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SpaceX finds cause of Falcon 9 failure, eyes return to flight as soon as July 27
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX has fixed the problem that caused its Falcon 9 rocket to fail during a July 11 launch, according to the company, which is eyeing a July 27 return to flight.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds possible signs of ancient Red Planet life
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
NASA's Perseverance rover stumbled upon a Mars rock. It seems to suggest evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
Powerful wildfires devastating Canada captured in satellite imagery
By Meredith Garofalo published
A rapidly spreading wildfire burns through part of the largest national park in the Canadian Rockies as satellites track its growth and movement.
Discovery of 'dark oxygen' from deep-sea metal lumps could trigger rethink of origins of life
By Sascha Pare published
In a global first, scientists working in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone in the North Pacific Ocean have found that metallic nodules on the seafloor produce their own oxygen, dubbed "dark oxygen."
X-rays reveal secret gas in huge and distant galaxy cluster
By Keith Cooper published
The Euclid and XMM-Newton missions have combined to show the hidden, hot gas that fills an immense galaxy cluster 2.7 billion light-years away.
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
By Elizabeth Howell, Tariq Malik published
Boeing moving toward a June 1 launch of its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA.
Runaway 'failed star' races through the cosmos at 1.2 million mph
By Robert Lea published
Citizen scientists have discovered what may be a brown dwarf racing through the cosmos at around 1.2 million miles per hour. Now astronomers want to know what launched it.
50 days after launch to ISS, Boeing Starliner astronauts still have no landing date
By Elizabeth Howell published
Boeing's Starliner does not have a landing date yet, but the troubleshooting is making progress. Engineers plan a "hot fire" test this weekend to see how the spacecraft does in orbit.
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