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SpaceX will launch 49 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket today. Watch it live!

Thursday's flight will mark the first Falcon 9 mission for SpaceX so far in 2022 after it set a new company record for the most number of rocket launches in a year with 31 rockets launched in 2021. (That record was previously set in 2020, with SpaceX ...

Death star: In cosmic first, scientists observe red supergiant just before it explodes

It's much easier for scientists to see the messy aftermath of stellar explosions than to watch the prelude to the drama. But finally, astronomers managed to observe a red giant star just as it "went supernova," as exploding stars are called.

Why doesn't the James Webb Space Telescope have any cameras onboard?

Webb launched on Dec. 25 and is now on a month-long journey to its observing destination, nearly 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth. But engineers in charge of the telescope's nerve-wracking development have no photographs to work from.

Giant dying star explodes as scientists watch in real time — a first for astronomy

CNN

CNN

Ground-based telescopes provided the first real-time look at the death throes of a red supergiant star. While these aren't the brightest or most massive stars, they are the largest in terms of volume. One popular red supergiant star is Betelgeuse, which ...

Magnetic surprise revealed in 'magic-angle' graphene

"Yet we've shown that we can create magnetism in a system that originally hosts superconductivity. This gives us a new way to study the interplay between superconductivity and magnetism, and provides exciting new possibilities for quantum science research.

Google Doodle celebrates Stephen Hawking's 80th birthday

CNET

CNET

Saturday's Google Doodle will pay homage to the late Stephen Hawking, perhaps the most famous scientist of his time, who sought to explain the universe to millions. The renowned British theoretical physicist and cosmologist's work focused on increasing ...

Live coverage: SpaceX poised for first launch of 2022

Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX's next batch of 49 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below.

Astronomers witness a dying star reach its explosive end

For the very first time, astronomers have imaged in real time the dramatic end to a red supergiant's life, watching the massive star's rapid self-destruction and final death throes before it collapsed into a Type II supernova.

Scientists find surprisingly cool 'hotspots' under Earth's crust

The hotspots that created volcanic islands such as those of Hawaii, Iceland and the Galapagos Islands may often prove surprisingly cool, a new study finds. These findings suggest that such hotspots may not always originate from giant plumes of ...

Fingerprint patterns are linked to limb development genes

In the most comprehensive analysis to date, researchers found that the shapes of fingerprints—whether they are circular, wavy, or winding—are influenced by the genes responsible for limb development instead of skin patterning.