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SpaceX will launch an advanced GPS satellite for US Space Force tonight. Here's how to watch.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an upgraded global positioning satellite (GPS) into orbit for the U.S. Space Force today (Sept. 30) and you can watch it live online. The flight — the 17th launch this year for SpaceX and its ...

Antares rocket launches new astronaut toilet and more to space station for NASA

A robotic Cygnus spacecraft successfully blasted off from Virginia late Friday (Oct. 2) carrying nearly 4 tons of gear, including a new space toilet, to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lit up the night sky alongside a nearly full ...

Don't miss Mars and the nearly full moon huddling together in tonight's sky

Friday night is date night for two bright celestial meetups that will light up the sky tonight (Oct. 2 - Oct. 3). If skies are clear in your area during the overnight hours, you'll have an opportunity to see the nearly-full moon snuggling up with a shining Mars, followed ...

Texas company aims to 3D-print buildings on the moon with 'Project Olympus'

A Texas company aims to take its innovative homebuilding approach into the final frontier. Austin-based startup ICON, known for 3D-printing houses here on Earth, just launched Project Olympus, an ambitious effort to develop a space-based construction ...

Why it's so hard to guess who's going to get a Nobel Prize

(CNN) The short list is secret, as are the nominators, and documents revealing the juicy details are sealed from public view for 50 years. The Nobel Prizes for Physics, Chemistry and Medicine are the acme of scientific achievement -- honoring great minds and ...

SpaceX aborts launch of advanced GPS satellite for the US Space Force

SpaceX aborted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying an upgraded Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) for the U.S. Space Force on Friday (Oct. 2). Launch controllers called off the launch about two seconds before the company's Falcon 9 rocket was ...

First photo of a black hole supports Einstein's theory of relativity

(CNN) The first image of a black hole, captured in 2019, has revealed more support for Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. The new finding has suggested his theory is now 500 times harder to beat. Einstein's theory, or the idea that gravity is matter ...

Hubble Space Telescope watches stunning supernova fade over a full year

Tens of millions of years ago, the corpse of a star stole away too much gas from a neighbor and exploded, becoming a beacon in the cosmos — one that took a full year to fade away. Fortunately for scientists, the massive stellar explosion, called supernova ...

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NASA town hall shares updates on science missions

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NASA's Perseverance rover will collect and store surface samples in tubes for pickup by a future mission. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech. At a community town hall which was broadcast live on September 10, NASA's Science Mission Directorate provided ...

You can track NASA's 2020 Mars rover Perseverance on its journey to the Red Planet

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission launched to the Red Planet on July 30, and NASA's Eyes on the Solar System tool lets you track the spacecraft as it travels through space. (Image: © NASA ...