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  Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains that the star leaves behind can be even more dramatic. A new mid-infrared image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope provides one stunning example. It shows the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A (Cas A), created by a stellar explosion 340 years ago from Earth's perspective. The image displays vivid colors and intricate structures begging to be examined more closely. Cas A is the youngest known remnant from an exploding, massive star in our gala ... read more |
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Twinkling stars fuel interstellar dustTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 Of the many different kinds of stars, asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, usually slightly larger and older than our own sun, are known producers of interstellar dust. Dusty AGBs are particularly p ... more  
Hubble sees possible runaway black hole creating a trail of starsNew Haven CT (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar system, it could travel from Earth to the Moon in 14 minutes. This supermassive ... more 
Historic nebula seen like never before with NASA's IXPEWashington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 On Feb. 22, 1971, a sounding rocket lifted off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with specialized sensors aimed at the Crab Nebula, a bright cosmic object 6,500 light-years away. In those days, before ... more  
An unprecedented journey to JupiterBerlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 Is there life beyond Earth - perhaps even in the Solar System? This fundamental question continues to motivate the scientific community worldwide. On 13 April 2023, a spacecraft will set off from Eu ... more |
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NASA's TEMPO spacecraft hitched a ride with Intelsat's 40e satellite on a SpaceX rocketSpace Coast FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida, on Friday, April 7th, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, with the Intelsat 40e (IS-40 ... more 
SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocketWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 SpaceX plans to carry out a launch rehearsal next week of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, and its first test flight possibly the following week, the private space company said Thursday. ... more  
Axiom Space's upcoming ISS mission part of increasing commercialization of spaceWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 NASA and Axiom Space announced the first possible launch date of the commercial Ax-2 Mission to the International Space Station on Thursday. ... more 
Soyuz spacecraft that will bring ISS crew back to Earth moved to new portWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2021 The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft that will return three International Space Station crew members to Earth moved to a new docking port on the space station Thursday. ... more |
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May 8 launch for private mission to ISS with Saudi astronautsWashington (AFP) April 6, 2023 Two astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the first Saudi woman, will blast off from Florida on May 8 on a private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Space and NASA officials said Thursday. ... more 
New book explores possibilities of colonizing planets, moons and beyondWashington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 Dan Razvan Popoviciu new book New Worlds: Colonizing Planets, Moons and Beyond (published by Bentham Science) explores the possibilities of transforming humanity into a multi-planetary species, whil ... more 
Makenzie Lystrup named first female director of Goddard Space Flight CenterWashington DC (UPI) Apr 6, 2023 Makenzie Lystrup has been named the first female director of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, NASA announced Thursday. ... more 
NASA awards innovative concept studies for science, explorationWashington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2023 Technology in development today could radically change the future of air and space exploration. Nearly silent electric aircraft could ferry people and packages around cities, a sprawling radio teles ... more |
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