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After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning
By Alice Gorman published
The iconic Voyager spacecraft seen through the eyes of an archaeologist.
NASA's Artemis 1 mission to the moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth's orbit — here's what to expect and why it's important
By Jack Burns published
NASA is launching the 1st stage of the Artemis mission — here's why humans are going back to the moon
By Gretchen Benedix published
With the Artemis program, Earth as a global community has the opportunity to participate and push back the frontiers of human knowledge and innovation.
Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe (and more)
By Jeffrey Cooke published
Data sonification has powerful applications in research, education and outreach, and also enables blind and visually impaired communities to understand plots, images and other data.
Artemis 1 is the 1st flight of spacecraft set to take humans back to the moon — here's what needs to go right
By Gareth Dorrian published
What does success look like for the Artemis 1 mission?
War in Ukraine highlights the growing strategic importance of private satellite companies — especially in times of conflict
By Mariel Borowitz published
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine.
Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky
By Luke Barnes, Miroslav Filipovic, Ray Norris, Velibor Velović published
Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hole with enormous energy, and at almost the speed of light.
The Illusion of Time: What's Real?
By Robert Lawrence Kuhn last updated
Any clock keeps time, but space-time is much harder to pin down.
How SpaceX's Starlink Maritime launch will affect cruise lines and satellite providers (op-ed)
By Nicholas Kyriakides last updated
Other providers will have to dramatically increase their satellite output or adopt similar technology as Starlink Maritime to compete in the cruise line industry over the next few years.
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