Aerospace

Artist's impression depicts the orbits of the two stars and the black hole in the HR 6819 triple system

Astronomers Find Earth’s Closest Black Hole (So Far)

Will Dunham 08/05/2020

The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the...

FILE PHOTO: NASA image of a medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the same, large active region of the sun

Good News: The Sun Has a Boring Personality

Will Dunham 01/05/2020

The sun appears to be far less active than...

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SpaceX to Launch American Astronauts to Space Station on May 27

The May mission aims to send two NASA astronauts...

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Gaganyaan Astronauts’ Training in Russia Put on Hold Because of Pandemic

Prashant Rangnekar 07/04/2020

The astronauts are reportedly fine and being housed in...

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A Major ‘Internet Services from Space’ Company Is Nearly Broke. What Happened?

Tom Choi 22/03/2020

Despite past failures, there seems to be no lack...

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Molten Iron Is Rain on This Savagely Hot Exoplanet

Will Dunham 12/03/2020

WASP-76b, the new planet, illustrates the exotic nature of...

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What Astronauts Can Learn From People in Prison

Ramin Skibba 11/03/2020

Two out of 135 space shuttle missions ended in...