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Night landing in the desert for the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, 7/9/2024

Starliner spacecraft lands safely unmanned after 3-month mission with multiple technical issues

The malfunctions experienced by the Starliner during the launch led to NASA choosing not to return the crew via Starliner, and instead the astronauts will be returned in February 2025 via SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. In fact they will be used
Astronauts walk on Mars soil. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The science of survival on Mars: What really protects astronauts from radiation

Nebula appearance with stars in the night sky, spectacular colors and amazing details. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Unstable carbon compounds in space? A new discovery may explain the cosmic origins of life 

Web image showing the quasar J0148 circled in red. The upper small image shows the central black hole and the lower the stellar emission from the host galaxy.

How did black holes get so big and so fast? The answer lies in dark matter

Artist rendering of HD 149026 b. Credit: Astrobiology Center

Water vapor has been found in the atmosphere of a very hot Saturn-like extrasolar planet 250 light years away

Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft against deep space. More than 7.3 billion kilometers from Earth, the spacecraft sees areas of the universe that would otherwise be too dim. Credit: NASA, APL, SwRI, Serge Brunier (ESO ), Marc Postman (STScI), Dan Durda.

Exploring the Dark Universe: Breakthroughs from NASA's New Horizons Deep Space Probe

An asteroid hits the Earth. Illustration: depositphotos.com

NASA faces a (theoretical) 72% chance of an asteroid impact

Astrophysics

Hubble Space Telescope (HST) near-infrared image of the galaxy NGC 891. Credit: HST/NASA/ESA.

Astronomers study the nature of galaxy NGC 891 with the James Webb Space Telescope

An artist's impression of star formation in the early universe, a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. (Image credit: (Adolf Schaller/Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA)

Pursuing Science Chapter 8: Astrophysics and Particles - The Surrounding Sea of ​​Stars

MCG+07-07-072, a spiral bar galaxy in the Perseus cluster, stands out in its ring-like spiral arms in this Hubble image. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, I. Chilingarian

Heavenly beauty: discover a "ring galaxy" that challenges expectations

UV radiation from interstellar emissions can erode the atmospheres of planets. Credit: University of Hawaii at Manoa

When Red Dwarfs Attack: High-energy UV radiation from stellar emissions can be life-threatening 

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astronomy

The James Webb Space Telescope in front of the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723, the first galaxy field revealed by the telescope. Early results from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed surprisingly large early galaxies, challenging current cosmic models. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

Tel Aviv 360 podcast: Two years of James Webb, episode 1: The great wonder in the sky

The engravings in Gobkali Tepa are considered to be the oldest calendar in the world. Credit: Dr. Martin Sweatman

A 12,000-year-old lunar-solar calendar - the oldest in the world, was discovered on a column at an archaeological site in Turkey

The Perseid rain. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Perseid Shower and the Moon's conjunctions with Saturn and separately with Mars and Jupiter: August 2024 Sky Viewing Tips from NASA

The 25 most interesting images taken by the Chandra Space Telescope in its 25 years so far. Credit: NASA/SAO/CXC

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory Celebrates 25 Years With Impressive Cosmic Images

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Solar System

The Webb telescope, seen in the lower right corner of this figure, was used to verify the presence of mummified minerals on the surface of the asteroid Psyche. Credit: Southwest Research Institute

The Webb telescope reveals water compounds in asteroid Psyche

The Sun is now again approaching its 11-year "Schwab Cycle" maximum activity, here image taken by Solar Orbiter in October 2023. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team

A cosmic mystery solved? New evidence shows that the planets influence the Sun's magnetic cycles.

The Parker Solar Probe ruled out the possibility that the S-shaped bands in the Sun's magnetic field are the source of the corona's heat. Credit: NASA and Levi Hutmacher, Michigan Engineering

The Parker Solar Probe shatters a theory related to the very hot corona of the Sun

This composite image shows suspicious jets of water vapor erupting at the 7 o'clock position outside the boundary of Jupiter's moon Europa. The streams, imaged by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope's Imaging Spectrometer camera, were seen in silhouette as the moon passed in front of Jupiter. The Hubble data were collected on January 26, 2014. The image of Europa superimposed on the Hubble data consists of data from the Galileo Voyager missions Credit: NASA/ESA/W. Sparks (STScI)/USGS Astrogeology Science Center

NASA researchers propose to look for signatures of life near the surface of Enceladus and Europa

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space missions

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore upon their arrival at the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Difficulty sleeping and the mismatch between Boeing's spacesuits and SpaceX's. The astronauts are still lost in space

Boeing performed a hot ignition of 27 engines on the Starliner. Photo: NASA

Boeing performs critical Starliner engine test as NASA plans astronaut return

Simulation of the USDV spacecraft that SpaceX will develop for NASA for the purpose of deorbiting the International Space Station in 2030. PR photo, SPACEX

NASA awards SpaceX an $843 million contract to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030

A top view of one of the containers containing rocks and dust from the Beno asteroid, scaled in centimeters. Credit: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld and Joseph Aebersold

A surprise in the sample from the asteroid: its structure contains the "original ingredients" of the solar system

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man in space

The Starliner spacecraft is attached to the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

NASA decided to return the astronauts stuck in the SpaceX spacecraft; The Starliner will return to DHA unmanned

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, which flew NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sonny Williams on a manned test flight to the International Space Station, is seen docked at the front dock of the Harmony Module. The image was taken from the window of SpaceX's Dragon Endeavor spacecraft docked in the port adjacent to the Starliner. Credit: NASA A

Is the Starliner spacecraft stuck in space? NASA answers frequently asked questions about the status of the astronauts' return

Testing one of the engine components of the Starliner spacecraft on the International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Is the task possible? NASA and Boeing are moving forward with assessments for the Starliner flight test back to Earth

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Will expired drugs harm future missions to Mars?

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