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After repeated explosions, new test for Musk’s megarocket
The massive Starship rocket launches on a test flight from SpaceX’s base in Texas. Elon Musk’s SpaceX announced Friday that its Starship megarocket is scheduled to blast off on a…
Stem cells cryopreserved in space produce healthy offspring
Stem cells from mice cryopreserved on the International Space Station for six months have produced healthy offspring. Credit: KyotoU / Shinohara lab Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and…
Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects.…
Astronauts launch space agriculture with seed pillows
A member of the space crop production team prepares materials for Veggie seed pillows inside the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA/Cory S Huston When…
SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida
Twenty-eight more Starlink satellites are now circling the planet after a Falcon 9 launch from Florida this morning (Aug. 14). The SpaceX booster lifted off at 8:29 a.m. EDT (1229…
Trump orders space regulations eased in win for Musk
Elon Musk was an advisor to Donald Trump until the pair had a dramatic, public falling out. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday easing regulations for the…
Scientists use Earth’s shadow to hunt for alien probes
333 seconds-exposure containing 19 or more streaks due to Starlink satellites. Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/DECam DELVE Survey For decades, astronomers have searched for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using radio telescopes and optical…
Red supergiant star expels mysteriously large cloud of gas
A red supergiant star has expelled the largest cloud of gas and dust ever seen in the process of being blown off one of these stellar behemoths. The vast size…
