The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic

— Kenneth Rexroth
"Theory of Numbers"

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Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates

1 hour 41 min ago
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
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Lego reveals NASA Artemis rocket, Milky Way galaxy sets coming in May

1 hour 48 min ago
Get ready space fans, Lego is about to launch two sets that can take you from the moon to edge of our cosmic neighborhood: Lego Icons NASA Artemis Space Launch System and Lego Art Milky Way Galaxy.
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Ice-penetrating radar will help JUICE and other spacecraft find water beyond Earth

2 hours 47 min ago
When it arrives at Jupiter and the planet's moons in 2031, the JUICE spacecraft will use ice-penetrating radar to see beneath determine habitability.
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'Rocket cam' takes you aboard final launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy (video)

3 hours 48 min ago
After 64 years, the United Launch Alliance launched the final flight of its Delta IV Heavy rocket on April 9th, and stunning rocket cam footage captured the fiery finale.
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'I'm sure we'll find things out': NASA astronauts fly to launch site for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner mission to ISS on May 6 (photos)

4 hours 28 min ago
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams expect to face the unexpected in space with Boeing Starliner, but told reporters on April 25 that the team is ready for the unexpected.
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NASA's Fermi space telescope finds a strange supernova with missing gamma rays

4 hours 48 min ago
NASA's Fermi Space Telescope has failed to see gamma rays from a nearby supernova that should be created when it generates the high-energy cosmic rays that bombard Earth in their trillions.
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Stellar detectives find suspect for incredibly powerful 'superflares'

5 hours 48 min ago
Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are on the case and may now know why some stars are so violent.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 5 'Mirrors' is a quality installment, but weighed down by another anchor of nostalgia

6 hours 48 min ago
The chase across the galaxy for the Progenitors MacGuffin continues, offering chances to insert stand-alone, episode-length adventures along the way.
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China launches 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station on Shenzhou 18 mission (video)

7 hours 28 min ago
A Long March 2F rocket lifted off from China's Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (April 25), carrying the Shenzhou 18 spacecraft and its three-person crew into orbit.
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Across the universe, dark matter annihilation could be warming up dead stars

7 hours 47 min ago
Neutron stars could act as gravitational traps for dark matter, forcing these mysterious particles to collide, annihilate and warm up otherwise cold dead stars.
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Watch 2 cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside the ISS today

10 hours 48 min ago
Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to spend about seven hours working outside the International Space Station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
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Watch China launch 3 astronauts to Tiangong space station today

16 hours 47 min ago
China plans to launch the three-astronaut Shenzhou 18 mission to its Tiangong space station today (April 25), and you can watch the action live.
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Buried in the Cat's Paw Nebula lies one of the largest space molecules ever seen

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 6:00pm
Scientists have discovered one of the largest molecules ever seen in space in the Cat's Paw nebula. The discovery hints at how chemical complexity emerges as stars form.
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Netflix releases official trailer for Jennifer Lopez mech combat sci-fi film 'Atlas' (video)

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 5:00pm
The full trailer of Netflix's 'Atlas' is a bit spoiler-y, but does a better job of selling the Jennifer Lopez-led sci-fi adventure.
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Ancient rocks hold proof of Earth's magnetic field. Here's why that's puzzling

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 4:00pm
Earth's ancient magnetic field appears to have had a strength similar to what we see today, and it may have protected ancient life from harmful cosmic radiation.
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Hubble telescope celebrates 34th anniversary with an iridescent Dumbbell Nebula (image)

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 3:00pm
Take a fresh look at the iconic Dumbbell Nebula on occasion of the Hubble Space Telescope's 34 years in space.
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The mystery of how strange cosmic objects called 'JuMBOs' went rogue

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 2:30pm
Scientists may have discovered how JuMBOs, strangle binary objects found in Orion, may have gone rogue while staying gravitationally bound. The discovery may shake up theories of planet formation.
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China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 2:00pm
Two spacewalks this winter fixed the power supply of China's Tiangong space station, which was damaged by a space debris strike, state media reported.
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Space Force tests small satellite jammer to protect against 'space-enabled' attacks

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 1:30pm
The U.S. Space Force is testing a new ground-based satellite jamming weapon to help keep U.S. military personnel safe from potential "space-enabled" attacks.
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Japan's SLIM moon lander defies death to survive 3rd frigid lunar night (image)

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 12:56pm
Japan's SLIM lunar lander has now survived three week-long nights on the moon, braving temperatures as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit, despite not being designed to last one!
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