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Latest breaking space news, astronomy discoveries,rocket launches, and deep space exploration insights

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Aerospacelab secures contract to supply two VSP-300 satellite platforms to Lockheed Martin 🛰️🚀
Details on the commercial aerospace bus agreement: https://t.co/WQ1w4xxQEg
#Aerospace #SpaceIndustry #Satellite #SpaceNews #LockheedMartin #SpaceExploration #Space

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Astronomers discover a giant radio galaxy spanning 1.2 Mpc with evidence of 4 distinct jet outbursts 🌌📡
New uGMRT & MeerKAT observations reveal a rare "quadruple-double" episodic system:https://t.co/16xXF9JhE2
#Astronomy #DeepSpace #RadioAstronomy #BlackHole #SpaceNews #Science

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DESI and LOFAR observations show black hole jets extend far beyond galaxy boundaries to heat circumgalactic gas 🌌🕳️
New research traces directional H-alpha emission along radio outflows:https://t.co/2QUu6MiNmB
#Astrophysics #BlackHole #DESI #LOFAR #DeepSpace #SpeceNews #Science

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Researchers simulate autonomous spacecraft docking at the ISS using GPU-accelerated world models 🛰️🤖
New Stanford study boosts docking success from 29% to 53% and achieves 40% on unseen ports: https://t.co/S8mG5HHglq
#SpaceTech #Robotics #ISS #Aerospace #AI #SpaceNews #Space

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A radio technosignature survey analyzes 33 planetary systems for artificial narrowband emissions 📡🌌
New observational data sets fresh limits on potential transmitters while advancing automated RFI screening: https://t.co/Pu7a3WOPQ9
#SETI #Astronomy #DeepSpace #Science #Space

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Engineers tested a sunflower-inspired antenna layout for the SKA-Low radio telescope 📡
On-sky trials revealed how spiral geometry affects low-frequency sensitivity, reshaping the observatory's final design:https://t.co/fcQTvIU033
#RadioAstronomy #SKAO #ScienceAndTech #DeepSpace

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Webb reveals an unexpectedly cool atmosphere on giant exoplanet HATS-6 b 🔭🪐
Spectra detect water vapor, methane, and rare ammonia, offering new constraints on gas giant evolution:https://t.co/UmcvVw4tjm
#JWST #Exoplanets #Astronomy #DeepSpace #SpaceNews #Space #Science

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Cassini data reveals Enceladus ocean spray isn't uniform 🪐❄️
Vents naturally freeze and segregate salts into distinct ice grains—offering a cleaner lens for future ocean world missions:https://t.co/pPZOmTowr4
#Enceladus #Cassini #PlanetaryScience #DeepSpace #Science #SpaceNews

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After 7 years of development, StarfishSpace is preparing to launch its Otter servicing spacecraft on Falcon 9 🛰️🦦 The vehicle will autonomously inspect dead satellites under NASA's SSPICY mission: https://t.co/oviYLz1fml
#SpaceExploration #SpaceTech #StarfishSpace #NASA #ISAM

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an shielding Earth's magnetic field alter cellular aging? 🧬🧲
A new study published in Aging tests hypomagnetic environments on Parkinson's models & spaceflight biology:https://t.co/KMOY0WHS96
#QuantumBiology #SpaceHealth #Biophysics #ScienceNews #Mitochondria #Space

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A private robotic spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere after failing to rescue NASA's Swift observatory 🛰️🔥
The 22-year-old telescope is now expected to reenter later in 2026:https://t.co/ROsvL9tiAR
#SpaceExploration #SpaceTech #NASA #Swift #ISAM #SpaceNews #Space

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NASA & ISRO’s NISAR satellite radar captured a time-lapse of Russia's erupting Krasheninnikov volcano! 🛰️🌋
Watch microwave pulses track the advancing lava: https://t.co/jctiyR6I7o
#SpaceExploration #SpaceTech #NISAR #NASA #ISRO #EarthObservation #SpaceNews #Space #Science

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JWST detects signs of an atmosphere on HD 3167 b, the coolest lava world yet observed! 🌋🪐
A rare glimpse into how molten infant worlds retain volatiles:https://t.co/CsjOEBYJV0
#Astronomy #DeepSpace #Exoplanets #JWST #HD3167b #SpaceScience #SpaceNews #Space #Science

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A new "shock absorber" for spacecraft! 🚀🛡️
Empa & Beyond Gravity developed a phononic-crystal adapter to dissipate violent launch vibrations: https://t.co/6Z5wN3jQBo
#SpaceExploration #SpaceTech #Aerospace #Satellites #Engineering #Science

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Is the universe twisted? 🌌📐
A new study in The Astrophysical Journal Letters applies a differential calibration check on the universe's oldest light to test hints of cosmic birefringence: https://t.co/9lHnbPOmYW
#Astronomy #Cosmology #Physics #CMB #Planck #SpaceNews #Science

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Supernova explosion or silent collapse into a black hole? 💥🕳️
Theoretical modeling in Physical Review D reveals how neutrino flavor conversions reshape the fate of dying massive stars:https://t.co/keeUcvCQXr
#Astrophysics #Supernova #BlackHole #Neutrinos #SpaceScience #SpaceNews

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NASA has officially named the astronaut crew for SpaceX Crew-14! 🚀🧑‍🚀
Commander Kayla Barron leads three rookie astronauts from NASA, JAXA, and Roscosmos for a 2027 space station expedition:https://t.co/EtlYyS8JE8
#NASA #SpaceX #Crew14 #Astronauts #ISS #SpaceNews #Space

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AI data centers are heading into orbit! 🚀🛰️
SpaceX is set to launch Google's Project Suncatcher prototype satellite to test TPU AI hardware and vacuum cooling in deep space: https://t.co/JJmClHrCur
#SpaceX #Google #AI #SpaceTech #Falcon9 #SpaceNews #Space

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Direct imaging catches twin gas giants forming around a binary star! 🪐✨
New ALMA & VLT observations map gas giant formation in the WISPIT 2 system down to Hill sphere scales in ApJ Letters:https://t.co/5PzIA9W0RM
#Astronomy #Exoplanets #ALMA #VLT #Astrophysics #SpaceNews #Space

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Spiral galaxy Messier 74 is twice as large as astronomers thought! 🌌✨
Ultra-deep imaging from Teide Observatory reveals a massive outer disk of faint young stars extending nearly 100,000 light-years in A&A: https://t.co/YZ0rl8SGH4
#Astronomy #SpaceNews #DeepSpace #Messier74