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Eta Aquarid meteor shower peak could spawn over 100 'shooting stars' per hour this weekend
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on May 5, and this year looks favorable for a good light show put on by bits of Halley's Comet as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
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'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' returns to theaters for its 25th anniversary today
This special limited engagement of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' beginning on May 3 includes an early look at the upcoming Disney+ series 'The Acolyte.'
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Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character
Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname.
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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)
China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side.
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2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)
Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here.
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Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
A Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle dressed like a "Star Wars" X-wing fighter has been donated to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.
Boeing's Starliner is finally ready to fly astronauts, after several years of delay. The capsule's designers put the extra time to good use, NASA and Boeing representatives say.
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Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler
NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler.
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Astronauts on the moon could stay fit by running in a Wheel of Death
Scientists suggest lunar astronauts can stay fit by running sideways within a Wheel of Death.
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Watch live: China launching Chang'e 6 mission to far side of the moon early May 3 (video)
China's Chang'e 6 sample return mission to the moon's far side is scheduled to launch early Friday morning (May 3), and you can watch the action live.
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Watch ULA assemble Atlas V rocket ahead of Boeing Starliner astronaut test flight (video)
United Launch Alliance's new video highlight's how the Atlas V launch vehicle for Boeing's Starliner was stacked and mated to the spacecraft.
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NASA's Hubble Telescope is back in action — but its TESS exoplanet hunter may now be in trouble
Both the Hubble Telescope and TESS exoplanet hunter went into safe mode on April 23. Hubble is back on, but TESS remains off.
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NASA selects Rocket Lab for back-to-back climate change research launches
NASA's PREFIRE mission will deploy a pair of satellites from twin launches aboard Rocket Lab's Electron rockets that will contribute to climate change studies in the Arctic and Antarctica.
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites in 2nd half of spaceflight doubleheader (video)
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on Thursday (May 2), on the second half of a planned spaceflight doubleheader.
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Some planets 'death spiral' into their stars and scientists may now know why
WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why some hot Jupiters eventually death spiral into their stars.
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NASA inspector general finds Orion heat shield issues 'pose significant risks' to Artemis 2 crew safety
NASA's inspector general writes that the Artemis 1 test flight of the Orion spacecraft revealed anomalies that "pose significant risks to the safety of the crew."
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Restored Atlas rocket erected on display as Mercury astronaut's ride to orbit
Sixty-one years after it stood ready to send NASA's last one-man mission into orbit, the Mercury-Atlas 9 rocket is standing again. A replica is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
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NASA picks 9 companies to develop Mars 'commercial services' ideas
NASA has selected nine companies to develop concepts that could agency science missions to Mars down the road.
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Somehow, Star Wars has returned to Fortnite for May the 4th (video)
Star Wars and Fortnite's relationship has been fruitful over the years, but 2024's offerings could be the best yet. This is where the fun begins!
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Here's what to expect during Boeing Starliner's 1st astronaut test flight on May 6
Boeing Starliner will launch its 1st mission to the ISS with NASA astronauts on May 6. Here are the milestones to watch for, from launch to docking to landing.
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