Science
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Japan’s Kaguya Moon Mission: A Milestone in Lunar Exploration That Redefined Our View of the Earth-Moon System
Seventeen years ago, on September 13, 2007, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) achieved a monumental milestone in deep space…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Final O3b mPOWER Satellites in Historic 700th Falcon Family Mission
SpaceX achieved a major milestone in modern aerospace history on September 13, successfully launching a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s…
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Trump Calls for Creation of a U.S. Space Academy, Sparking Debate Over Military and Civilian Boundaries
President Donald Trump signed an executive order during a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on August 28,…
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Breaking Barriers in Orbit: How Mae Jemison Became the First African American Woman in Space and Redefined the Cosmos
On September 12, 1992, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison etched her name into the history books by launching aboard the space…
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Rocket Lab Challenges NASA Over $700 Million Mars Telecommunications Network Contract Award to Blue Origin
Rocket Lab has formally challenged NASA’s decision to award a lucrative $700 million contract for the Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN)…
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Chasing the False Dawn: How to Spot and Photograph the Elusive Zodiacal Light This September
Stargazing often presents a clear paradox: observers frequently know precisely what they are looking for, yet struggle with the lingering…
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NASA’s GRAIL Mission: Mapping the Moon’s Hidden Interior Through Gravitational Fields
On September 10, 2011, a Delta II rocket thundered away from the launchpads of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
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Why Do We Still Call It the Summer Triangle When It Dominates Autumn Skies
As the crisp, clear evenings of September settle in and twilight descends earlier each day, amateur astronomers and casual stargazers…
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Starfleet Reaches Orbit: European Space Agency Astronaut Sophie Adenot Celebrates Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Aboard the International Space Station
The intersection of science fiction and scientific reality merged in low-Earth orbit as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot…
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Cosmic Mirage Solves the Mystery of Forbidden Black Hole Collisions
When the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and its international partners detected a faint tremor in the fabric of spacetime…
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