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Category: Space

America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts
Space

America’s Weaponization of Space Continues Whilst NASA Sees Budget Cuts

May 14, 2025May 15, 2025

Story at a glance… NASA is seeing flagship missions stall from lack of funding at the same time the…

On the Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again
Space

On the Potential Upcoming Asteroid Colliding with Earth: We’ve Deflected Them Before and Can Do So Again

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

In January, an analysis was released by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) that concluded the planet faced…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation
Space

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Success Heralds New Age in Spacesuit Innovation

September 16, 2024

Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first…

Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life
Space

Lava Tubes and Water Frost Found on Mars Offer Double Opportunity in Search for Life

June 17, 2024

Yet more evidence for liquid water on Mars has been uncovered by a European space probe in the form…

Beijing Announces Date for Manned Mission to the Moon’s Surface in Rare Public Statement
Space

Beijing Announces Date for Manned Mission to the Moon’s Surface in Rare Public Statement

May 1, 2024May 16, 2024

Officials with the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO), who rarely comment on the details of future space missions,…

This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System
Space

This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System

February 9, 2024

It’s been known for a decade that Saturn’s icy moon of Enceladus almost certainly hides a subsurface ocean beneath…

Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-Old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of ‘Resonant Orbits’
Space

Locked in a 4 Billion-Year-Old Dance, Six New Exoplanets Demonstrate the Cosmic Beauty of ‘Resonant Orbits’

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

Scientists have discovered 6 exoplanets orbiting in perfect resonance around a star, meaning their orbits are synchronized. Such a…

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone
Space

Webb Detects Water Vapor Just Hanging Out in Space in a Fascinating Star’s Goldilocks Zone

July 27, 2023August 1, 2023

In a fascinating star system 370 light-years from Earth, scientists studying with the James Webb Space Telescope have found…

Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet
Space

Perserverance Rover Captures First Ever Photos of a Powerful River on Another Planet

July 4, 2023

In its most recent discovery, NASA’s Perseverance rover is surveying the curvilinear flow of a wild river that bears…

As Above So Below: China Attracts International Coalition for Moon Base Project
ArchivesSpace

As Above So Below: China Attracts International Coalition for Moon Base Project

June 26, 2023July 11, 2023

After announcing an international coalition to build and operate a moon base in April, China has attracted numerous nations…

What Can Ground Squirrels Teach an Astronaut? How to Hibernate
ArchivesSpace

What Can Ground Squirrels Teach an Astronaut? How to Hibernate

February 10, 2023July 11, 2023

Even with so many future space research missions slated for takeoff this half-decade, a new line of space suits…

China’s Newly-Completed Space Station Hosting 6 Astronauts in National First
ArchivesSpace

China’s Newly-Completed Space Station Hosting 6 Astronauts in National First

December 2, 2022July 17, 2023

6 Chinese astronauts smiled for the camera when after arriving in their Shenzhou 15 spacecraft, China’s newly-finished space station…

TONIGHT: Watch NASA Slam A Spaceship Into an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense
ArchivesSpace

TONIGHT: Watch NASA Slam A Spaceship Into an Asteroid to Test Planetary Defense

September 26, 2022October 28, 2023

At 7:14 PM U.S. Eastern Time tonight, a small American spacecraft will smash itself to pieces against the asteroid…

More Space Telescopes: Nancy Grace Roman to Search For Dark Matter and Exoplanets in 2027
ArchivesSpace

More Space Telescopes: Nancy Grace Roman to Search For Dark Matter and Exoplanets in 2027

July 26, 2022October 28, 2023

Story at a glance… The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was just awarded its launch contract. Set to debut…

Space

Tomorrow the James Webb Telescope Will Show the World What It Can Do

July 11, 2022

In just over 24 hours, the James Webb Space Telescope’s first images will be shown to the public. On…

Space

Perseverance Rover Spots Balancing Rocks and Natural Snake-Headed Sculpture

June 17, 2022

PICTURED: NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance snapped this photo of a balancing boulder and snake-head rock on June 12, 2022,…

Here’s What the James Webb Telescope Will Look at First When Operational In Late June
Space

Here’s What the James Webb Telescope Will Look at First When Operational In Late June

May 31, 2022June 28, 2023

PICTURED: Illustration showing what exoplanet 55 Cancri e could look like, based on current understanding of the planet. PC: ILLUSTRATION:…

James Webb Space Telescope Fully-Focused—Ready for First Images
Space

James Webb Space Telescope Fully-Focused—Ready for First Images

May 3, 2022June 28, 2023

The James Webb Space Telescope has finally finished aligning its giant gold mirrors which will ensure that all the…

Perseverance Captures Video of Martian Solar Eclipse While Beginning Exploration of River Delta
ArchivesSpace

Perseverance Captures Video of Martian Solar Eclipse While Beginning Exploration of River Delta

April 22, 2022February 19, 2024

On April 13th, following 31 days and 3 miles of travel, NASA’s Perseverance Rover arrived at an extinct river…

Pentagon Blocked Release of Data a Study Needed to Prove the First Identified Interstellar Object
Space

Pentagon Blocked Release of Data a Study Needed to Prove the First Identified Interstellar Object

April 12, 2022

In 2014, an object around 1.5 feet across came screaming into the skies above Papua New Guinea before blowing…

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Houthis Defeat the Americans, Claim Destruction of Another F/A-18 and Strike Israel with Drones

Andy Corbley May 8, 2025

Yemen has claimed responsibility for an attack on the USS Harry Truman aircraft carrier that caused a second F/A-18…

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Former Georgia Senator Joins Trump’s Kettle of China Hawks as US Ambassador to Beijing

Andy Corbley May 1, 2025

Former Georgia Senator and businessman David Perdue was recently confirmed with a bipartisan vote as the new US Ambassador…

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Houthis Shoot Down $210 Million in Drones, US Kill 80 in Strike on Civilians in Hodeidah

Andy Corbley April 25, 2025

Seven of the United States’ premier long-range offensive drones have been shot down by Houthi counterfire in the skies…

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