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Posted on June 4, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Astronomers find atmosphere around a solar system object that shouldn’t have one Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a tiny celestial body in the outer solar system for the first time — an object … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 3, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Telling Time on Other Worlds From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 5, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Artemis II Flight Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, continue their workday aboard the Orion spacecraft.  With a demonstration underway of the Orion crew survival system spacesuit, the crew also will prepare for their lunar … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan This Comet Stopped Spinning. Then It Started Rotating Backward. If you were standing on the surface of Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák nine years ago as it was getting closer to the sun, you might have been … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 3, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Now we can track space junk as it falls to Earth Seismometers — equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes — are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 3, 2026 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Did Astronomers See a Star Explode Twice? Astronomers may have spotted their first superkilonova — a star that’s exploded not once, but twice. When massive stars die, they detonate in a celestial fireworks display known as … Continue reading →

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