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FAA grounds Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket until failure investigation is complete

Submit on Friday, May 2nd, 2025 02:11

The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket until the company completes an investigation into the vehicle’s April 29 launch failure.

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These 5000-year-old Egyptian coffins depict the Milky Way galaxy, astrophysicist says

Submit on Friday, May 2nd, 2025 01:11

A recent study on ancient Egyptian imagery suggests rare drawings of the sky goddess Nut represent the earliest visualization of the Milky Way galaxy’s Great Rift.

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International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris

Submit on Friday, May 2nd, 2025 00:11

A Russian cargo ship docked to the International Space Station fired its thrusters Wednesday (April 30) to distance itself from passing piece of orbital space debris.

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See Saturn and Venus flank ghostly Neptune in the pre-dawn sky on May 2

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 23:11

Before Saturn and Neptune team up to leave Venus in the dust later in the month.

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ISS astronaut shares recipe for a ‘ranger’ burger | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2025

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 22:11

Stacking wheat snack bread, beef steak, cheese spread, potatoes au gratin and gochujang red pepper paste, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim creates his take on a “ranger” burger on the space station.

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The 10 best sci-fi TV shows of the 1970s

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 22:11

From ‘Space: 1999’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’ to ‘UFO’ and ‘Mork & Mindy,’ the 1970s might be the best decade of sci-fi TV yet!

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Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 21:11

An object seen to have moved in the time between when it was imaged by the IRAS and AKARI surveys in 1983 and 2006 respectively could be Planet Nine.

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Asteroid Vesta is at its brightest this week. Here’s how to find it in the night sky

Submit on Thursday, May 1st, 2025 20:11

Vesta won’t reach opposition with Earth again until Oct. 13, 2026.

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