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Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch NASA’s revolutionary SPHEREx and PUNCH science missions today (video)

Two NASA missions called “SPHEREx” and “PUNCH” will be sharing a ride to space today, if all goes according to plan. The agency had planned to launch both missions at the same time on Saturday (March 8) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, but SpaceX needed more time to complete vehicle checkouts, which delayed the […]

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Scientists discover simpler way to achieve Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’ thanks to AI breakthrough bringing quantum internet closer to reality

Scientists have used AI to discover an easier method to form quantum entanglement between subatomic particles, paving the way for simpler quantum technologies. When particles such as photons become entangled, they can share quantum properties — including information — regardless of the distance between them. This phenomenon is important in quantum physics and is one

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On this day in space! March 9, 1961: Soviet Union launches dummy, dog and guinea pig into space

On March 9, 1961, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 9. This mission was a test flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which would later carry the first cosmonauts into space. Inside the spacecraft was a mannequin named Ivan Ivanovich, a dog named Chernushka, dozens of mice, some reptiles, and the first-ever guinea pig to fly to

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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer moon probe’s future looks grim

NASA’s new water-scouting moon orbiter has been in trouble ever since its Feb. 26 launch atop a SpaceX rocket, but things are looking more dire as the spacecraft runs low on power while spinning in space. Ground controllers for the NASA/Caltech-led mission, called Lunar Trailblazer, have valiantly tried to reestablish communications with the small satellite

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Watch fiery SpaceX Starship Flight 8 debris rain down over The Bahamas (video)

Starship put on a show for skywatchers yet again — but not the way that SpaceX would have liked. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, from its Starbase site in South Texas on Thursday evening (March 6). Starship‘s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy,

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SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

Starship’s eighth flight was a lot like its seventh. SpaceX launched the eighth test flight of its Starship megarocket today (March 6), sending the 403-foot-tall (123 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 6:30 p.m. EST (2330 GMT; 5:30 p.m. local Texas time). Seven minutes later, Starship’s huge first-stage booster, known

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SpaceX, NASA To Launch 1st Mission To Study Aurora ‘Electrojets’ In Earth’s Atmosphere

Every second, phenomena known as “auroral electrojets” that stem from solar activity push about a million amps of electrical charge around Earth’s poles — and that electrical charge can create big problems. Electrojets are intense electric currents that flow above the Earth. Magnetic disturbances from auroral electrojets can lead to power outages on our planet,

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On this day in space! March 4, 1979: Voyager 1 performs flyby of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io

On March 4, 1979, the Voyager 1 spacecraft made a flyby of Io, capturing stunning images of this moon of Jupiter. The detailed images of Io represented the first time that active volcanoes had been seen on the surface of another world. The images of Io helped scientists determine that Io is the most volcanic

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SpaceX calls off Starship Flight 8 launch test due to rocket issues (video)

The next Starship megarocket to fly is stuck on Earth for a little while longer. SpaceX aimed to launch the eighth test flight of Starship  the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built  from its Starbase site in South Texas on Monday evening (March 3). That didn’t happen, however. The company encountered issues with both

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