How Elon Musk’s SpaceX began a new ‘Space Race’ unlike any other
The first reason is Elon Musk, whose singular vision and hard-driving leadership propelled SpaceX through its many ups and ...
Scientists Suggest Tiny Black Holes Are Regularly Cruising Through Our Star System
Researchers at MIT suggest that the microscopic "primordial black holes" could be blasting through our solar system at least ...
Why wasn’t this Brad Pitt space odyssey a bigger hit 5 years ago?
Brad Pitt's attempt to reap Gravity's fortunes stalled at the box office. Five years later, it still stands as one of the ...
As spacecraft zooms to Venus, it peers back at humble Earth and the moon
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, barreling through our solar system, recently used Earth's gravity to ...
Close Encounters With Dark Matter: MIT Study Finds Detection Possible Through Mars’ Wobble
Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be a new way to detect passing dark matter. MIT physicists ...
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Mysterious Signal Hints at The Smallest Black Hole Ever Detected
Black holes are on a continuum of ultradense objects that form from the remnant cores of dead stars after they run out of ...
Earth will get a second moon this month — but not for long
Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.
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India aims for 2028 launch of Venus orbiter as part of ambitious space roadmap
On Wednesday, the cabinet also approved roughly $147 million (12.36 billion rupees) for India's first mission to Venus, known ...