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Home News Science & Astronomy China has released epic video footage from the country’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft as it made a close approach to Mars after reaching the Red Planet this week.Tianwen-1 arrived at Mars on Wednesday (Feb. 10) and fired its engines to allow it to enter orbit around the planet. China has now received…

Home News Spaceflight Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity spaceliner captured this view of Earth during the vehicle’s first trip to space, on Dec. 13, 2018. (Image: © Virgin Galactic) We’ll have to wait a little longer to see Virgin Galactic’s third spaceflight.The company had been targeting tomorrow (Feb. 13) for the next crewed test flight of…

Home News Spaceflight Update for Feb. 12: The National Space Society will webcast an encore presentation of the Space Settlement 2021 symposium on Saturday, Feb. 13, at two different times for viewers around the world. The first encore will begin at 12 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) and will be visible in the window above. The second…

Home News Science & Astronomy The globular cluster NGC 6397, as imaged by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. (Image: © NASA, ESA, T. Brown, S. Casertano, and J. Anderson (STScI)) A tight knot of stars nearly as old as the universe hides a dark secret at its core.The globular cluster NGC 6397, a conglomeration of stars…

The sixth episode of WandaVision premiered on Disney+ on Friday, confirming several big leaks that appeared online in recent weeks. As WandaVision advances, the mystery surrounding Wanda’s actions is slowly explained, but we’re still missing big pieces of the puzzle. A brand new leak might provide a significant clue, an answer to one of the…

The atmosphere of Mars is thin and, compared to Earth, barely even there at all, but it can still teach us about the history of the planet and its present-day status. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, which is a project from the European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos, recently detected a gas that it never…

Apple is rumored to be preparing a spring hardware reveal event to announce its AirTags Bluetooth tracking device as well as the next iPad Pro model. Leaker Jon Prosser claims that AirTags are “on track for March” and responded to a comment with a confirmation that the next iPad Pro would be revealed alongside AirTags…

Facebook is planning to release its own smartwatch in 2022, according to reports. The device will be health-centric and will put many of Facebook’s services and features at the forefront of the user experience. The rumored device will require a cellular connection and won’t need to be paired with a smartphone to work. Facebook engineers…

The Justice Department is looking into potential market manipulation regarding the rapid rise of GameStop’s stock price last month. Over the course of a few weeks, Redditors on the WallStreetBets subreddit mobilized and drove the price of GameStop shares up more than 5,000%. Redditors took advantage of the fact that hedge funds had unusually large…

There’s a good chance you’ll see a “COVID-19 Exposure Notifications Are Available” pop-up on your iPhone sometime soon—if you haven’t already seen it. Apple and Google launched this feature last year, so why are you being prompted now? Some Local Governments Are Slower Than Others If you’re wondering why you’re seeing this message now, it’s…