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International teams of astronomers monitoring a supermassive black hole in the heart of a distant galaxy have detected ...

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A research team at the University of Virginia is revolutionizing the future of space travel with groundbreaking studies on ...

Hidden patterns in electric propulsion plasma beams could help ensure the success of long-term space missions.

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The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is working on a petawatt-class thulium laser that is said to be 10 times more ...

Scientists have made groundbreaking progress in understanding the dazzling auroras that light up the night sky. Using NASA’s KiNET-X experiment, researchers simulated auroral conditions by releasing ...

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The night sky will light up with full moons, eclipses and meteor showers throughout 2025. Here’s when to see these celestial ...

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?