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Rocket crashes in Brazil's first commercial launch; Innospace shares tumble
The first-ever commercial rocket launched at Brazil's Alcantara Space Center crashed soon after liftoff late on Monday, dealing a blow to Brazilian aerospace ambitions and shares o...
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Japanese H3 rocket fails to launch, losing navigation satellite
A Japanese H3 rocket could not put a government-run QZS-5 navigation satellite into its intended orbit after engine trouble, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said on Monday.
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Trump affirms 2028 moon landing goal, cancels space council in executive order
The Trump administration enshrined the U.S. goal to put humans back on the moon by 2028 and defend space from weapon threats in a sweeping executive order on Thursday that reorgani...
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SpaceX loses contact with Starlink satellite after mishap
SpaceX's Starlink said one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Wednesday that created a "small number" of debris and cut off communications with the spacecraft at ...
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US Senate confirms private astronaut, Musk ally Jared Isaacman as NASA chief
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman to become President Donald Trump's NASA administrator, making an advocate of Mars missions and a...
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Japan cancels H3 rocket launch due to 'facility trouble'
Japan's space agency cancelled on Wednesday its planned H3 rocket launch carrying the Michibiki No.5 satellite system due to "facility trouble", the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
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Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Alpine cliffs near Winter Olympics site
Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2,000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a discover...
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Russia says damaged launch pad crucial to its space programme will be fixed by February
Russia's space agency said on Tuesday that work was underway to repair a damaged launch pad at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan that underpins its space programme and that the...
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Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 ...
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NASA study shows how satellite 'light pollution' hinders space telescopes
An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldw...
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In Japan's ancient capital, teamLab aims to redefine art with new immersive exhibition
An immersive art space in the ancient Japanese capital of Kyoto is offering a novel experience to visitors from around the world, aiming to dissolve the boundary between observer a...
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Trump re-nominates Musk ally and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as NASA chief
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was re-nominating Jared Isaacman, the private astronaut and ally of fellow billionaire and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, for the post of ...
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Star-eating black hole unleashes record-setting energetic flare
Scientists are observing the most energetic flare ever seen emanating from a supermassive black hole, apparently caused when this celestial beast shredded and swallowed a huge star...
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NASA to Kim Kardashian: We've been to the moon six times
In a testament to Kim Kardashian's power to grab the spotlight, the head of NASA felt compelled this week to set the record straight when the reality TV queen said she believed a w...
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China launches Shenzhou-21 mission to Tiangong space station - state media
China on Friday sent three astronauts to Tiangong, including the youngest member of its astronaut corps, in its seventh mission to the permanently inhabited Chinese space station s...
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SpaceX pitches NASA 'simplified' Starship moon landing plan amid progress concerns
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday said it proposed to NASA a simplified plan to send humans to the moon using its Starship rocket, as the agency presses its contractors to move more q...
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Agile and vicious Nanotyrannus was not just a teenage T. rex
At the twilight of the age of dinosaurs, an agile and vicious predator named Nanotyrannus prowled western North America, resembling a smaller version of Tyrannosaurus - about a ten...
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Satellite maker EnduroSat gets $104 million funding from Google Ventures, others
EnduroSat said on Thursday it has raised $104 million from investors, including Google Ventures, Lux Capital and the European Investment Council, as the Bulgaria-based company scal...
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