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Here’s a Deepfake of Nixon Giving a Eulogy for the Apollo 11 Astronauts if Their Mission Failed
It's July 16th, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew have completed their training, and they're in the Columbia Command Module atop…
An Army of Tiny Robots Could Assemble Huge Structures in Space
A team from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) recently unveiled their prototype for a new assembler robot, which…
The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1
Dick Battin stood on his driveway in the New England frosty pre-dawn back in October 1957, straining his eyes to…
Before We Ruin the Universe, We Should Follow Some Space Sustainability Guidelines
There are 20,000 objects orbiting Earth at this moment that are larger than 10 cm. Out of that number, only…
Dense Star Clusters Could be the Places Where Black Hole Mergers are Common
According to a new study by an international team of astronomers, black hole mergers are common in globular star clusters
Cold-War Era Derived ICBM Blasts Military ORS-5 Surveillance and Space Junk Tracking Satellite to Orbit: Gallery
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A Cold War-era derived Peacekeeper ICBM missile formerly armed with multiple nuclear warheads…
Threat Tracking USAF Satellite Launching Nighttime Aug 25 on Cape Debut of Retired ICBM Minotaur Rocket: Watch Live
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — A gap filling space surveillance satellite that will track orbiting threats for the…
New Study Says Moon’s Magnetic Field Existed 1 Billion Years Longer Than We Thought
A new study by researchers from MIT has cast doubt on when the Moon lost its magnetic field, indicating that…
Carnival of Space #480
Welcome, come in to the 480th Carnival of Space! The Carnival is a community of space science and astronomy writers…
The 2016 Nobel Prize In Physics: It’s Complicated
This year's Nobel Prize in physics is expected to be be conferred on the three scientists who invented the process…