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The Greatest Spaceflight Moments of 2019

Three lunar missions, commercial spaceflight milestones, the first all-woman spacewalk — 2019 was a busy year in space for public and private entities alike. NASA looked forward to new moon landings while celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 ...

Kaboom! The Biggest Space Bloopers of 2019

Spaceflight is hard, and sometimes things don't go to plan. But by looking at past missions and learning from their mistakes, we can make future missions all the better. The year 2019 had a few major "lessons learned" for entities all around the world.

NASA Will Give Scientists a Lump of Moon Dirt to Unwrap Soon. They're Thrilled.

NASA researchers received an extra special gift this holiday season: a box of Apollo moon soil to study in the new year. This summer, NASA celebrated the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, which landed humans on the moon in 1969. NASA's ...

Revamped SpaceX Crew Dragon Parachute Aces 10th Test in a Row (Photo)

SpaceX has taken a big step on the road to human spaceflight. The revamped "Mark 3" parachute system for SpaceX's Crew Dragon astronaut taxi just passed its 10th test in a row, company representatives announced via Twitter Monday (Dec. 23). SpaceX is ...

Christmas Eve at the Moon: Apollo 8's Historic Message Beamed to Earth Today in 1968

Fifty-one years ago, the world got a Christmas Eve message from on high. On Dec. 24, 1968, the astronauts of NASA's Apollo 8 mission beamed home gorgeous images of their home planet as seen from lunar orbit, read some verses from the book of Genesis ...

Ask An Astronomer: Your Questions about the Annular Solar Eclipse, Answered

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Annular eclipse captured by Hinode satellite on January 4, 2011. (Image Credit: NASA/Hinode/XRT). On December 26, 2019, the third and final solar eclipse of the year will serve a visual treat to several parts of India between 8 am IST and last until 11:30 am ...

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The Space News We're Excited About in 2020

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Artist's conception of NASA's Artemis mission, which is slated to deliver American astronauts to the Moon by 2024—but we'll likely know if this timeline is for real in 2020. Image: NASA. It's time to look ahead to the coming year and all things that will be ...

Astronomers describe a violent black hole outburst that provides new insight into galaxy cluster evolution

Billions of years ago, in the center of a galaxy cluster far, far away (15 billion light-years, to be exact), a black hole spewed out jets of plasma. As the plasma rushed out of the black hole, it pushed away material, creating two large cavities 180 degrees from ...

Russian Proton Rocket Sends Satellite Into Orbit in Christmas Eve Launch

Russia's space agency Roscosmos sent a new satellite into orbit in a dazzling Christmas Eve launch today (Dec. 24). It's mission: to study Earth's weather from above. A Proton rocket launched the new satellite, called Electro-L 3, into orbit from Baikonur ...

Researchers make new discoveries set to reveal the geology of planets outside our solar system

Three OU astronomers today announced groundbreaking discoveries allowing scientists to understand planets outside the solar system. Professor Carole Haswell, Dr. Daniel Staab and Dr. John Barnes discovered three, new, nearby planetary systems.