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US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission
By Meredith Garofalo published
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.
Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
By Amy Lien published
Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray flashes from the universe.
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
By Mike Wall published
The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
By Monisha Ravisetti published
NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.
Lego Star Wars deals 2024: Top discounts on top sets
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Satellites spot clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across Mars' Inca City (photo)
By Samantha Mathewson published
Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.
Early Star Wars Day Lego deal: $130 off UCS Razor Crest
By Alexander Cox published
Deals This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130 off
NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there. NASA astronaut Christina Koch presented an "Artemis 1 Moon Tree."
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