The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought.

New measurements suggest that the Milky Way galaxy may have a different shape than we thought. Over the past few years, astronomers have increasingly discovered that galaxies seem to come in three main shapes: Elliptical, irregular and spiral. The majority of known galaxies …

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Axiom Space's Ax-2: The 2nd private astronaut mission to the space station.

Houston-based company Axiom Space is gearing up for its second astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), known as Ax-2. If all goes according to plan, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an international crew of four from Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Spac…

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SpaceX launches 22 next-gen Starlink satellites to orbit.

SpaceX launched 22 of its "V2 mini" Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Friday morning (May 19) and landed the returning rocket at sea. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 22 next-generation Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station …

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Blue Origin will build NASA's new moon lander for Artemis Astronauts.

A moon lander built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will be the second system that takes NASA astronauts to the lunar surface, agency officials announced today (May 19). A consortium led by Blue Origin won the second Human Landing System (HLS) contract issued by NASA for the …

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Volcanoes may carpet surface of newfound Earth-size exoplanet.

A newfound alien world about the size of Earth may be studded with active volcanoes, whose emissions could sustain an atmosphere, a new study reports. The exoplanet, known as LP 791-18 d, orbits a red dwarf star about 90 light-years from Earth, in the southern constellation …

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NASA Gears Up to Train Artemis II Crew for Moon Mission.

The four astronauts who will fly on NASA’s Artemis II flight are getting ready to begin their training in June, as NASA prepares for the first crewed mission on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration. NASA astronauts Re…

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ChatGPT on Mars: How AI can help scientists study the Red Planet..?

The world is abuzz, perhaps even befuddled, about the growing use of artificial intelligence. One of the most popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools available to the public today is ChatGPT, an AI-powered language model that has been "trained" and fed vast amo…

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers water around a mysterious comet.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted water around a rare comet located in the main asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars.  The observation represents another scientific breakthrough for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), representing the first time that gas, in th…

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The first radiation belt outside the solar system has been spotted.

For the first time, astronomers have spotted a band of radiation surrounding an object outside our solar system. A belt of energetic electrons encircles a Jupiter-sized body about 18 light-years from Earth, astronomers report May 15 in Nature. As the electrons move, they rad…

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Astronomers detect largest cosmic explosion ever seen.

Astronomers have discovered what they believe to be the largest explosion ever detected. The explosion is more than 10 times brighter than any recorded exploding star - known as a supernova. So far it has lasted more than three years, much longer than most supernovae which ar…

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SpaceX Ax-2 private astronaut mission is 'go' for May 21 launch.

The second-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) remains on track to lift off this weekend. NASA, SpaceX and Houston company Axiom Space held a flight readiness review (FRR) today (May 15) for the Ax-2 mission, which is scheduled to launch f…

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SpaceX launches 56 new Starlink satellites into orbit and lands rocket at sea.

SpaceX launched  new batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit early Sunday morning (May 14) and landed a rocket at sea in the company's latest successful mission. A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 56 Starlink spacecraft lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Sta…

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IBM and NASA Collaborate to Convert Satellite Data into High-Resolution Maps Using AI.

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have introduced a new geospatial foundation model that can transform satellite data into detailed maps of floods, fires, and other landscape transformations. These map…

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Hubble Telescope gazes into the heart of a monstrous galaxy cluster.

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope gazes into the lair of a cosmic leviathan, a monstrous cluster of galaxies located nine billion light-years away in the constellation Draco. Like a sea monster in ancient myth submerged and waiting to snatch unfortunate sailors to …

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SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites.

SpaceX launched another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites toward orbit and landed the returning rocket on a ship at sea today (May 10). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 51 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on schedule toda…

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Powerful sun storm could supercharge auroras this week.

A solar outburst over the weekend could lead to some stellar skywatching in the coming days. On Sunday (May 7) at 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT), the sun emitted a long-duration M1.5-class solar flare — a medium-intensity event — directly at Earth. The high levels of radiation ass…

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Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days.

An experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth on Monday after staying in orbit for 276 days, China's state media reported, completing a landmark mission to test the country's reusable space technologies. The uncrewed spacecraft returned to the Jiuquan launch c…

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Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before.

The first two satellites in NASA's new hurricane-hunting constellation have taken to the skies. The two cubesats, the founding members of the agency's TROPICS network, launched today (May 7) atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, which lifted off from the company's N…

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What time is the lunar eclipse on May 05 ?

Just over two weeks after its dark silhouette crossed in front of the sun for parts of the Indian Ocean, extreme Western Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Ocean, it is now the moon's turn to undergo an eclipse.  On May 5, the moon almost drops completely below the Ea…

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Meteosat-12: Europe's new weather satellite takes first photos.

The first images from Europe's new weather satellite, Meteosat-12, have just been released. The spacecraft, which sits 36,000km above the equator, was launched in December and is currently in a testing phase that will last most of this year. When Meteosat-12's data is…

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