Space exploration

Voyager 1s ‘gibberish’ message to NASA decoded after aging probe poked

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

The Voyager 1’s mission was extended to 2025. But a communication breakdown in November put it in peril. Voyager 1 responds to ...

A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets, MIT study finds | MIT News

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on ...

SpaceX’s record-setting rocket booster lost at sea

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

SpaceX’s historic B1058 Falcon 9 booster during one of its 19 flights. SpaceX It turns out that for SpaceX, landing a rocket ...