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• newPhotos: Antares rocket's predawn launch from Wallops Island - Spaceflight Now
  Spaceflight NowPhotos: Antares rocket's predawn launch from Wallops IslandSpaceflight NowCarrying a Cygnus supply ship bound for the International Space Station, an Orbital ATK Antares rocket lifted off Monday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spac…
  - 13 hours ago 24 May 18, 11:53am -
• newThe satellite images that exposed Iran's secret rocket program - Quartz
  QuartzThe satellite images that exposed Iran's secret rocket programQuartzNearby, the researchers hit pay-dirt, spotting a site used to test powerful rocket engines, a fairly definitive proof of on-going rocket development. ... Here is a video o…
  - 16 hours ago 24 May 18, 9:00am -
• Tory Bruno, the Other Rocket Man | Space | Air & Space Magazine - Air & Space Magazine
  Air & Space MagazineTory Bruno, the Other Rocket Man | Space | Air & Space MagazineAir & Space MagazineTory Bruno resists the temptation to trash-talk Elon Musk, for the most part. Holding back can't be easy. Among space enthusiasts, Musk and th…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 7:53pm -
• NASA Invites Media to See How New Hampshire Business Supports Deep-Space Exploration - PR Newswire (press release)
  NASA Invites Media to See How New Hampshire Business Supports Deep-Space ExplorationPR Newswire (press release)HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA and industry partners will visit New Hampshire May 30-31, to highlight…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 7:22pm -

• 7 satellites boosted into space aboard a rocket launched from Vandenberg - The San Luis Obispo Tribune
  The San Luis Obispo Tribune7 satellites boosted into space aboard a rocket launched from VandenbergThe San Luis Obispo TribuneSeven satellites, two for a NASA scientific mission and five to rebuild the Iridium constellation, shared a Falcon 9 ro…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 2:33pm -
• The EmDrive, NASA's 'Impossible' Space Engine, Really Is Impossible - Forbes
  ForbesThe EmDrive, NASA's 'Impossible' Space Engine, Really Is ImpossibleForbesThe experimental setup of the EmDrive at NASA Eagleworks, where they attempted to isolate and test for a reactionless drive. They found a small, positive result, ...…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 1:03pm -
• NASA's 'Impossible' Space Engine Tested—Here Are the Results - National Geographic
  National GeographicNASA's 'Impossible' Space Engine Tested—Here Are the ResultsNational GeographicSpaceflight is hard. Blasting heavy cargo, spacecraft, and maybe people to respectable speeds over interplanetary distances (not to mention the l…
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 4:08pm -
• Antares rocket launch kicks off space station's next commercial cargo delivery - Spaceflight Now
  Spaceflight NowAntares rocket launch kicks off space station's next commercial cargo deliverySpaceflight NowThe two RD-181 engines, generating a combined 864,000 pounds at full throttle, powered the rocket and its supply ship payload downrange f…
  - 3 days ago 22 May 18, 10:41am -
• Orbital ATK Antares rocket launches to International Space Station ... - CBS News
  CBS NewsOrbital ATK Antares rocket launches to International Space Station ...CBS NewsA Cygnus cargo ship loaded with supplies for the ISS lifted off from NASA's Wallop's Flight Facility in Virginia this morning.Orbital ATK's Antares rocket laun…
  - 4 days ago 21 May 18, 9:12am -
• NASA Successfully Test Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Part - Popular Mechanics
  Popular MechanicsNASA Successfully Test Fires 3D-Printed Rocket Engine PartPopular MechanicsIn 2015, material scientists at Glenn developed a powdered copper alloy that engineers at Marshall used to 3D-print the space agency's first full-scale c…
  - 14 days ago 10 May 18, 2:39pm -

NASA Breaking News

• newNASA Administrator Statement on Space Policy Directive-2
  The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday’s signing of Space Policy Directive-2 by President Donald Trump:
  - 3 hours ago 24 May 18, 9:43pm -
• newNASA, Space Station Partners Announce Future Mission Crew Members
  NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Andrew Morgan have been assigned to spaceflights scheduled to launch in 2019. Both Koch and Morgan were selected as NASA astronauts in 2013.
  - 11 hours ago 24 May 18, 1:28pm -
• NASA Awards Contract for Space Telescope Mission
  NASA has awarded a contract to Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, for the primary instrument components for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST).
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 8:19pm -
• Twin Spacecraft Launch to Track Earth’s Water Movement
  A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth’s mass on and beneath the planet’s surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast.
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 7:42pm -
• NASA Invites Media to View New Mission to Study the Frontier of Space
  Media will have the opportunity June 4-5 for tours, interviews and photographs of NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) as it prepares to leave Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for a scheduled mid-June launch from Kwajalein Atoll in…
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 8:17pm -

• Steve Jurczyk Appointed NASA Associate Administrator; Krista Paquin Retires; Melanie W. Saunders Named Acting Deputy Associate Administrator
  NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has named Steve Jurczyk as associate administrator, the agency's highest-ranking civil servant position
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 7:15pm -
• California Students to Link Up with NASA Astronauts on Space Station
  Students from Pacoima and San Fernando, California, will have the opportunity to talk with astronauts on the International Space Station on Tuesday, May 22, as part of NASA’s Year of Education on Station.
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 1:35pm -
• NASA Sends New Research on Orbital ATK Mission to Space Station
  Astronauts soon will have new experiments to conduct related to emergency navigation, DNA sequencing and ultra-cold atom research when the research arrives at the International Space Station following the 4:44 a.m. EDT Monday launch of an Orbital ATK…
  - 4 days ago 21 May 18, 9:52am -
• UPDATE: NASA, Orbital ATK Now Targeting May 21 for Next Resupply Mission to Space Station
  Orbital ATK, in conjunction with NASA, has moved the launch of its ninth contracted mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than 4:39 a.m. EDT Monday, May 21, to support further prelaunch inspections and more favorable weather condit…
  - 6 days ago 18 May 18, 8:34pm -
• NASA Awards Contract for Advanced Computing Services
  NASA has selected InuTeq LLC of Beltsville, Maryland, to provide world-class, high-performance computing to all NASA missions in support of mission-driven science and engineering.
  - 7 days ago 17 May 18, 9:35pm -

SpaceRef

• newCuriosity is Drilling On Mars Again
  Engineers working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been hard at work testing a new way for the rover to drill rocks and extract powder from them. This past weekend, that effort produced the first drilled sample on Mars in...
  - 22 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:31am -
• newAstronomers Spot a Distant and Lonely Neutron Star
  Astronomers have discovered a special kind of neutron star for the first time outside of the Milky Way galaxy, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile....
  - 22 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:28am -
• newInSight Steers Toward Mars
  The lander is currently encapsulated in a protective aeroshell, which launched on top of an Atlas V 401 rocket on May 5 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California....
  - 23 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:11am -
• Rosetta Unravels Formation of Comet's Sunrise Jets
  The atmosphere of Rosetta's comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is far from homogeneous....
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 2:07pm -
• GRACE-FO Satellites Launched
  A joint U.S./German space mission to track the continuous movement of water and other changes in Earth's mass on and beneath the planet's surface successfully launched at 12:47 p.m. PDT Tuesday from the California coast....
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 2:17am -

• NASA Measures Heavy U.S. Rainfall From Space
  For close to two weeks the combination of a nearly stationary front and tropical moisture caused almost continuous precipitation over much of the Mid-Atlantic....
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 2:14am -
• Gemini Observatory Camera Capture's Kilauea Eruption
  A camera used at the Gemini North telescope to monitor sky conditions from Hawaii's Maunakea captured a remarkable time-lapse sequence of the Kilauea volcanic eruption....
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 2:12am -
• Lightning In The Eyewall Of A Hurricane Beamed Antimatter Toward The Ground
  Hurricane Patricia, which battered the west coast of Mexico in 2015, was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere....
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 1:59am -
• NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 May 2018 - Cygnus Launches
  Orbital ATK's Antares rocket carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off at 4:44 a.m. EDT and is on its way to the International Space Station....
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 3:00pm -
• Deep Space Radiation Treatment Reboots Brain's Immune System
  Planning a trip to Mars? You'll want to remember your anti-radiation pills....
  - 3 days ago 22 May 18, 1:51am -
• Hurricanes: Stronger, Slower, Wetter In The Future?
  Scientists have developed a detailed analysis of how 22 recent hurricanes would be different if they formed under the conditions predicted for the late 21st century....
  - 3 days ago 22 May 18, 1:42am -
• Extrasolar Asteroid Has Been Orbiting The Sun For 4.5 Billion Years
  An object is revolving around the sun in the vicinity of Jupiter but in the opposite direction from most other celestial bodies, according to a study featuring a Brazilian scientist as co-author....
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 4:01pm -
• NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 18 May 2018 - Cygnus on the Launch Pad
  The Orbital ATK Cygnus cargo craft that will resupply the Expedition 55 crew on the International Space Station rolled out to its launch pad Thursday night....
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 3:00pm -
• NASA Sends New Research on Orbital ATK Mission to Space Station
  Astronauts soon will have new experiments to conduct related to emergency navigation, DNA sequencing and ultra-cold atom research when the research arrives at the International Space Station following the 4:44 a.m. EDT Monday launch of an Orbital ATK…
  - 4 days ago 21 May 18, 11:55am -
• Sentinel-3B First Images: Greenland
  Sentinel-3B's first image over Europe shows the east coast of Greenland at 13:20 UTC....
  - 4 days ago 21 May 18, 2:24am -

SpaceNews

• newTo trim rocket costs, Virgin Orbit leans on manufacturing software
  Virgin Orbit’s campaign to design, build and fly LauncherOne, its air-launched rocket for small satellites, relies heavily on manufacturing software.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 hours ago 24 May 18, 10:27pm -
• newNew policy directive implements commercial space regulatory reforms
  A new policy President Trump will sign May 24 will implement a series of regulatory reforms to support commercial space recommended by the National Space Council earlier this year.SpaceNews.com
  - 6 hours ago 24 May 18, 6:58pm -
• newNASA to begin buying rides on commercial lunar landers by year’s end
  PASADENA — NASA intends to begin buying rides on small commercial lunar landers by the end of the year and start looking for miniature instruments for those flights. “We have a strong push to get a lander service to the Moon as quickly as possi…
  - 8 hours ago 24 May 18, 5:14pm -
• newCould Britain collaborate with Australia on a Galileo alternative?
  As the U.K. continues to wrangle with the EU over Galileo, there is growing speculation that the country could seek to develop its own independent global navigation system with Australia — or even Japan. SpaceNews.com
  - 10 hours ago 24 May 18, 3:14pm -
• newPutin taps Rogozin to head Roscosmos
  Bombastic and colorful, Rogozin’s international profile shot up significantly in 2014 when, in response to the first round of Western sanctions against Moscow for its annexation of Crimea, he tweeted that NASA could use a trampoline to reach the…
  - 11 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:06pm -

• newSmallsats driving innovation in propulsion technologies
  Technological advances have opened up a wide range of propulsion options for satellites, but companies developing those systems don’t expect a single approach to become dominant.SpaceNews.com
  - 12 hours ago 24 May 18, 1:22pm -
• newICEYE raises another $34 million for radar satellites
  ICEYE raised $34 million in a Series B investment round, bringing the Finnish company’s total funding to $53 million, ICEYE announced May 24.SpaceNews.com
  - 12 hours ago 24 May 18, 1:00pm -
• newHow long should a satellite last: five years, ten years, 15, 30?
  PASADENA, California — Satellite manufacturers and operators attending the Space Tech Expo here offered contrasting views on how long satellites should continue to work in orbit. For years, government and commercial operators sought to extend the…
  - 12 hours ago 24 May 18, 12:47pm -
• newBridenstine offers senators reassurances on NASA programs
  In his first congressional testimony since becoming NASA administrator a month ago, Jim Bridenstine sought to reassure Senate appropriators about the status of several agency programs threatened with cancellation, as well as his own views on climat…
  - 14 hours ago 24 May 18, 11:13am -
• newDARPA working group begins addressing concerns related to proximity operations and satellite servicing
  A major challenge facing companies planning to perform on-orbit servicing will be ensuring satellite operators do not view their activities as potential threats.SpaceNews.com
  - 22 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:30am -
• newAir Force focus on resilience means big changes for spacecraft manufacturing and testing
  The U.S. Air Force's plans to respond to emerging threats by launching constellations of satellites. That strategy has important implications for spacecraft manufacturing and testing.SpaceNews.com
  - 23 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:10am -
• New NOAA weather satellite suffers instrument anomaly
  A cooling problem with a key instrument on a weather satellite launched less than three months ago could degrade its performance for at least part of each day, with potential but still undetermined effects on weather forecasts, officials said May 2…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 11:31pm -
• FCC tells Eutelsat that Intelsat already called dibs on U.S. orbital slot
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission rejected a Eutelsat application for a satellite that would use the same spectrum as one planned by Intelsat.SpaceNews.com
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 9:11pm -
• NBN preps business broadband offer with underused Sky Muster capacity
  An NBN executive estimated the business service will use 15 percent of the capacity on the Sky Muster satellite system.SpaceNews.com
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 8:43pm -
• UK military looking at smallsats to increase space resilience
  U.K. Air Chief Marshall Sir Stephen Hillier says the cost-effective technology with its short development cycles would enable the military to always take advantage of the latest technological developments, unlike the traditional slow-paced military…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 4:15pm -
• AGI establishes commercial deep space radar tracking system
  AGI, in partnership with a Canadian company, announced May 23 that it has established the first commercial radar system capable of tracking objects in geostationary orbit and beyond.SpaceNews.com
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 1:22pm -
• Air Force aims for reliable launch services in spite of dramatic changes in commercial, military space
  In the future, the U.S. Air Force will launch satellites of all different sizes for customers with varying degrees of risk tolerance.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 12:23pm -
• SpaceX achievements generate growing interest in reusable launchers
  As SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 with a previously-flown first stage May 22, both the company and its competitors are seeing a growing acceptance of reusable vehicles in the overall market.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 11:18am -
• Industry warns of launch vehicle glut
  The launch industry is facing a shakeout in the coming years that could result in the failure of the vast majority of companies developing new vehicles, industry executives warned at a conference.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 12:18am -
• SpaceX won’t seek U.S. rural broadband subsidies for Starlink constellation
  SpaceX says it will not go after any of the $2 billion in rural broadband subsidies the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will begin doling out this summer under its Connect America Fund II program.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 10:32pm -
• SpaceX launches five Iridium satellites and twin science spacecraft
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 still sporting soot from its last mission successfully launched May 22 with five Iridium Next satellites and two science satellites for NASA and the German Research Center for Geosciences.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 10:06pm -
• Amid tensions in Asia-Pacific, State Dept. calls attention to big-ticket sales of U.S. missiles, aircraft to Japan, South Korea
  From 2000 to 2017, the U.S. government contracted more than $26 billion in foreign military sales to the Republic of Korea, including advanced combat aircraft and missile defense systems. SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 6:09pm -
• Not convinced of the promise of commercial radar satellites? Meet the radar mafia.
  Startups backed primarily by private venture capital have announced plans to launch dozens of small SAR satellites within a decade to take advantage of the miniaturization of electronics. SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 5:12pm -
• Q&A | ICEYE achieves the ‘impossible’ with miniature radar satellite
  In January, ICEYE proved it could operate a synthetic aperture radar on a microsatellite. Now the company is preparing to launch a constellation.SpaceNews.com
  - 2 days ago 22 May 18, 5:08pm -

Space Politicy Online

• newText of President Trump’s Space Policy Directive 2, May 24, 2018
  President Trump signed Space Policy Directive-2 (SPD-2) today.  Its focus is reforming commercial space regulations and creating a “one-stop shop” for the commercial space sector at the Department of Commerce.  The White House released the text…
  - 1 hour ago 24 May 18, 11:31pm -
• newCabana Hopes Second Mobile Launcher Under Contract in 10 Months
  NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Director Bob Cabana hopes to have the second Mobile Launcher (ML) for the Space Launch System (SLS) under contract in the next 10 months and ready to support SLS launches 5 years from now.  He also is excited about th…
  - 3 hours ago 24 May 18, 10:08pm -
• newTrump Signs Space Policy Directive-2 Initiating Reform of Commercial Space Regulations – UPDATE 2
  President Trump signed Space Policy Directive-2 (SPD-2) today with Vice President Mike Pence at his side.  SPD-2 implements recommendations made by the White House National Space Council at its February 2018 meeting.  Pence chairs the Space Council…
  - 10 hours ago 24 May 18, 3:22pm -
• newToday’s Tidbits: May 23, 2018
  Here are SpacePolicyOnline.com’s tidbits for May 23, 2018:  House appropriators clear funding bill for FAA space office; U.S. Postal Service issues Sally Ride stamp.  Be sure to check our website for feature stories and follow us on Twitter (@…
  - 22 hours ago 24 May 18, 3:12am -
• newBridenstine Agrees Humans are Primary Cause of Climate Change, Vows to Follow Decadal Surveys
  At a Senate budget hearing today, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine assured Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) that he now agrees that climate change is happening and humans are the primary cause.  Schatz opposed Bridenstine’s confirmation as NASA Admi…
  - 23 hours ago 24 May 18, 2:16am -

• Premier Instrument on NOAA’s New GOES-17 Not Working Properly
  NOAA revealed today that the premier instrument on its new GOES-17 geostationary weather satellite is not working properly. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) has 16 channels to observe the Earth in different wavelengths.  Thirteen are in the infrar…
  - 1 day ago 23 May 18, 9:59pm -
• White House Objects to HASC’s Call for U.S. Space Command
  The White House is objecting to the House Armed Services Committee’s (HASC’s) call for a U.S. Space Command to be created as a subunit of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM).  The provision is part of the FY2019 National Defense Authorization Ac…
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 4:55am -
• NASA’s GRACE-FO, Five Iridium Satellites Share A Ride to Space
  NASA and the communications satellite company Iridium shared a ride to orbit today on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.  Liftoff of the “ride-share” launch was on time at 3:47 pm ET from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA.  NASA’s GRACE-FO twin Earth scie…
  - 2 days ago 23 May 18, 3:35am -
• Bridenstine Makes Personnel Moves
  Jim Bridenstine announced several personnel changes today as he settles into his new job as NASA Administrator.  Among them is permanently appointing Steve Jurczyk as Associate Administrator — the highest ranking civil servant at the agency.  Jur…
  - 3 days ago 22 May 18, 2:55am -
• What’s Happening in Space Policy May 20-26, 2018 – UPDATE 2
  Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week of May 20-26, 2018 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session this week. [We’ve updated this twice to reflect the successful launches of Ch…
  - 4 days ago 20 May 18, 5:19pm -

New York Times - Space

• newAs America Looks Inward, China Looks to Outer Space
  China’s launch of a satellite this week, part of a mission to the far side of the moon, is but one of its recent endeavors into space.
  - 56 mins ago 25 May 18, 12:01am -
• Alien Asteroids Are Here, Scientists Say. Get Used to Them.
  An asteroid that cohabits an orbit with Jupiter came from outside the solar system.
  - 3 days ago 21 May 18, 5:00pm -
• Trilobites: A Very Hungry Black Hole Is Found, Gorging on Stars
  Astronomers in Australia say they have discovered a fast-growing black hole swallowing stars in a baby galaxy 12 billion light-years from here.
  - 5 days ago 19 May 18, 4:28pm -
• Review: ‘The Most Unknown’ Tackles Science’s Big Questions
  The documentary interviews nine scientists in fields including astronomy and neuroscience, and asks them to reflect on their work.
  - 7 days ago 17 May 18, 2:29pm -
• David Pines, 93, Insightful and Influential Physicist, Dies
  He helped explain the electric flow of superconductors and the churning matter inside collapsed stars, work that led to Nobel Prizes (but not for him).
  - 9 days ago 15 May 18, 2:50pm -

• ScienceTake: How Asteroids May Have Brought Water to Earth
  It was thought that water bound up in asteroids would be lost in the intense heat of the impacts when they hit our planet. New experiments say no.
  - 9 days ago 15 May 18, 2:15pm -
• New Dive Into Old Data Finds Plumes Erupt From Jupiter’s Moon Europa
  A re-examination of old data shows a NASA spacecraft may have flown through a plume in 1997. The plumes could offer hints of life on the ice-encrusted moon.
  - 10 days ago 14 May 18, 10:03pm -
• Out There: ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Is Still the ‘Ultimate Trip’
  The rerelease of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece encourages us to reflect again on where we’re coming from and where we’re going.
  - 11 days ago 13 May 18, 6:45pm -
• A Helicopter on Mars? NASA Wants to Try
  The space agency’s next Martian rover, currently scheduled for a 2020 launch, is to carry a four-pound helicopter.
  - 13 days ago 12 May 18, 2:29am -
• Trilobites: This Asteroid Shouldn’t Be Where Astronomers Found It
  Space rocks like 2004 EW95 are common between Mars and Jupiter. The discovery of the object near Neptune may provide insights into how the planets formed.
  - 14 days ago 10 May 18, 5:14pm -
• NASA’s Mars InSight Mission Launches for Six-Month Journey
  Propelled by a predawn rocket launch from California on Saturday, the spacecraft will study the deep interior of the red planet, contributing to understanding of how planets form.
  - 19 days ago 6 May 18, 2:46am -
• Trilobites: Gaia’s Map of 1.3 Billion Stars Makes for a Milky Way in a Bottle
  European astronomers released a three-dimensional map of the Milky Way, the most detailed survey ever produced of our home galaxy.
  - 22 days ago 2 May 18, 6:42pm -
• NASA’s Webb Telescope Faces More Setbacks
  The space agency announced on Tuesday that its successor to the Hubble telescope has hit a series of testing snags, pushing back a planned launch next year.
  - 58 days ago 27 Mar 18, 9:01pm -
• Stephen Hawking Dies at 76; His Mind Roamed the Cosmos
  A physicist and best-selling author, Dr. Hawking did not allow his physical limitations to hinder his quest to answer “the big question: Where did the universe come from?”
  - 66 days ago 19 Mar 18, 5:07pm -
• An Appraisal: Stephen Hawking Taught Us a Lot About How to Live
  The cosmologist not only overturned our imaginations, he became an icon of mystery, curiosity and determination to understand this place we are in.
  - 70 days ago 15 Mar 18, 1:57pm -
• Falcon Heavy, in a Roar of Thunder, Carries SpaceX’s Ambition Into Orbit
  Elon Musk disrupted the business of sending rockets into space and has now achieved a milestone in spaceflight by launching the most powerful rocket currently operating in the world.
  - 7 Feb 18, 3:05am -
• A Glimpse of Oumuamua
  Astronomers have discovered a passing rock from another star — the first interstellar asteroid.
  - 12 Dec 17, 9:00am -
• LIGO Detects Fierce Collision of Neutron Stars for the First Time
  Seen and heard, the fireball is a stunning breakthrough into kilonovas, bursts of energy believed to produce metals like gold and uranium in the universe.
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