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Skimming the Sun, probe sheds light on space weather threats

The closest-ever images of our Sun are a gold mine for scientists.

AFPJuly 15, 2025

This screen grab from a NASA+ broadcast on June 26, 2025, shows the Axiom Mission 4 crew inside the International Space Station's Harmony module shortly after docking aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

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Astronauts from US, India, Poland, Hungary bound for Earth

A SpaceX capsule carrying an international crew from India, Poland, Hungary, and the United States has departed the International Space Station and is set...

AFPJuly 14, 2025

An image of the second interstellar object, 2I/Borisov, taken in 2019. Astronomers have now spotted a third

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Possible interstellar object spotted zooming through Solar System

An object that appears to be from beyond our Solar System has been spotted hurtling towards the Sun, which if confirmed would be the...

AFPJuly 2, 2025

Netflix will soon allow viewers to view rocket launches and live streaming from outer space through a content partnership with American space agency NASA

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NASA eyes summer streaming liftoff on Netflix

Netflix said it will soon allow viewers to binge rocket launches and spacewalks through a partnership with US space agency NASA.

AFPJuly 1, 2025

(L-R) ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, Hungarian astronaut Tibor Kapu, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and Polish astronaut Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski posed for a picture ahead of the Axiom-4 mission

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Spaceship carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary, docks with ISS

A US commercial mission carrying astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, marking the first time in...

AFPJune 26, 2025

Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:31 am (0631 GMT)

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India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission

A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station.

AFPJune 25, 2025

The Trifid Nebula and the Lagoon Nebula -- stellar nurseries within our Milky Way -- are seen in unprecedented detail

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Groundbreaking Vera Rubin Observatory reveals first images

Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile published their first images on Monday, revealing breathtaking views of star-forming regions.

AFPJune 23, 2025

The European space industry is struggling to remain competitive in the face of Elon Musk's SpaceX

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Macron says Europe must become ‘space power’ again

President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Europe must again become a global space power, warning that France risked being squeezed out of the global...

AFPJune 20, 2025