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  1. Daily Telescope: Webb telescope reveals breathtaking structure of galaxies

    "These holes may have been created by one or more stars that exploded."

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  2. Daily Telescope: Two large galaxies swimming in a sea of interstellar dust

    "I think of the civilizations in those galaxies looking back at the Milky Way."

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  3. It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew

    Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.

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  4. Rocket Report: Iran reaches orbit; Chinese firm achieves impressive landing test

    "Our investors’ continued support is a recognition of our 18 months of hard work."

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  5. LIGO goes to space: ESA to proceed with LISA gravitational wave detector

    A gravitational wave detector in space will be sensitive to unexplored phenomena.

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  6. The amazing helicopter on Mars, Ingenuity, will fly no more

    Ingenuity has spent more than two hours flying above Mars since April 2021.

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  7. A Japanese spacecraft faceplanted on the Moon and lived to tell the tale

    Despite engine failure, SLIM managed to achieve the most precise Moon landing ever.

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  8. Daily Telescope: A stunning image of a star cluster in a nearby galaxy

    A bright young star within a colorful nebula.

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  9. Secret military space programs can be a little less secret, Pentagon says

    Many defense officials argue that less secrecy will lead to better security.

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  10. Daily Telescope: Shooting a laser into the sky from Antarctica

    "The camera is looking roughly south across McMurdo Sound and the Ross Ice Shelf."

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  11. Sierra Space is blowing up stuff to prove inflatable habitats are safe

    "We are well on our way to having our habitats ready for launch in 2026.”

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  12. Daily Telescope: Looking up to brilliant skies Down Under

    "It was taken using my mobile phone, a Google Pixel 7 Pro."

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  1. NASA urged Astrobotic not to send its hamstrung spacecraft toward the Moon

    A propellant leak prevented the Peregrine spacecraft from landing on the Moon.

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  2. NASA loses, and then recovers, contact with its historic Mars helicopter

    Ingenuity has been flying above Mars, off and on, for nearly three years.

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  3. What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?

    "If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."

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  4. Japan becomes the fifth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon

    After a successful landing, Japan's SLIM spacecraft stopped generating power.

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  5. Rocket Report: A new estimate of Starship costs; Japan launches spy satellite

    One space tug company runs into financial problems; another says go big or go home.

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  6. Axiom, SpaceX launch third all-private crew mission to space station

    A US-Spanish dual citizen commands a crew of Italian, Swedish, and Turkish astronauts.

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  7. Former NASA administrator hates Artemis, wants to party like it’s 2008

    "In my judgment, the Artemis Program is excessively complex."

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  8. Daily Telescope: In which the space station proves it truly is international

    "We had parked our canal boat for the night..."

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  9. Taking stock: Private investment in space companies rebounded in 2023

    Money flowing into commercial space stations, logistics, and lunar exploration lagging.

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  10. Meet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscle

    "Just give us a sip. We'll take our 14 tons and we'll be glad to pay for it."

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  11. Daily Telescope: A beautiful supernova remnant from an uncertain age

    Sometimes astronomy can be a bit imprecise.

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  12. Axiom and SpaceX are disrupting Europe’s traditional pathway to space

    The program sees more countries get access to space, but the details are murky.

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  1. No, the James Webb Space Telescope hasn’t found life out there—at least not yet

    There is a robust debate ongoing in the scientific community.

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  2. Daily Telescope: The Cygnus Wall lights up the night sky

    The Cygnus Wall is part of a larger nebula.

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  3. Elon Musk’s recent all-hands meeting at SpaceX was full of interesting news

    Starship exploded during a liquid oxygen vent on its most recent test flight.

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  4. Daily Telescope: Life on Earth, and maybe in the heavens above, in a single photo

    It is fun to contemplate all of the life on display in this image.

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  5. The Space Force is changing the way it thinks about spaceports

    There's not much available real estate to grow Cape Canaveral's launch capacity.

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  6. Rocket Report: A Chinese launch you must see; Vulcan’s stunning debut

    "I am so proud of this team. Oh my gosh, this has been years of hard work."

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  7. Daily Telescope: A monster protostar in a distant nebula

    Even as astronomical objects go, that's a gargantuan protostar.

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  8. After its impressive first flight, here’s what’s next for the Vulcan rocket

    "We anticipate some movements in the manifest."

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  9. Daily Telescope: A galactic neighborhood that isn’t

    Hubble's still got it.

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  10. Citing “crew safety,” NASA delays upcoming Artemis missions by about a year

    "We must be realistic."

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  11. “We are worried,” says European rocket chief at prospect of launch competition

    On the continent, Ariane 6 may be the last launcher with a monopoly.

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  12. Daily Telescope: The Milky Way above one of my favorite places on Earth

    This photo is really not that much different than what you'll see with the naked eye.

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