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Vast Space now aims for 2026 launch of Haven-1 space station after key milestone (photos)
With primary structure qualification tests complete on its pathfinder module, Vast Space has updated the timeline for the launch of its Haven-1 commercial space station.
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1st supernovas may have flooded the early universe with water — making life possible just 100 million years after the Big Bang
Black holes that have been obscured by clouds of dust still emit infrared light, enabling astronomers to spot them for the very first time
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'Marsquakes' may solve 50-year-old mystery about the Red Planet
Scientists say AI has crossed a critical 'red line' after demonstrating how two popular large language models could clone themselves.
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Supernova 'rains' could give rise to mysteriously magnetic dead stars
New research indicates that matter ejected during the supernova death of a star can fall back to neutrons stars, giving rise to mysterious "low-field magnetars."
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Tiny spacecraft could travel across interstellar space with this 'trampoline' lightsail
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have taken a major step toward developing lightsails that could one day carry tiny spacecraft to distant star systems.
