala' solo EP
K-pop star Taeyong released a teaser for his forthcoming debut solo EP, "Shalala."
Strange star system may hold first evidence of an ultra-rare 'dark matter star'
In a distant star system, a sunlike star orbits an invisible object that may be the first example of a 'boson star' made of dark matter, new research suggests.
Life on Earth quickly became independent from lightning as a nitrogen source, says new study
Lightning's role in making nitrogen available for life on Earth may have been relatively short-lived, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of St Andrews Centre...
Lego to roll out Mars rover Perseverance as new Technic set on August 1
The next space-themed Lego set is actually two spacecraft in one, Technic-ally speaking. The Lego Technic NASA Mars Rover Perseverance set recreates the wheeled explorer and its Ingenuity helicopter.
Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades
After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves—tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe.
NASA's Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
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See amazing new sun photos from the world's largest solar telescope
The world's largest solar telescope has captured the sun's fine features in remarkable detail, including rare glimpses of dying sunspots.
SpaceX to join FAA in environmental lawsuit over Texas rocket launches
SpaceX is petitioning to join the Federal Aviation Administration as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by environmental groups over debris from the left in the wake of the company's...
Jupiter's lightning is strikingly similar to Earth's
NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted short bursts that make up lightning bolts on Jupiter, showing that Jovian lightning works in much the same way as it does on Earth.
Jupiter’s lightning bolts contort the same way as Earth’s
On Jupiter, lightning jerks and jolts a lot like it does on Earth. Jovian lightning emits radio wave pulses that are typically separated by about one millisecond, researchers report May 23 in Nature...
Hubble hunts for intermediate-sized black hole close to home
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet for the presence of a rare class of intermediate-sized...