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'Star Trek: Voyager - Across The Unknown' will turn Voyager's seven-year journey into a rogue-lite survival game (video)

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 1:00pm
We didn't know we needed a new 'Star Trek: Voyager' game announcement in 2025, but 'Across The Unknown' looks like a dream 'Trek' game.
Categories: Astronomy

It's our choice as the best deep space viewing telescope, and it's rarely discounted — now with $200 off, this telescope deal is worth grabbing fast

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:44pm
The Celestron NexStar 8 SE telescope is universally loved by astronomers and comes highly recommended by our own telescope experts, and has hit its lowest price of the year.
Categories: Astronomy

What caused the only known lunar landslide? Newly opened Apollo 17 moon samples may hold the answer

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:00pm
A mysterious lunar landslide might have been caused by debris from a faraway crater-forming impact, new analyses of Apollo 17 moon samples suggest.
Categories: Astronomy

New moon of August 2025 brings a rare black moon and a close Mars encounter

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:30am
A rare black moon darkens the sky on Aug. 23, 2025, followed by a close encounter between the young crescent and Mars just days later.
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'Invasion' Season 3 showrunner Simon Kinberg on creating ''War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel'' (exclusive)

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 11:00am
'I went to the folks at Apple and told them I had this idea for a show and it's 'War of the Worlds' meets 'Babel.'
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NASA astronaut marks his 400th day in space | On the International Space Station Aug. 18-22, 2025

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 10:00am
The seven members of the Expedition 73 crew worked on science and station keeping activities during their week together aboard the International Space Station.
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Astronomers discover brightest ever fast radio burst: 'This marks the beginning of a new era'

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 9:00am
Astronomers have spotted what could be the brightest Fast Radio Burst explosion of radiation ever, tracing it back to source and further investigating with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Walmart is offering $383 off the Canon EOS R8 and includes a wide-angle RF lens — perfect for capturing the galactic core of the Milky Way

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:43am
The Canon EOS R8 is now $383 off and comes with a wide-angle zoom lens. Now is a good time to buy, too, with the galactic core of the Milky Way still visible — but not for too much longer!
Categories: Astronomy

NASA's Hubble telescope watches supernova explosion | Space photo of the day for Aug. 22, 2025

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 8:00am
This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is.
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'Fallout' Season 2 teaser sets release date and introduces New Vegas, but did it spoil too much? (video)

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 7:00am
It's back to the Wasteland for more nuked nightmares when Prime Video's hit sci-fi series returns in December.
Categories: Astronomy

Pair of colliding galaxies may hint at the fate of the Milky Way and its closest galactic neighbor

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 6:00am
The impending merger of the two galaxies hints at what might be in store for the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy if and when they collide.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX launches Space Force's X-37B space plane on 8th mystery mission (video)

Fri, 08/22/2025 - 12:00am
The U.S. Space Force's X-37B space plane lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket tonight (Aug. 21), carrying a variety of high-tech gear to Earth orbit.
Categories: Astronomy

SpaceX moves giant Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Starship Flight 10 launch (photos)

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 5:31pm
SpaceX has moved its giant Super Heavy booster to the launch pad ahead of Sunday's (Aug. 24) planned liftoff of the Starship megarocket.
Categories: Astronomy

Astronomers discover strange new type of supernova: 'This is the first time we have seen a star that was essentially stripped to the bone'

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 4:00pm
A weird and extremely violent new type of supernova in which a massive star was "stripped to the bone," offers a rare glimpse of the interior of a massive star prior to its death.
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How do the biggest stars in the universe grow so large?

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 3:00pm
Some stars in the universe grow to 300 times larger our own sun. But how do they get so big, and how do they sustain their mass?
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If aliens explore space like humans do, NASA scientists know where to look for their signals

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 2:00pm
Studying the signals that humanity beams through the solar system has allowed a team of NASA researchers to pinpoint where and when astronomers should hunt for alien technosignatures.
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'It's not over!' — 'Invasion' Season 3 clip carries an ominous warning from Trevante (exclusive)

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 1:00pm
Our heroic Navy SEAL gets interrogated years after the alien mothership plummets to Earth
Categories: Astronomy

Black Moon darkens August skies — here's how to hunt sparking wonders in the Milky Way this weekend

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 12:00pm
The Double Cluster, Wild Duck open Cluster, and Coathanger asterism are on display in August.
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Astronomers trace massive cosmic explosion back 12 billion years. 'This is the most distant event where we can directly see light escaping from around stars'

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 11:00am
Astronomers used the Einstein Probe to track a powerful blast of X-rays back to its source in the early universe.
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Reining in the sun: Venus, Earth and Jupiter may work together to reduce the risk of extreme solar storms

Thu, 08/21/2025 - 10:00am
Tidal forces from Earth, Venus and Jupiter may help keep the sun calm, reducing the risk of powerful solar storms that threaten Earth, a new study suggests.
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