Auroras Are Spotted on Neptune for the First Time, and Lead to a New Mystery
The James Webb Space Telescope identified the lights in the distant planet’s atmosphere, which could not be seen by earlier ...
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8 Amazing Facts About the Dwarf Planet Pluto
For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from ...
After Lunar Disappointments, NASA Hits the Jackpot With Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace’s successful moon lander has yielded a trove of data that scientists will pore over for years.
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Interesting facts about the dwarf planet Pluto that will blow your mind
New Horizons revealed that Pluto has a diameter of 1,473 miles (2,370 km), which is, by the way, less than one-fifth the diameter of Earth, and only about two-thirds as wide as Earth’s moon.
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GSA to Nix SEC’s LA, Philadelphia Leases With Telework Possible
(Bloomberg) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Los Angeles and Philadelphia regional offices could close in coming months as part of an effort by the General Services Administration to ...
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A Private Space Mission Just Successfully Landed on the Moon for the First Time
That honor goes to Intuitive Machines, another Texas-based company, which attempted to land on the moon in February 2024; however, its module fell onto its side on the surface and ceased to be ...
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Is Pluto A Planet? It’s A Double-Act, Scientists Say
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.
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First-Ever Private Lunar Lander Successfully Reaches the Moon’s Surface
In one small step toward lunar commercialization, the first-ever privately funded lander touched down on March 2, 2025 on the moon’s surface. The lander, named Blue Ghost, launched from NASA’s Kennedy ...
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Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration
Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 ...
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'Giant leap in commercial exploration': Private US company lands on the Moon
A US spacecraft successfully landed on the Moon, marking a significant achievement for private space exploration. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission 1's touchdown near Mons Latreille is a ...
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The full moon in March will also be a total lunar eclipse blood moon. What to know
The next full moon, a worm moon, will appear on March 14 at 2:55 a.m., according to TimeandDate.com. Ahead of the full moon, a first-quarter moon will occur on March 6 at 11:31 a.m ...
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Here's a look at moon landing hits and misses
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...