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Japan unveils world's first wooden satellite! Here’s all you need to know about ‘LignoSat’
Human ingenuity knows no limits. From launching rovers to explore distant planets to capturing blac…
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A dead Russian spacecraft almost collided with a NASA satellite. The crash could have sent 7,500 bits of debris rocketing around Earth.
A dead Russian spacecraft almost crashed into a NASA satellite. The collision would have sent debr…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn Lapointe
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4 times NASA astronauts lost things in space
A NASA astronaut accidentally dropped a tool bag in space earlier this month. Turns out, it's not t…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Europe is setting an example on how to clean up outer space — using a harpoon
The program, led by University of Surrey’s Guglielmo Aglietti, on Friday shot a harpoon at a s…
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NASA awarded $850,000 to a company that wants to pick up space trash the old-fashioned way — with bags
NASA awarded TransAstra nearly a million dollars for its concept of capture bags large enough to sc…
Kelly Burch
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SpaceX and ULA set to launch robots into orbit next year that will grab space junk and fix satellites
The robots, named after humans, are designed to perform different tasks in orbit. Meet Barry, Fred,…
Kate Duffy
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NASA astronaut rates 10 space movies based on how realistic they are
The science of space movies explained. NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman, formerly Director of SpaceX,…
Brett Jordan,Meredith Geaghan-Breiner
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Astronomers have their best solution yet to the mysterious alien megastructure star
Now, the planet and its moons would have continued to orbit Tabby's Star to this day if not for one…
Kaitlyn Wang,Shira Polan
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A billionaire just launched a company to sell hotel reservations in space - and outdo NASA with a 'monster' space station
The units are "so diverse and so large," Bigelow's release said, "that they can accommodate virtu…
Dave Mosher
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A 30-story Manhattan tower could end up slicing off 5 floors in an extreme solution to a zoning dispute. Here's what happened the last time an NYC building did that.
The building's top 12 floors were demolished slowly in 1993 after two years of strategizing how to …
Michelle Mark
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A dead NASA space telescope and an old Air Force satellite have a 1-in-10 chance of colliding over Pittsburgh on Wednesday, and people on the ground may see it
If the space-junk problem gets extreme, a disastrous chain of collisions could spiral out of contro…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The amount of space junk around Earth has hit a 'critical density' - and it could jeopardize our space missions
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has hopes to send 4,000 satellites into low-Earth orbit - where…
Jessica Orwig
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Mysterious space objects like 'Oumuamua will visit our solar system again. Scientists may intercept the next one with a robotic probe.
In November 2017, Trilling and others published a study suggesting that current telescopes may see …
Dave Mosher
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A mysterious piece of space junk nicknamed 'WTF' could help protect humanity from itself
Scientists aren't sure if the 2-meter-wide object is a space rock or possibly debris from a rocket,…
Kelly Dickerson,Jessica Orwig
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A communications satellite the size of an apartment is so bright it can outshine stars, and astronomers are worried it could interfere with their research
AST SpaceMobile's BlueWalker 3 can shine as bright as the 16th brightest star in the night sky. Hun…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Zoho's ManageEngine to hire 1,000 people this year as part of expansion plans
Since 2002, the company which is the enterprise IT management division of Chennai-based Zoho Corpor…
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The right way to protect and store your winter clothes so they'll be ready to wear next year
During warmer months, winter clothes should be stored in a cool, dry place to prevent damage to fab…
Jackie Perrin
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8 reasons your throat is sore on one side and how to treat it
If your throat is sore on just one side, it could mean an infection as minor as a cold or something…
Jocelyn Solis-Moreira,Jason R. McKnight
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I tried TikTok-famous Zep Grout Cleaner everyone seems to swear by, and it worked extremely well
While the results weren't absolutely jaw-dropping, it's still the best grout cleaner I've used.
Brenna Darling
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Dyson V15 Detect review: The best just got better, but at a premium
The vacuum cleaner is the most popular product from the company for its visually distinctive des…