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What NASA talked about in its meeting on unidentified anomalous phenomena

4:35pm May 31, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

NASA held a meeting of its panel devoted to studying unidentified anomalous phenomena. Government officials are hopeful it can bring a scientific approach to understanding these mysterious objects.

Morning news brief

5:16am May 30, 2023

Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine's capital. Republican presidential hopefuls head to Iowa. China launches a new crew into space, including its first civilian astronaut.

China launches a new 3-person crew for its orbiting space station

5:04am May 30, 2023

The crew, including China's first civilian astronaut, will overlap briefly with three now aboard the Tiangong station, who will then return to Earth after completing their six-month mission.

A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

World News

China launches a new crew into space, including its first civilian astronaut

12:02am May 30, 2023

by The Associated Press

China's space program officials said on Monday they have plans to expand its space station, along with launching a crewed mission to the moon before 2030.

National

Astronaut Peggy Whitson unretires for a fourth trip to space

5:28pm May 22, 2023

A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.

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Astronaut Peggy Whitson, probably thinking about breaking records or being in space.

Science

She holds the NASA record for time spent in space. This week she headed back

5:01pm May 22, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Before this week, Peggy Whitson had spent a cumulative 665 days in space over her career, giving her the NASA record. She's not done yet.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon capsule and a crew of four private astronauts lifts off from pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Sunday.

Saudi astronauts, including nation's 1st woman, catch a SpaceX flight to space station

6:23pm May 21, 2023

by The Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight. The crew will spend just over a week there before returning home.

Arts

Aboard the next mission to ISS: space-inspired art created by kids

6:31pm May 19, 2023

by Brendan Byrne

Fewer than 700 people have ever flown to space. For many, after they return to earth, they're struck by what they saw in orbit. A few of them try to translate the experience using art.

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This artist's impression shows a hazy sub-Neptune-sized planet recently observed with the James Webb Space Telescope.

Science

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a mysterious planet to be weirdly shiny

4:39pm May 10, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at a common kind of planet that's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. What they saw wasn't what they expected.

Astronomers spot what appears to be a sun-like star eating an orbiting planet

6:45am May 08, 2023

They got a sneak peek at what could be Earth's ultimate fate in about 5 billion years when the sun reaches the end of its life and engulfs the solar system's inner planets -– including our own.

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