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Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket after 10 years of development 05:07 Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of technical trouble. The 320-foot New Glenn rocket was supposed to blast off before dawn with
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin readied the company’s powerful New Glenn rocket for its delayed but long-awaited maiden flight early Monday, kicking off a high-stakes bid to compete head-to-head with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its industry dominating Falcon family of rockets. While more than one successful test flight will be needed to demonstrate the reliability needed
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After an independent review concluded NASA’s plans to robotically collect and return rock and soil samples from Mars could cost up to $11 billion, NASA “pulled the plug” and is focusing on two options to reduce costs and speed up the return of the samples, agency Administrator Bill Nelson said Tuesday. Option one would use
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NASA’s powerful Webb Telescope has spotted more than 40 ancient stars in a distant galaxy, researchers said in a new study. The study, published Monday in Nature, said the researchers used a technique called gravitational lensing to identify the stars. The phenomenon occurs when light bends around a large celestial body, making objects in space
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NASA probe sets record NASA probe sets record as closest object to the sun 02:22 NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has beamed home its first detailed update eight days after making a record-breaking approach to the sun, the agency announced. The spacecraft confirmed its systems and instruments are “healthy and operating normally,” NASA said in an
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The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most astronomy fans can catch 20-30 meteors an hour under clear, dark skies during the peak, according to NASA. The moon will
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Kenyan officials said Wednesday they were investigating fragments of metal, believed to be from a rocket, that crashed into a village in the country’s south. The issue of space junk has risen in tandem with increased spatial traffic. Kenya Space Agency (KSA) said the object, a metallic ring roughly 8 feet in diameter and weighing
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December is coming to an end with a “black moon” on Monday night, Dec. 30, but those hoping to see the phenomenon will be out of luck. That’s because a black moon is the term for the second new moon to fall in a single calendar month, and new moons appear invisible to the naked
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The upcoming year is poised to bring a packed schedule of astral shows, from lunar phenomena to planetary wonders that involve several of Earth’s neighbors in the solar system. For skywatchers looking to mark their calendars, here are the top celestial events to watch in 2025. Jan. 3: Quadrantid meteor shower Next year’s first astral
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2024 space exploration and advancements Looking back on 2024 space exploration and advancements 04:30 A NASA spacecraft made history and is safe after making the closest-ever approach to the sun. On Tuesday, the Parker Solar Probe hurtled through the sizzling solar atmosphere and passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles of the sun’s surface. Just before
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