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Dragon capsule launches on SpaceX's 25th cargo mission to the space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida this evening (July 14), sending a robotic Dragon resupply craft toward the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, known as CRS-25, lifted off tonight at 8:44 ...

Earth-like planets in dead star 'cosmic graveyards' get stranger

New findings show that Earth-size planets may be even less likely to survive the violent conditions at the end of some stars' lives than previously believed. This means that the first exoplanet discovered outside the solar system 30 years ago may be far ...

James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer explains the stunning, newly released 1st images

Webb's purpose is to explore origins — of the universe, of galaxies, of stars and of life — and the five images released on July 12, 2022, make good on that promise.

The James Webb Space Telescope made Maryland the center of the universe for a day. Here's what it was like.

GREENBELT, Md. — It's 9:30 a.m., and I'm in a crowded auditorium at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Suddenly I hear, "Go, Webb, go!" and look up to see a group of people on the stage, some holding sparkly golden pom-poms, others cardboard hexagons ...

With the James Webb Space Telescope in full operations, scientists look to reveal the earliest galaxies

"I'm excited for… seeing the first 400 million years of the universe. We've yet to see a single thing [showing] what it looked like back then, and we're gonna get our first view of that with JWST," Dan Coe, an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science ...

On bizarre brown dwarf worlds, astronomers spot hot, sandy clouds

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope spotted a sandstorm special. Skip advert. Advertisement. Sandy or (silicate-rich) clouds were confirmed in bizarre, gassy objects known as brown dwarfs, which are between the size of a planet and a star.

Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to launch of space station cargo mission

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX's 25th resupply mission to the International Space Station.

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Mars rover measures key life ingredient

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View larger. | A portion of Yellowknife Bay in Gale Crater on Mars. Curiosity captured this view on February 14, 2013. Curiosity's analysis of mudstone rock samples shows relatively high amount of organic carbon here. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ MSSS.

Europe's Vega-C launcher successful on inaugural flight

The excitement of Europe's successful inaugural launch of its Vega-C rocket Wednesday was palpable at the launch site in French Guiana as the countdown went into two technical holds during the two-hour window. Flight VV21 finally lifted off from ...

NASA temporarily grounding Mars helicopter Ingenuity to wait for dust to clear

NASA's Mars helicopter is taking a break from its groundbreaking operations on the surface of the Red Planet. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, which manages Ingenuity's mission, announced on ...