A NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it?

In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...
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In 2026, Unique Mission Will Try To Save A NASA Telescope Set To Uncontrollably Crash To Earth

A two-decade-old NASA telescope is on an unstable orbit, and there is a 90 percent chance that it might come burning down in ...
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James Webb Space Telescope captures 'one-of-a-kind' triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image)

A nested series of dusty spirals is captured swirling around a mighty triple star system containing two of the rarest stars ...
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NASA Will Save a Falling Telescope With a Plane-Boosted Rocket in 2026

The mission will use a larger variant of the rocket known as Pegasus XL, and is on target to launch in June 2026. Katalyst ...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos

Thanks for the James Webb Space Telescope image, researchers were able to observe four coiled shells of dust around the pair ...
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Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane

"It's the only launch vehicle that can meet the orbit, the schedule and the cost to achieve something unprecedented with ...
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NASA Explains Fermi Telescope Does Not Detect Gamma-Rays From Nearby Supernova

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...