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SpaceSpaceX to test ‘sunshade’ on Starlink satellites to cut brightness
SpaceX is all set to test the “sunshade” it has developed to reduce the brightness of its Starlink broadband satellites which have apparently disturbed the views of the astronomers scanning the ...
Closest black hole to Earth discovered
The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the sun, is gravitationally bound to two stars in a so-called triple system roughly 1,000 light years from Earth, researchers said on Wednesday.
China launches spacecraft via largest carrier rocket
China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said.
SpaceX to bring astronauts to short-handed Space Station for longer stay
The launch is scheduled for 27 May from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the ISS the following day. The mission, SpaceX's first carrying humans, marks the company's climactic test ...
Cloudy with a chance of liquid iron rain
Scientists have detected an exotic planet in another solar system where the weather forecast is always dire - a 100 per cent chance of the most outrageous rain imaginable, with droplets of scaldingly ...
Astronauts bake first chocolate-chip cookies in space
Astronauts on the International Space Station have baked the first cookies in space, but they took far longer than on Earth.The space station's Italian commander Luca Parmitano acted as baker aided ...
Rough seas delay escape test for SpaceX crew capsule
Rough seas prompted SpaceX on Saturday to delay the emergency escape test of its new crew capsule by a day.Liftoff is now set for Sunday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.The Falcon rocket was supposed ...
NASA hosts first public astronaut graduation ceremony
NASA on Friday celebrated its latest class of graduating astronauts at a public ceremony in Houston, honouring a diverse and gender-balanced group now qualified for spaceflight missions including ...
India plans unmanned moon mission in 2020
India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon in 2020 after a failed bid last year, the head of the country's space programme said Wednesday.Work is going "smoothly" on ...
Mars 2020 rover to seek ancient life, prepare human missions
The Mars 2020 rover, which sets off for the Red Planet next year, will not only search for traces of ancient life, but pave the way for future human missions, NASA scientists said Friday as they ...
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