A NASA Space Telescope Is Falling Out of the Sky. Can This Startup Save it?

In 2026, a first-of-its-kind spacecraft—launched on a rocket dropped out of a plane—will attempt to save NASA’s Swift ...
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NASA Will Save a Falling Telescope With a Plane-Boosted Rocket in 2026

The mission will use a larger variant of the rocket known as Pegasus XL, and is on target to launch in June 2026. Katalyst ...
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Private mission to save NASA space telescope will launch in 2026 on a rocket dropped from a plane

Katalyst Space Technologies will use Northrop Grumman's air-launched Pegasus rocket for its upcoming mission, which will send ...
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NASA’s Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos

Thanks for the James Webb Space Telescope image, researchers were able to observe four coiled shells of dust around the pair ...
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NASA Explains Fermi Telescope Does Not Detect Gamma-Rays From Nearby Supernova

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope "detected none of the high-energy gamma-ray light" from a nearby supernova. NASA ...
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Professor Rages at NASA’s “Deceptive” Press Conference on Mysterious Interstellar Object

Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb criticized NASA for repeating the "official mantra that 3I/ATLAS is a natural comet." ...
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James Webb Space Telescope captures 'one-of-a-kind' triple star system that looks like a cosmic embryo (image)

A nested series of dusty spirals is captured swirling around a mighty triple star system containing two of the rarest stars ...
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Hubble Telescope's Stunning View Of The 'Pillars Of Creation' Explained

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Dr. Jennifer Wiseman explains the Hubble Space Telescope's view of the Pillars of Creation ...