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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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April full moon has us tickled pink in these gorgeous photos

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 12:00pm
The Full Pink Moon rose on April 23, 2024, putting a damper on chances of catching any Lyrid meteors but providing a gorgeous target for cameras around the globe.
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China reveals Shenzhou 18 astronauts ahead of April 25 launch to Tiangong space station (video)

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 11:33am
China has unveiled the three-person crew for its Shenzhou 18 mission, which is set to launch toward the Tiangong space station on Thursday (April 25).
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Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 11:00am
NASA is sending a technology demonstrator to the moon on the upcoming private Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1 in order to test how to repel and remove lunar dust using electricity.
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Pre-Star Wars Day Lego deal: 20% off the Emperor's Throne Room

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:19am
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side again and Save 20% on the Lego Emperor's Throne Room Diorama ahead of Star Wars Day, May 4.
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Citizen scientists spot more than 1,000 new asteroids in old Hubble Telescope photos

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 10:00am
Citizen scientists poring over old Hubble Telescope photos discovered a thousand previously unknown asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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Mirrors in space could boost solar power production on Earth. Here's how.

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 6:00am
Reflect Orbital plans to launch a constellation of orbiting mirrors to beam sunlight to solar power plants on Earth after dark.
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NASA ends CloudSat Earth-observing mission after 18 years

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 5:00pm
NASA's pioneering CloudSat weather and climate mission has come to an end after nearly 18 productive years in Earth orbit.
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Earth's weird 'quasi-moon' Kamo'oalewa is a fragment blasted out of big moon crater

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 4:00pm
Scientists turned into cosmic crime scene investigators to reconstruct the impact that sent Earth's "quasi-moon" Kamo'oalewa rocketing from the lunar surface millions of years ago.
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Fortnite launches to the moon in new 'Lunar Horizons' simulation game

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 3:00pm
A preview of Fortnite's new free-to-play "Lunar Horizons" mission experience on the moon.
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NASA astronauts enter quarantine for 1st crewed Boeing Starliner launch on May 6

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:59pm
Veteran NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are in quarantine at agency facilities before the 1st Boeing Starliner launch. They are expected to fly on May 6.
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Building rockets and looking for life on Venus: Q&A with Rocket Lab's Peter Beck

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 1:00pm
Space.com caught up with Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck recently to talk about the company's ambitious plans for the future, which include a private life-hunting mission to Venus.
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Watch 4 solar flares erupt from the sun at nearly the same time in extremely rare event (video)

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 11:08am
The quadruple eruption was captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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Slovenia signs NASA's Artemis Accords for cooperative space exploration

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:21am
Slovenia signed NASA's Artemis Accords on April 19, becoming the 39th country to affirm their cooperation in future space endeavors to the moon and beyond.
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Solar eclipse 2024: Live updates

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:05am
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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ESA graduates the 'Hoppers': Europeans, Australian pass astronaut basic training

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 10:00am
The "Hoppers" — five European astronauts and the first astronaut from the Australian Space Agency — are now ready to "hop" into their first flight assignments, having completed basic training.
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Watch the Full Pink Moon 2024 bloom in the night sky tonight

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 9:00am
The Full Pink Moon of April 2024 steals the show tonight as it crosses the nighttime sky from dusk until dawn.
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Watch Rocket Lab launch new NASA solar sail tech to orbit today

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
Rocket Lab will launch a South Korean Earth-observation satellite and new NASA solar-sailing tech this evening (April 23), and you can watch it live.
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SpaceX launching 23 Starlink satellites from Florida this evening

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 8:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will send 23 more of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward today (April 23), if all goes according to plan.
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Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 6:00am
How Pluto's Sputnik Planitia formed remains unknown, but researchers have imagined a body about the size of Switzerland crashing into Pluto at a shallow angle.
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