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This quiz will test your grasp of everything from orbital mechanics and international partnerships to basic facts about the ...

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The photo, taken during the X-37B’s seventh mission, shows Earth from High-Elliptical Orbit. On Feb. 20, 2025, the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs uploaded on the DVIDS website, what is ...

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The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox is called the Harvest Moon. In 2025, that falls in October, so this full moon ...

What new methods can be employed to help astronomers distinguish the light from an exoplanet and its host star so the ...

As of Thursday, Oct. 2, the moon phase is Waxing Gibbous, and according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation, 75% of its surface ...