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Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites

Cortina d’Ampezzo, flanked by steep-sided mountain peaks, is the site of several skiing and sliding events in the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites

New York Times Space

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

The unusual event, never seen before, might be a way small comets are “blown to bits” in the solar system.

4 hours ago

New York Times Space

This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward.

NASA

NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

NASA completed the first flight test of a scale-model wing designed to improve laminar flow, reducing drag and lowering fuel costs for future commercial aircraft. The flight took place Jan. 29 at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, using one of the agency’s F-15B research ...

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NASA Completes First Flight of Laminar Flow Scaled Wing Design

Space.com

Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch 'neighborhood watch' satellites for the US military early on Feb. 12

A Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch a pair of space surveillance satellites for the U.S. Space Force early Thursday (Feb. 12), and you can watch the action live.

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Watch Vulcan Centaur rocket launch 'neighborhood watch' satellites for the US military early on Feb. 12

Space.com

Hubble Space Telescope captures the stunning final breaths of a dying star

At the center of the Egg Nebula is its yolk: a deteriorating sun-like star.

11 hours ago

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Hubble Space Telescope captures the stunning final breaths of a dying star

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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

The discovery is just the latest to come from the asteroid sample, which dates back to the dawn of the solar system.

12 hours ago

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Asteroid samples NASA brought to Earth suggest life's building blocks may be widespread in the universe

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Morgan Freeman narrates the glorious rise and meteoric fall of 'The Dinosaurs' in new Netflix series (video)

Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment's 4-part dino-doc arrives March 6

13 hours ago

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Morgan Freeman narrates the glorious rise and meteoric fall of 'The Dinosaurs' in new Netflix series (video)

NASA

I Am Artemis: Jesse Berdis

Jesse Berdis’s dream of becoming a structural engineer began with visions of skyscrapers rising above the Dallas and Oklahoma skyline. Today, that dream has soared beyond city limits, reaching towering heights at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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I Am Artemis: Jesse Berdis

Space.com

Are sunrises and sunsets more spectacular in winter?

Shorter days, crisp clean air and a low winter sun all play a role in those vivid pink and golden skies.

14 hours ago

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Are sunrises and sunsets more spectacular in winter?

Space.com

Why are the launch windows for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission so short?

NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will send four astronauts on a journey around the moon, can launch on just 11 days in March and April combined. Why are there so few opportunities to fly?

15 hours ago

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Why are the launch windows for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission so short?

NASA

Crew-12 Members and Insignia

From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot pose next to their mission insignia inside the Astronaut Crew Quarters in the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space ...

15 hours ago

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Crew-12 Members and Insignia

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NASA Marks Milestone in Preparation for Artemis IV Testing

Water flowing out. Data flowing in. A water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) on Jan. 30 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, helped capture critical data to support testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) stage expected to fly on the Artemis IV mission. ...

15 hours ago

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NASA Marks Milestone in Preparation for Artemis IV Testing

New York Times Space

Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found

Two research teams have identified possible landing sites for Luna 9, the first human-made object to safely reach the lunar surface. “One of them is wrong,” an expert said.

16 hours ago

New York Times Space

Lost Soviet Luna 9 Moon Lander May Have Been Found

NASA

Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia

January brought blistering extremes Down Under as record temperatures scorched the nation’s southeast.

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Summer Heat Hits Southeastern Australia