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NASA Readies Commercial Robot to Reboost Falling Swift Telescope

The late‑June mission will test autonomous capture of an unprepared government satellite to extend Swift’s scientific life.

DART Impact Measurably Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Orbit Around the Sun, Study Confirms

NASA’s DART Test Measurably Shifted an Asteroid System’s Solar Orbit, Studies Find

Study Confirms DART Nudged Asteroid Pair’s Solar Orbit in First Measured Human-Made Deflection

DART Test Measurably Shifted Asteroid Pair’s Path Around the Sun

NATO Intelligence Flags Suspected Russian Area-Effect Anti-Satellite Research Targeting Starlink

NASA Maps Aug. 2, 2027 Total Solar Eclipse, Longest of the Modern Era

Katalyst Picks Pegasus XL for Mid-2026 Launch to Reboost NASA’s Swift Observatory

Reddit Time-Lapse Maps the Sun’s Figure-Eight, Showcasing an Everyday Analemma

Partial Solar Eclipse on Sept. 21 Will Favor Southern Hemisphere, Skipping India

New Mapping Method Targets Safer Asteroid Strikes to Avoid Gravitational Keyholes

New Spectra Show 3I/ATLAS Is a Carbon‑Chain–Depleted Interstellar Comet With Weak CN Emission

Hubble and Rubin Data Clash on 3I/ATLAS Size as Alien-Spacecraft Theory Lingers

Hubble Captures Coma of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Experts Uphold Natural Origin

Growing Space Junk Threatens Earth's Orbit and Future Space Exploration

Scientists Identify Two Distinct Types of Newly Discovered 'Dark Comets'

Iran Conducts Space Launch with Heaviest Payload, Raising International Concerns

X-37B Spaceplane to Test Innovative Aerobraking Maneuver

Snowman-Shaped Asteroid 2024 ON Safely Passes Earth

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches Advanced NOAA Weather Satellite GOES-U