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Astronauts Stranded as Boeing’s Starliner Faces Critical Issues, And Window For a Return To Flight Is Closing

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are facing an extended stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) due to multiple technical challenges with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Originally slated to return on June 13, their departure has been delayed multiple times as engineers race against time to resolve critical faults. Boeing’s Starliner, which launched successfully […]

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NASA Detects ‘Planet Killer’ Asteroid Hiding In The Sun’s Glare Within Colliding Distance

Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the asteroids, called 2022 AP7, is the largest potentially hazardous object posing a risk to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years. Their findings were published Monday in The Astronomical Journal. According to the publication, […]

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NASA Spacecraft Will Crash Into An Asteroid Today To Protect Earth

A NASA spacecraft will deliberately slam into an asteroid today at 7:14 p.m. ET after launching 10 months ago as part of a planetary protection program. The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will attempt to affect the motion of an asteroid in space. A live stream of images captured by the spacecraft […]

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NASA Captures Unprecedented Explosion On Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse

NASA scientists have captured an unprecedented explosion on the surface of a massive red supergiant star known as Betelgeuse, the space agency said in a press release. Astronomers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories to determine that the senior star actually blew off part of its surface. The researchers said the explosion caused […]

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