"Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools."
--1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.

"Correction: It is now definitely established that a rocket can function in a vacuum. The 'Times' regrets the error."
NY Times, July 1969.

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SpaceX stacks Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (video, photos)

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 5:30pm
SpaceX stacked its giant Starship rocket ahead of the vehicle's fourth test flight, which could launch just a few weeks from now.
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Lithuania becomes 40th nation to sign Artemis Accords for moon exploration

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 5:00pm
Lithuania signed the Artemis Accords on Wednesday (May 15), bringing the number of nations in the moon-exploration pact to 40.
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Doctor Who 'Space Babies': Why is The Doctor alone in the universe?

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 5:00pm
In season 1 premiere 'Space Babies', the Doctor tells Ruby and the cosmic infants that he's the last of the Time Lords. Here's what that means.
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Japanese-European spacecraft bound for Mercury weakened by thruster glitch

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 4:59pm
The thrusters of Mercury-bound spacecraft BepiColombo are operating at less than full capacity, and operators are racing to find a solution.
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Stephen Hawking Medal 2024 winners announced at star-studded Starmus VII festival

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 3:59pm
The four winners of the Stephen Hawking Medal 2024 were announced during a medal ceremony at Starmus VII science and music festival in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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India's space agency has been carefully watching our sun's solar tantrums

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 3:00pm
The Indian Space Research Organization has released solar storm data from ground stations and spacecraft, including the Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter.
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Watch the 1st trailer for 'Dune: Prophecy' prequel series (video)

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 2:30pm
The first trailer for Max's "Dune: Prophecy" prequel spinoff has just arrived, revealing the origins of the franchise's mysterious Bene Gesserit sisterhood.
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A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 2:00pm
A massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO).
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Pentagon wants commercial 'space reserve' to support military satellites in orbit

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 1:00pm
A plan that would allow the U.S. Space Force to leverage the capabilities of commercial satellites in the event of a national defense emergency has received support from Congress.
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'Fallout' season 2 is going to New Vegas. How might outer space tie in?

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 12:30pm
The Fallout T.V. show has been a huge hit for Bethesda and Prime Video, with season 2 already confirmed. With New Vegas now on the horizon, can we expect some space connections?
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Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? There's bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 11:56am
One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up.
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James Webb Space Telescope spots most distant and oldest black hole collision ever seen (video)

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 11:55am
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected a merger between two supermassive black holes so distant it proceeded just 740 million years after the Big Bang.
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DxO PhotoLab 7 review

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 10:30am
How does DxO PhotoLab 7's famous DeepPRIME XD noise reduction stack up for astrophotography?
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India makes breakthrough by test-firing new 3D-printed rocket engine (photo)

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 10:00am
India recently performed a successful hot-fire test of a rocket engine that was built using 3D printing technology, a breakthrough that could boost the nation's spaceflight prospects.
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In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 9:00am
Three ancient stars that hail from cannibalized dwarf galaxies are "on the run" at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour in the Milky Way's galactic halo.
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Dusty galaxy looks like a cosmic net in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope photo

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 6:00am
A striking new Hubble Telescope photo highlights the intricacies of a distant galaxy glowing with a bright white core surrounded by complex dust structures.
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Huge, solar flare-launching sunspot has rotated away from Earth. But will it return?

Wed, 05/15/2024 - 5:40pm
The behemoth sunspot AR3664 has finally rotated out of Earth's view, firing off two more big solar storms on its way out the door. Will it come back?
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How do you forecast a solar storm? Space weather experts explain

Wed, 05/15/2024 - 5:00pm
While the weekend solar event gave us quite the show in the night sky, it also helps scientists learn more about space weather to continue to improve forecasts.
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Cosmic butterfly or interstellar burger? This planet-forming disk is the largest ever seen

Wed, 05/15/2024 - 4:00pm
A distant planetary nursery is breaking all records as it shows the extremes to which planet formation can go.
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To better predict volcanic eruptions, you have to dig deep — very deep

Wed, 05/15/2024 - 3:00pm
New research suggests studying the state of magma in deep reservoirs can improve volcanic eruption predictions.
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