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Virgin Orbit debut rocket launch ends in failure
5-26-2020 |
5
Sir Richard Branson's new satellite launching company didn't have much luck with its debut flight yesterday.
'Active' Jupiter trojan is the first of its kind
5-22-2020 | 6
Astronomers have spotted something unexpected in an object that shares the same orbit as the gas giant Jupiter.
Did men evolve beards to help absorb punches?
5-17-2020 | 28
A new study has suggested that men's beards have a distinct practical purpose beyond simple ornamentation.
'One-in-a-million' Super-Earth discovered
5-14-2020 | 3
Astronomers have identified a distant exoplanet with a size and orbit comparable to that of the Earth.
How do astronauts exercise aboard the ISS ?
4-5-2020 | 0
The crew of the orbital outpost have created a video explaining how they manage to stay fit in space.
Planets like Tatooine may actually be common
3-16-2020 | 2
Planets with two suns like Luke Skywalker's homeworld may be as common as planets orbiting a solitary star.
Temporary 'minimoon' found in Earth's orbit
2-27-2020 | 7
A tiny natural satellite that may have been in orbit for as long as three years has been spotted by scientists.
Exploding meteor captured on doorbell camera
VIDEO 2-4-2020 | 7
A doorbell cam in Derby, England captured the moment a meteor spectacularly exploded in the night sky.
Glitch sees man 'abducted' on doorbell cam
VIDEO 1-5-2020 | 5
A glitched out video clip from a doorbell camera in Texas has been raising eyebrows on social media this week.
UFO filmed dropping 'fireballs' over Arizona
VIDEO 12-12-2019 | 25
A couple from Mesa recently recorded footage of a mysterious object dropping glowing orbs over the city.
ESA to launch space debris collector in 2025
12-9-2019 | 4
If successful, the mission will be the first ever to remove a piece of space junk from Earth's orbit.
Planet found orbiting white dwarf in world first
VIDEO 12-5-2019 | 0
Astronomers have discovered a huge planet orbiting the burnt-out husk of a star that was once like the Sun.
Fireball may have been an orbiting 'minimoon'
12-2-2019 | 3
Scientists have discovered new evidence of a temporary moon burning up in the Earth's atmosphere.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
11-26-2019 | 4
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
Mars orbiter captures photo of ice avalanche
VIDEO 9-8-2019 | 7
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed a massive ice avalanche on the surface of Mars.
Elon Musk's car completes full orbit of the Sun
VIDEO 8-19-2019 | 12
The first and only sports car to have ever been launched into space has now traveled 763 million miles.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
8-11-2019 | 1
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
'LightSail 2' deploys its solar sail in Earth's orbit
VIDEO 7-24-2019 | 5
The experimental project could one day make it possible for solar sails to propel spacecraft to other worlds.
Orbital plan for lunar space station unveiled
VIDEO 7-21-2019 | 1
Mission planners at NASA and ESA have determined the orbital path of the upcoming lunar Gateway.
Secretive X-37B space plane caught on camera
7-6-2019 | 13
For the first time, someone has managed to snap an image of the enigmatic mini-shuttle in Earth's orbit.
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