Tag Archives: Science

Sky-scanning complete for Gaia

Infographic, showcasing ESA’s Gaia mission in numbers during its sky-scanning phase

Japan and US firms ready moon landers for Florida launch

Two moon landers, one from Japan’s ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, were fastened atop a SpaceX rocket in Florida on Tuesday ahead of an unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to peruse the lunar surface.

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Author: Joey Roulette

Beloved Gaia spacecraft ending its observations

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Author: Kelly Kizer Whitt

Last starlight for ground-breaking Gaia

The European Space Agency’s Milky Way-mapper Gaia has completed the sky-scanning phase of its mission, racking up more than three trillion observations of about two billion stars and other objects over the last decade to revolutionise the view of our home galaxy and cosmic neighbourhood.

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Author: esa

SpaceX launches two lunar landers headed toward the moon

SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for private US and Japanese companies.

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Author: euronews

What’s next for the 2 private landers SpaceX just launched toward the moon?

Blue Ghost and Resilience both have long journeys ahead of them.

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Author: Mike Wall

Scots physics teacher captures amazing shots of Jupiter using £80 Aldi telescope

Stephen McAllister captured a stunning shot of Jupiter and its fourth-largest moon lo.

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Author: Eve Beattie

SpaceX Will Launch Two New Moon Landers on One Rocket: What to Know

Robotic vehicles from Firefly Aerospace of Texas and Ispace of Japan will part ways early Wednesday after launching from the same SpaceX rocket. Both are aiming for the lunar surface.

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Author: Kenneth Chang

Ten NASA Science, Tech Instruments Flying to Moon on Firefly Lander

As part of NASA’s CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative and Artemis campaign, the agency is preparing to fly ten instruments aboard Firefly

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Author: Natalia Riusech

Seeing stars: meet the amateur astronomers

They may stare into space from shonky-looking booths, but these citizen scientists have helped discover comets, dangerous asteroids and more

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Author: the Guardian

SpaceX rocket launches private missions to the Moon

Two landers owned by US and Japanese companies to carry out separate tests on the Moon’s surface.

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Author: @BBCNews

Watch as SpaceX rocket blasts off to the Moon

The Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying two lunar landers and a micro rover.

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Author: @BBCNews

Liftoff! NASA Sends Science, Tech to Moon on Firefly, SpaceX Flight

A suite of NASA scientific investigations and technology demonstrations is on its way to our nearest celestial neighbor aboard a commercial spacecraft, where

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Author: Tiernan P. Doyle

SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (photos)

Blue Ghost and Resilience have left their home planet.

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Author: Josh Dinner

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Launches Two Probes as Race to Moon Heats Up

SpaceX launched a pair of commercial satellites carrying lunar rovers as competition intensifies in the private sector’s race to the moon.

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Author: Nicholas Takahashi

SpaceX to launch two moon missions on one rocket

A SpaceX rocket is set to launch a pair of lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and Ispace’s Hakuto-R — on a journey to our closest celestial neighbor.

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Author: Jackie Wattles

More supermassive black holes lurking in universe than previously thought

A new study suggests more supermassive black holes may be lurking in the universe than previously thought.

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Author: Ryan Morwood

Spacecraft captures high-def images of Mercury during close flyby

A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high-def photos.

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Author: Earth.com

Watch the live as SpaceX launch two new private Moon landers – one of which is a phoenix, and the other a ghost

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Author: Ezzy Pearson

Falcon 9 set to launch two landers to the Moon on the same mission

SpaceX is set to fly not one but two lunar landers to the Moon on…

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Author: Justin Davenport

SpaceX is launching Blue Ghost and Resilience landers to the moon

Two companies, Firefly Aerospace and ispace, are aiming to make the second and third successful private landings on the moon – and both are launching on the same Falcon 9 rocket

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Here’s what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander

Blue Ghost is carrying a scary amount of science.