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PHILADELPHIA - Did you see something bizarre in the sky Saturday evening? No, it wasn't a UFO, a meteor or even a comet. It was a rocket flying over our skies Saturday night around sunset and it was quite the sight, if you saw it.

Many people contacted 13NewsNow to report this thinking it might be a meteor, but it's a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 52 Starlink satellites. Author: 13News Now Staff. Published: ...

In a new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, the research team presents their findings about the stars in the outer regions of the galactic disk. By measuring how strong the ripples are in different parts of the disc, ...

SpaceX lofted another batch of its Starlink internet-beaming satellites to orbit Saturday evening after an on-time liftoff from Florida. The Space Coast's 42nd launch of the year saw the 230-foot Falcon 9 ...

The company's Falcon 9 rocket is sitting at Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, ready to send 52 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. The instantaneous launch window opens at 7 ...

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-35 mission will launch SpaceX's next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites.

The spacecraft won't obliterate Dimorphos, the moon orbiting the asteroid Didymos, but it's large enough to leave an impact crater. If all goes well, DART will slightly change the motion of a celestial body in space in a stunning first.

Our results also point to an expanding role for termites in the coming decades, as climate change increases their potential habitat across the planet. And this, in turn, could see more carbon stored in deadwood released into the atmosphere.

Faced with stormy weather ahead of soon-to-be Hurricane Ian, NASA managers Saturday ruled out a third attempt to launch the Artemis 1 moon rocket Tuesday but held open the option of making a run at blastoff on October 2, the current backup date.

These views show United Launch Alliance's 233-foot-tall (71-meter) Delta 4-Heavy rocket standing on Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the eve of liftoff with a classified spy satellite for the National ...

On Monday, the gas giant will reach opposition, meaning it will appear opposite the sun to Earthlings. Jupiter will rise in the east while the sun sets in the west. The two events will make Jupiter appear brighter and larger in the sky, with the best views ...

Two astronomers in the UK have shown that some giant planets orbiting far from their host stars have likely been captured from the planetary systems of other stars. Using computer simulations, Richard Parker and Emma Daffern-Powell at the University of ...

With the approaching threat of what is forecast to be Hurricane Ian, NASA finally threw in the towel for a launch attempt Tuesday of its Artemis I mission to the moon from Kennedy Space Center. But it held off a decision to roll the massive 5.75 ...

An international team of researchers with NASA's InSight mission recently located four new craters created by impacts on the surface of Mars. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the researchers ...

DART was launched in Nov. 2021 onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and has spent the intervening time heading for a unique pair of asteroid that are relatively close to Earth in astronomical terms. The larger one, ...

Now, new research suggests this Saturnian moon's water contains bounties of a critical building block for life (as we know it, anyway). It's phosphorus, an important ingredient in genetic and cellular material. It's the second most abundant mineral in our ...

On September 22, 2022, the European Space Agency announced Harmony as its 10th Earth Explorer mission. Harmony is part of the FutureEO program. This program is a series of missions using the latest sensing technology to make precise measurements of the ...

(CNN) The Central Tonga Islands welcomed the birth of a new baby -- a baby island, that is. The new baby island emerged in the southwest Pacific Ocean, where underwater volcanoes are plentiful. One of these submerged volcanoes awoke on September 10, ...

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket with the classified NROL-91 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.

Despite public support for the NHS, satisfaction levels have fallen, raising thoughts of reform.