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The moment SpaceX’s “chopsticks” stacked Ship 24 on Booster 7
SpaceX’s massive “chopsticks” carefully stacked Starship Ship 24 on Super Heavy Booster 7 at Starbase, Texas, bringing the two stages together into a complete Starship vehicle. Video Credit: SpaceX
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SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster after Falcon’s 700th mission and its 29th flight
SpaceX successfully landed the Falcon 9 first-stage booster on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean after its 29th flight, following the SES O3b mPOWER mission that marked Falcon’s 700th overall mission. Video Credit: SpaceX
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SpaceX marks Falcon’s 700th mission with SES O3b mPOWER launch on 29th-flight booster
SpaceX’s Falcon program has completed its 700th overall mission with the successful launch of the SES O3b mPOWER mission. All three SES satellites were successfully deployed to medium Earth orbit, while the Falcon 9 first-stage booster completed its 29th flight before landing on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Video Credit: SpaceX
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Rubin Observatory reveals a breathtaking deep view packed with hundreds of thousands of galaxies
Take a stunning journey through Rubin Observatory’s deep view of the COSMOS field, revealing more than 650,000 galaxies spanning vast distances and cosmic ages. Video Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
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Watch: SpaceX fires all six Starship engines in a spectacular multi-angle static fire
Watch SpaceX's Starship unleash all six Raptor engines during a spectacular static-fire test at Starbase, captured from multiple angles as the spacecraft prepared for Flight 9. Video Credit: SpaceX
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NASA's James Webb found newly formed stars glowing just outside the Pillars of Creation
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured a highly detailed portrait of the iconic Pillars of Creation, a star-forming region within the Eagle Nebula, 6,500 light-years away. First made famous by Hubble in 1995 and revisited in 2014, Webb's near-infrared view revealed newly formed protostars as bright red orbs, with wavy lines showing jets from still-forming stars colliding with surrounding gas. A December 2022 composite combining Webb's near- and mid-infrared instruments revealed thousands of stars throughout the region, giving researchers far more precise counts of newly formed stars than ever before. Video Credit: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
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NASA's James Webb revealed the farthest star ever detected — and hints of a hidden companion
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope followed up on Hubble's discovery of Earendel, the farthest individual star ever detected, dating to within the first billion years after the Big Bang. Released August 9, 2023, Webb's observations revealed the star to be more than twice as hot as our Sun and about a million times more luminous — visible only because a massive galaxy cluster between Earth and the star bends space itself, magnifying it by a factor of at least 4,000. Astronomers also found hints of a cooler companion star, detectable only through the specific colors of light Webb could see. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA; Science: D. Coe (STScI/AURA for ESA; JHU), B. Welch (NASA-GSFC; UMD); Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI), Z. Levay; Acknowledgment: NSF's NOIRLab, DSS, Akira Fujii
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Hand-shaped nebula carved by pulsar revealed in stunning X-ray and radio view
Watch a stunning new view of MSH 15-52, a human hand-shaped nebula powered by the rapidly spinning pulsar B1509-58, revealed through combined X-ray and radio observations. Video Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart
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NASA's James Webb revealed a black hole and hundreds of star-forming pockets in the Cartwheel Galaxy
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured the Cartwheel Galaxy, about 500 million light-years away in the constellation Sculptor. Released on August 2, 2022, the image revealed new details about star formation and the galaxy's central black hole. The galaxy's rare wheel-like shape resulted from a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller one, triggering a cascade of smaller collisions still visible today. Webb's combined near- and mid-infrared imaging resolved individual stars throughout the galaxy for the first time, cutting through dust that had shrouded it in mystery even after earlier Hubble observations. Video Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team
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SpaceX captures breathtaking close-up of Falcon 9 roaring off the launch pad
Watch a breathtaking close-up of SpaceX's Falcon 9 roaring off the launch pad during the SpainSat NG II mission, with its powerful engines lighting up the night sky as the rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral. Video Credit: SpaceX
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China launches Yaogan-53 and Yaogan-56 satellite groups, marking 666th Long March mission
China launched two new groups of remote sensing satellites, Yaogan-53 and Yaogan-56, aboard a Long March-4B rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 10, 2026. Both groups successfully reached their planned orbits and will be used for scientific experiments, land and resource surveys, crop yield estimation, and disaster prevention. The launch marked the 666th mission of China's Long March carrier rocket program. Video Credit: CNS via AP © Copyright: CNS, 2026 — editorial use only; no access Chinese mainland media
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SpaceX Falcon 9 booster lands after 27th flight, marking 104th launch of 2026
SpaceX's Falcon 9 first-stage booster, B1081, landed on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean roughly 8.5 minutes after launching the classified USSF-153 mission on September 10, 2026 — the booster's 27th flight and the 104th Falcon 9 launch of the year. B1081 has previously supported Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, and more than a dozen other missions. Video Credit: SpaceX
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SpaceX launches classified USSF-153 mission on booster's 27th flight
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the classified USSF-153 mission for the U.S. Space Force from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on September 10, 2026. The first-stage booster, B1081, flew for its 27th time before landing on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You" in the Pacific Ocean roughly 8.5 minutes after liftoff. The mission marked the 104th Falcon 9 launch of 2026. The payload's exact purpose remains classified, though it may involve satellites built on SpaceX's Starshield platform for a U.S. government entity. Video Credit: SpaceX