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Project “Sundial”

By: Kawa Gyatso, Journalist

The concept of completely initiating human civilization to a halt, gave rise to Project Sundial, a weapon intended to function as a "backyard bomb" capable of annihilating the entire planet as we know it.

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Spaceships

By: Ian Ragsdale, Journalist

How spaceships work

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Mining the Stars

By: Preston Wichert, Journalist

What is asteroid mining? Asteroid mining is when you travel to deep space then you harvest the valuable materials on the asteroid that are worth lots of money.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Splashdown

By: Maximiliano Quinteros, Journalist

What is SpaceX Crew 8 splashdown? Space X's Crew-8 is preparing to return to Earth this Friday with a parachute-assisted splashdown after spending around seven months in space. The crew will depend...

The New SpaceX Starship Launch

By: Laith Kassim, Journalist

On October 13th, 2024, SpaceX launched the fifth test flight of the Starship. Towering at almost 400 feet tall, Starship is made of two components: the Starship spacecraft and the Super Heavy rocket. The Super Heavy rocket is about 230 feet tall, while the Starship rocket is about 160 feet tall. The purpose of Starship is to soon carry crew and cargo to the Moon, and eventually Mars.

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Neil Armstrong, Soldier, Engineer, Astronaut

By: Zouli Alexandratos, Journalist

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on 7/20/69, saying the quote "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". He was the first person to ever step foot on the moon.

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NASA’S IMAP

By: Hamidou Tall, Journalist

What is IMAP? IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) will help solve a major question about space: how cosmic rays are filtered by the heliosphere. These particles may pose a risk to astronauts,...

Gravity Can Exist Without Mass and Dark Matter Could Be Non-Existent

By: Miles Kowalewski, Journilist

For decades, this explanation has supported the existence of the hypothetical dark matter. However, a new study says that gravity can exist even without mass, potentially getting rid of the need for dark matter altogether. This one-of-a-kind theory “is in turn driven by my frustration with the status quo, namely the notion of dark matter’s existence despite the lack of any direct evidence for a whole century,” Richard Lieu, study author and a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Alabama in Huntsville said.

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How 3d Printing Could Help Us Settle On The Moon

By: Joe Rojas Perez, Journalist

3D printing can do a lot of things, but recently nasa has said that they could use 3d to help us settle on the moon.

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Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Mission

By: Kawa Gyatso, Journalist

Firefly’s first Blue Ghost mission, "Ghost Riders in the Sky," is set to deliver ten scientific instruments to the Moon under NASA’s CLPS initiative.

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Voyager 1 Shows The Future Of Space Exploration

By: Aidan Seguin, Journalist

NASA launched Voyager 1 in 1977 and has already outlived expectations, but the space agency hopes to continue receiving data from the probe until at least 2030.

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Galileo To ACS3: How NASA’s Solar Sails Could Change Future Space Travel

By: Taylor Kong, Journalist

NASA's work with solar sails could change how we travel in space. Instead of using traditional fuel, solar sails use large, shiny sails that catch sunlight to propel them forward.

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