May 16, 2025

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NASA Selects Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

Twenty-four new fellows were selected to the 2025 cohort of the highly competitive NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP) lately. By nurturing exceptionally talented and creative early-career astrophysicists, the NHFP promotes leadership and excellence in astrophysics. More than 650 candidates competed for the fellowships in 2025. The recipient of each fellowship receives support at a U.S.

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Contemporary spacesuits have a compatibility issue. It must be repaired for the sake of the astronauts’ lives

After nine months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have returned to Earth. NASA had to take into account a number of factors while planning the astronauts’ return, including spacesuits. Wilmore and Williams arrived in Boeing “Blue” spacesuits because they had flown to the ISS in Boeing’s experimental

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SpaceX launch likely caused spiral in the sky

A SpaceX rocket launch in the US is thought to have produced a huge, bright spiral that could be seen in the night sky on Monday. According to the Met Office, the plume’s configuration was probably the result of a frozen plume of fuel from the rocket’s exhaust, which reflected sunlight and seemed to spin

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NASA astronauts ‘Butch and Suni’ come back to Earth following an extended mission in space

Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams came back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a gentle splashdown near Florida’s shore, nine months following their troubled Boeing BA. N Starliner spacecraft disrupted what was intended to be a week-long visit at the International Space Station (ISS). The four-person crew, formally part of

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