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Six future astronauts certified from European Space Agency’s 2022 graduating class
New class includes candidate set to be Australia's first woman in space.…
Wild turkey populations declined in some areas of U.S.
In a 2021 study, eight out of 30 states surveyed reported that turkey populations declined from 2014 to 2019, with some of the sharpest decreases…
Constellation of Starlink satellites grows with latest SpaceX launch from Florida
1 of 3 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites flies past the moon from Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral…
SpaceX launches Falcon 9, carrying 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
1 of 4 | A timed exposure captures a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as it launches 23 Starlink satellites Wednesday on Mission 6-51 from…
Satellites can help find and stop methane leaks
Methane plumes are detected by plane at a Georgia landfill surrounded by homes. Photo courtesy of Carbon Mapper…
Boeing Starliner rolls to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of May launch
1 of 3 | Boeing rolls out its "Starliner" spacecraft from the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center…
NASA chooses 4 crew members for next Mars mission simulation
NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog facility, or HERA, is a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston designed to simulate the…
NOAA says fourth global coral bleaching event underway
1 of 2 | Coral reefs, such as the one pictured here off Boynton Beach, Fla., are undergoing a mass bleaching event on a global scale,…
‘Brightest of All Time’ gamma-ray burst caused by exploding star, say scientists
Scientists at Northwestern University said Friday they had confirmed that the cause of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed (the circled…
NASA’s planet-hunter TESS temporarily shuts off
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, which has been searching for planets like Earth outside of the solar system, unexpectedly went…