SpaceX launches Maxar 3 mission, high-resolution commercial satellites
SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Maxar 3 mission, with two high-resolution commercial satellites on board, from the Kennedy ...
High-precision spectrograph confirms massive exoplanet orbiting a low-mass star
With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...
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Top-secret X-37B space plane has been in orbit for more than 1 year
The Space Force's top-secret aircraft has been in a highly elliptical high Earth orbit since December 2023. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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Space Force's secretive X-37B space plane soars past 1 year in orbit
Lofted in December of 2023, the military spaceplane was placed in an orbit higher than any of the earlier space plane missions – into a highly elliptical high Earth orbit. From that orbit ...
Scientists discover nearby ‘super-Earth’ that could sustain life: ‘There is hope for the future’
UK researchers have confirmed the existence of a “super Earth” located 20 light-years away that could reveal the existence of ...
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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Tests The Extremes Of Habitability With Oblong Orbit
Earth's unusual orbit through hot and cold conditions tests the limits of tolerability for any known lifeforms.
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Space mysteries: How does the ISS stay in orbit without falling to Earth?
The International Space Station (ISS) orbits high above our heads, yet the pull of Earth's gravity never hauls the complex out of orbit and sends it plummeting through our atmosphere, where it ...