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James Webb Space Telescope begins lining up its golden mirrors

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SpaceX launches 105 small satellites into orbit, nails rocket landing

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SpaceX successfully launched its second rocket of the year today, with one of its veteran boosters carried dozens of satellites into orbit before landing back on Earth.

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The hunt is on for exomoons around alien planets and scientists may have just found one

(Helena Valenzuela Widerström)

Astronomers have announced the possible detection of an exomoon, or a moon in another stellar system from our own, the second such candidate observation to date.

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James Webb Space Telescope begins lining up its golden mirrors

(NASA/Desiree Stover)

Just weeks after the excitement of launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is already seeking focus in space.

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Spaceflight

China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts manually fly cargo ship for emergency docking test

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China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts conducted a manual rendezvous and docking test over the weekend to test emergency procedures for spacecraft visiting the Chinese space station.

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NASA getting SLS megarockets ready for crewed moon missions

(NASA)

The giant rockets that will carry NASA astronauts to the moon a few years from now are really starting to come together.

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Science & Astronomy

Curvature of space-time measured using 'atomic fountain'

(Pixabay)

Researchers have measured gravity using the effects of time dilation, giving us a clear look at space-time.

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A 3,400-foot-wide asteroid will make a safe flyby of Earth next week

(Aleksandra Sova via Shutterstock)

A huge asteroid will safely whiz by our planet next week. The asteroid, known as 7482 (1994 PC1), will make its closest approach to our planet on Jan. 18 at 4:51 p.m. EST (2151 GMT), according to NASA.

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'Cow' supernova is brightest ever seen in X-ray observations

(Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Astronomers have spotted the brightest "Cow" supernova ever seen in X-rays, providing shining new evidence that the recently discovered phenomenon might be driven by an emerging black hole or a neutron star.

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Technology

Meet Relativity Space: The little 3D printing rocket company that could

One fast-growing rocket start-up is 3D printing its way to space. The California-based start-up called Relativity Space, has big plans to 3D-print their way to space, and they're gearing up for their first launch.

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