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The European Space Agency Will Launch Laser-Bots to Study Ripples in Spacetime
After decades of delay and budget constraints, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is a go.
Behold, the Largest Simulated Universe Ever Made
25 billion galaxies populated with 2 trillion particles will help calibrate a satellite on the hunt for dark matter.
Watch the Largest Convex Mirror Ever Get Made
The secondary mirror for the Extremely Large Telescope will take a year to cool down.
Watch Bricks Made of Moondust Being Forged in a Solar Furnace
The DLR German Aerospace Center is pioneering the art of lunar brick-making.
Orbital Graveyards Filled With Spacecraft Corpses Threaten Future Missions
On Tuesday, the European Conference on Space Debris kicked off with sobering short about orbital junk.
This Kaleidoscopic Visualization Maps Earth’s Mysterious Magnetic Anomalies
Our planet is sculpted by hidden magnetic flourishes.
The Video Game Industry Is Lobbying Against Your Right to Repair Consoles
The video game industry has been a particularly notable enemy of fair repair.
Europe Has Its Own GPS Satellites, and They're More Secure than America's
Implementing the new authentication protocol will ensure that hackers can’t spoof GPS signals.
From Planet Nine to Proxima b, 2016 Was a Wild Year for Space
The birth of a new field of astronomy, the death of a lonely comet orbiter, and everything in between.
Moon Landings Are Back in Style, and Other Space Trends of 2017
A total solar eclipse, the grand finale of a beloved orbiter, and two lunar touchdowns are on the schedule for 2017.
Watch this Gorgeous Animation of the Rosetta Spacecraft’s Orbital Journey
A bonafide Newtonian waltz.
Earth's Core Is Squirting a 'Jet Stream' of Liquid Metal Under the Surface
Scientists found it by taking a satellite “x-ray” of the globe.