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Boeing's Starliner on track to launch its 1st astronaut flight this spring, NASA says

Boeing's Starliner crew vehicle is on track to fly its first astronauts in space in April. In a Feb. 17 update, NASA and Boeing officials outlined the aerospace company's work on its entry for ...

SpaceX on track to launch Crew-6 astronaut mission for NASA tomorrow (Feb. 27)

NASA and SpaceX held a prelaunch teleconference late on Saturday (Feb. 25) to discuss the upcoming mission that will see the Crew Dragon Endeavour launch to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

How deep-sea silica ends up in Saturn moon Enceladus' famous geysers

Icy particles of silica ejected from Saturn's moon Enceladus are blasted out by heating at its frozen core as it is squashed and stretched by the gas giant's tremendous gravity. These particles start their journey at the seafloor of Enceladus' vast ...

No, the James Webb Space Telescope Hasn't Broken Cosmology

WIRED

WIRED

But when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) opened its lens last spring, extremely distant yet very bright galaxies immediately shone into the telescope's field of view. "They were just so stupidly bright, and they just stood out," said Rohan Naidu, an ...

'We just discovered the impossible': How giant baby galaxies are shaking up our understanding of the early universe

"Look at this," says Erica's message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is July 2022 ...

There could be alien life on Mars, but will our rovers be able to find it?

The new research, led by Armando Azua-Bustos at the Center for Astrobiology in Madrid, tested the sophisticated instruments currently in use by NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers—as well as some newer lab equipment planned for future analysis—in the ...

Newly confirmed meteor crater at site of French winery

And now scientists have confirmed their suspicions. Researchers from Goethe University Frankfurt announced on February 23, 2023, that their rock and soil analyses of the site shows that an iron-nickel meteorite crashed to Earth here thousands of years ago.

Chinese Mars rover not moving. Is it kaput?

The Chinese Mars rover Zhurong appears not to have moved for about six months. Has its mission ended? There's been no official word about the rover from CNSA – the Chinese space agency – since May of 2022. That's when the rover entered a dormant state ...

Russian ship docks with ISS to replace damaged capsule

An uncrewed Russian Soyuz capsule docked early Sunday with the International Space Station and will eventually bring home three astronauts whose initial return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid. The MS-23 ship autonomously latched to the orbiting ...

What's up in March: Venus and Jupiter in close conjunction early in the month

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pressherald.com

The month of March always marks the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere. Even though it has been a very mild winter, one of the warmest on record, it is always nice to welcome spring back officially along with the ever-lengthening days. That ...