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China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

6 hours 38 min ago
CMSA said Shenzhou 18 will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future. However, airspace closure notices indicate launch is currently set for around 9:00 a.m. EDT on April 25 (1300 GMT, or 9:00 p.m. Beijing time).
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SpaceX launching Starlink satellites today on company's 40th mission of 2024

7 hours 40 min ago
SpaceX is set to launch its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), a liftoff that will send yet another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward.
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Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple

9 hours 38 min ago
The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.
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Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)

9 hours 38 min ago
An exclusive interview with Zack Snyder about "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."
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Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)

10 hours 38 min ago
Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.
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Will 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks survive its close encounter with the sun?

11 hours 8 min ago
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling toward the sun where it will make its closest approach on April 21. We take a look at whether this celestial vagabond will survive.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

11 hours 39 min ago
Tragically, in an attempt to make the actual plot work, we're drowned in absurd amounts of technobabble. Once you get past that, it's actually all right.
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Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years

12 hours 39 min ago
Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.
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Alt-space history series 'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff

13 hours 38 min ago
Apple TV+ is headed back to the past, and the future, with a fifth season of "For All Mankind" and new spinoff "Star City." Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi are returning to lead both.
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NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan

13 hours 39 min ago
The Dragonfly mission is set to launch in July 2028 on a six-year journey to Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates

15 hours 28 min ago
Stay up-to-date with the latest news on the upcoming solar eclipses, including the annular solar eclipse on Oct. 2, 2024.
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NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission

15 hours 39 min ago
NASA is still studying the performance of the Orion capsule's heat shield during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere at the end of the Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022.
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Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:00pm
Sweden is the latest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords on April 16, following Switzerland's signing earlier this week.
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Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00pm
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft.
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Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 4:00pm
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 2:59pm
The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.
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Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:59pm
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
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James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:01am
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
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'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:59am
Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.
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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:00am
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
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