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Ramin Skibba

NASA’s Psyche Mission Is Off to Test a Space Laser (for Communications)

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft blasted off this morning at 10:20 am Eastern time and is now en route...

How to Watch Saturday’s Solar Eclipse

A rad moon’s on the rise. Early on October 14, our lunar satellite will briefly hover before...

This First Peek Inside NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Capsule Is a Glimpse Back in Time

At long last, NASA’s curation scientists have revealed what OSIRIS-REx ferried back from an asteroid 100 million...

As Amazon Launches Project Kuiper, Astronomers Debate How to Fix a Satellite-Filled Sky

Amazon is set to launch two satellite prototypes for its Project Kuiper network, which will eventually number...

What Will Plants Be Like on Alien Worlds?

Consider the possibility of alien plants. After all, plenty of exoplanets likely have conditions friendly to the...

How NASA Is Protecting Its Precious Asteroid Bennu Sample

On Sunday, a capsule carrying a one-of-a-kind sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu careened through the atmosphere...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is About to Bring Asteroid Pieces Back to Earth

Seven years after it left for the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with a...

A Pair of Sun Probes Just Got Closer to Solving a Solar Enigma

The blazing surface of the sun froths with an extremely hot electrically charged gas called plasma. The...