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Nat Geo documentary 'SALLY,' about the 1st US woman in space, now streaming on Disney+ & Hulu

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 3:00pm
You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.
Categories: Astronomy

China's next-gen astronaut capsule for moon missions aces crucial pad-abort test (video)

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 2:00pm
China's human spaceflight agency just conducted a crucial pad abort test for its Mengzhou spacecraft as it continues toward its goal of putting boots on the moon before 2030.
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season five will be the show's final frontier on Paramount+

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 1:00pm
Paramount announced that the show's five-season mission is coming to an end last week with a heartfelt 'thank you' from the showrunners.
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Mysterious radio pulses detected high above Antarctica may be evidence of an exotic new particle, scientists say

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 12:42pm
A mystery signal detected high in the sky above Antarctica defies current models of physics and could represent a new particle, scientists say.
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How do baby planets grow? Study of 30 stellar nurseries sheds new light

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 12:00pm
Astronomers have used the ALMA radio telescope to investigate how planets grow in protoplanetary disks of gas and dust around young stars.
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Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 11:00am
Watch the stunning Mars and Regulus conjunction today with this free livestream
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Roman Space Telescope will use a century-old idea from Einstein to probe the nature of mysterious dark matter

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 10:00am
Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.
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Giant telescope mirror gets a cleaning | Space photo of the day for June 17, 2025

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 9:00am
Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.
Categories: Astronomy

Huge galaxy cluster is wrapped in a cocoon 20 million light-years wide, NASA space telescope finds

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 8:00am
Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million light-year-wide envelope of charged particles.
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50 years later, Apollo 17’s moon samples are still revealing secrets about lunar volcanoes

Tue, 06/17/2025 - 6:00am
The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."
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SpaceX launch from California sends 26 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit (video)

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:49pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.
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SpaceX, NASA target June 22 for launch of private Ax-4 astronauts due to ISS leak

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 5:00pm
Leaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 22.
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Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet review

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 4:00pm
There's a good reason the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet has been around since 2021: Few sets are as striking as this.
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Star-forming cloud Chamaeleon I looks like a cosmic masterpiece in new Dark Energy Camera image (video)

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 2:00pm
Part of the closest star-forming region to us, known as the Chamaeleon Complex, has been illuminated by the light of young stars in this artwork by nature captured by the Dark Energy Camera.
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Fujifilm X-T50 review

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 1:00pm
The Fujifilm X-T50, with its powerful 40.2-MP sensor and excellent creative functionality, is a great beginner camera for astrophotography.
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Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 12:25pm
The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.
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Titan A.E. came out 25 years ago, and history has been kind to the infamous flop that killed Fox Animation Studios

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 11:00am
Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.
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Powerful solar flare erupts from sun triggering radio blackouts across North America (video)

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 10:13am
The M-class flare was accompanied by a coronal mass ejection currently forecast to land Earth with a glancing blow on June 18.
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Dark matter 'lampshades' dimming stars could solve one of the greatest scientific mysteries

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 10:00am
Dark matter "lampshades" could slip between Earth and distant stars, causing tiny amounts of dimming that may help explain one of the greatest puzzles in science.
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Milky Way arcs over Kitt Peak National Observatory | Space photo of the day for June 16, 2025

Mon, 06/16/2025 - 9:00am
The view of our home galaxy lit up the night sky at the U.S. National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona.
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