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Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul
For his next trick, your cosmic correspondent for the past quarter-century will (try to) retire.
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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules
Federal agencies have opened at least three reviews into whether the company and its leader complied with disclosure protocols intended to protect state secrets, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Ramps Up Competition with Elon Musk and SpaceX
A new rocket from Mr. Bezos’ company Blue Origin and a satellite system from Amazon could heat up competition with SpaceX, owned by Mr. Musk.
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China Says Astronauts Break Record with 9 Hour Spacewalk
China said two of its astronauts spent nine hours outside the Tiangong Space Station. The longest previous spacewalk, by Americans, was eight hours and 56 minutes.
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Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years
New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future.
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NASA Artemis Moon Missions Delayed Until 2026 and 2027
It is unclear where the program to go back to the lunar surface will head after President-elect Donald J. Trump returns to the White House in January.
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Trump Picks Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA
Mr. Isaacman’s company Shift4 Payments made him a billionaire, and he has financed two trips to orbit on SpaceX vehicles, including a daring spacewalk in September.
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Uranus and Neptune May Conceal Vast Oceans of Water
A scientist simulated the contents of the ice giant worlds, and found that a fluid layer may explain each planet’s strange magnetic field.
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An Asteroid’s Destruction May Have Given Mars Rings, Then Moons
Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and tiny Deimos.
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SpaceX Starship’s Sonic Boom Creates Risk of Structural Damage, Test Finds
An independent researcher found that noise recorded miles away from the site of a recent test flight was equal to standing 200 feet from a Boeing 747 during takeoff.
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Uranus Might Have Experienced a Freak Event When Voyager 2 Visited
Much of the understanding of the seventh planet comes from a brief flyby nearly 40 years ago, which researchers now say overlapped with an exceptional solar event.
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First Satellite Made of Wood Is Launched Into Space
Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.
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NASA and SpaceX Launch Europa Clipper to a Jupiter Moon
The spacecraft lifted off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, embarking on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.
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Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System
Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that’s out of this world.
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How to Watch the Ursids Meteor Shower as It Peaks During the Winter Solstice
The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.
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The Geminids Meteor Shower: When and How to Watch Its Peak
The shower forms from the debris of an asteroid and peaks this weekend. But a nearly full moon could interfere with viewing.
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First Close Up Picture of Star Outside Our Galaxy Shows a Giant About to Blow
Astronomers zoomed in on a stellar behemoth in the Larger Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy that orbits about 160,000 light-years from the Milky Way.
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SpaceX Starship Launch Ends With a Dramatic Water Landing
President-elect Donald J. Trump joined Elon Musk, as his company’s prototype moon and Mars rocket carried out a sixth test flight that showed a mix of progress and setbacks.
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Trump Plans to Attend Musk’s SpaceX Launch on Tuesday
The president-elect’s decision to witness the liftoff is another example of his close ties to the world’s wealthiest entrepreneur.
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Barnard’s Star Finally Has a Planet, and Possibly More
For a century, exoplanet hunters have “discovered” planets around a nearby star, only to retract the claims. But the latest find is for real.
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