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Blue Origin Announces the “Orbital Reef,” the Space Station they Plan to Build in Orbit
Blue Origin and Sierra Space have joined with other commercial space partners to create the first commercial space station: The…
New Idea: Use the Starship HLS to Create a Lunar Base!
An international team presented a new idea for a lunar base at 2021 IAC this week: use the Starship HLS…
“Mechazilla” is Getting its Arms. Now it can Catch Starships!
The "Mechazilla" Launch Tower at SpaceX's Boca Chica Launch Facility in south Texas just got a pair of "chopstick" arms!
Proposed Centaur Mission Could Catch Comets in the Act of Formation
A recent plan would send a Centaur mission to Jupiter’s orbit and follow a comet through formation.
Artemis 1 Comes Together as the Orion Capsule is Stacked on Top of the Space Launch System
The Artemis I rocket has been fully stacked is ready for the final tests before launch!
A new Climate Model Suggests That Venus Never had Oceans
A new study has cast doubt on whether or not Venus ever had oceans, challenging the notion that it was…
I Could Look at James Webb Unboxing Pictures all Day
Crews at the Guyanese Space Center recently "unboxed" the James Webb Space Telescope and are now getting it ready for…
There are 6×10^80 Bits of Information in the Observable Universe
A new study based on Information Theory has produced the first estimate on just how much data is encoded in…
Something Really Wants our Attention. One Object Released 1,652 Fast Radio Bursts in 47 Days
Researchers working with the 500-Meter FAST telescope in China reported 1,652 fast radio bursts in 47 days coming from a…
Europa has Water in its Atmosphere
New research indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has water vapor in its trailing atmosphere, which could inform missions headed there…