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NASA and SpaceX recently announced that they had signed a Space Act Agreement to study the possibility of reboosting and even servicing the Hubble Space Telescope with the Crew Dragon. It’s welcomed news for those who care about space exploration and…
Just a couple of years ago, it seemed that space mining was inevitable. Analysts, tech visionaries and even renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that space mining was going to be big business. Space mining companies like Planetary Resources and…
October’s full moon, the Hunter’s Moon, occurs on Sunday (Oct. 9) when the moon will appear large and orange-hued on the horizon at around sunset. Skywatchers will be able to see the nearly full moon for several nights before and…
In late November, a top-level meeting of European science ministers will convene in Paris. Their job is to decide the next priorities for the European Space Agency (Esa), of which the UK is still a member, and one of the…
After dominating the Earth for more than 160 million years, the dinosaurs finally met their doom thanks to a visitor from space. Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid measuring at least 6 miles (10 kilometers) across dealt the dinosaurs’…
The asteroid that struck Earth and triggered the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs also caused an earthquake that shook the planet for weeks or even months, according to new research. About 66 million years ago, a space rock…
The Small Sagittarius Star Cloud has nurseries filled with goblins. That sounds like an “Addams Family” plotline. But it’s the result of murky clouds of dust that block starlight from farther away. In a new image from the European Space…
A judge in a lawsuit against the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority over alleged Open Meeting Act violations has ruled that its engineering firm Poe & Associates are subject to discovery, a court order reads. Norman resident and local attorney Stan Ward…
Just when you thought Tom Cruise achieved his greatest possible cinematic triumph with the success of the Top Gun sequel, the blockbuster star comes up with an idea that is, quite literally, out of this world. The 60-year-old Hollywood veteran…