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Hubble Space Telescope captures rare comet breaking apart

Hubble Space Telescope captures rare comet breaking apart

By Dean Murray Space scientists have captured a comet breaking into pieces by accident. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope witnessed the incredibly rare event while searching for another cosmic target. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was seen disintegrating over a period of three days.

Nvidia making AI module for outer space

Nvidia making AI module for outer space

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang on Monday said the leading artificial intelligence chip maker is heading for space with a goal of powering orbiting data centers. An Nvidia graphics processing unit (GPU) was launched into space late last year by startup Starcloud in what was touted as an off-planet debut

NASA says 'on track' for Artemis 2 launch as soon as April 1

NASA says 'on track' for Artemis 2 launch as soon as April 1

NASA said Thursday that the long-delayed launch of Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, could come as soon as April 1. "We are on track for a launch as early as April 1, and we are working toward that

Spacecraft exploring mysteries of Mars celebrates 20th anniversary

Spacecraft exploring mysteries of Mars celebrates 20th anniversary

By Dean Murray A spacecraft exploring the mysteries of Mars has celebrated its 20th anniversary. Since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrived at Mars in 2006, the spacecraft has delivered some of the most detailed imagery ever captured of the Red Planet. Marking the milestone this week with image

Satellite bigger than piano crashing to Earth soon

Satellite bigger than piano crashing to Earth soon

By Dean Murray A satellite larger than a grand piano is expected to crash to Earth this week. NASA’s Van Allen Probe A is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere eight years earlier than expected. The space agency said much of the 1,323-pound spacecraft would burn

How ‘space weather’ may cause alien signals to get lost in space

How ‘space weather’ may cause alien signals to get lost in space

By Stephen Beech Aliens may have been trying to contact humans for years, suggests new research. But stellar “space weather” could mean radio signals from friendly extraterrestrial intelligence get lost in space, say scientists. Turbulent plasma near distant stars could blur ultra-narrow signals before they leave their home star

NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sun

NASA defense test kicked asteroid off course -- and changed its orbit around the sun

Four years ago, NASA purposely smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid to see if they could deflect it -- a test to prove humanity could protect Earth from threatening space rocks. The experiment pushed the moonlet asteroid Dimorphos into a smaller, faster route around its sibling Didymos -- and according to