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'The Best of Both Worlds' at 35: Why we're still assimilated by 'Star Trek''s greatest ever cliffhanger
Resistance is futile! We look back on the classic 'Trek' episode, back when the Borg were still the scariest bad guys in the galaxy.
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NASA satellite sees sea ice crack apart in Canada | Space photo of the day for June 18, 2025
NASA's Terra satellite captured huge chunks of sea ice breaking apart in Canada's Amundsen Gulf.
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This Australian moth may be the 1st insect ever discovered to use stars for long-distance navigation
"We know that daytime migratory insects use the sun, so testing the starry sky seemed an obvious thing to try."
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'Nerds are cool' — Pixar's 'Elio' is a powerful story of finding yourself amongst the stars (interview)
We spoke to "Elio" stars Zoe Saldaña, Yonas Kibreab, and Brad Garrett, alongside co-directors Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian, about finding the heart and humanity in sci-fi stories.
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Watch your favorite sci-fi shows anywhere in the world and get a free Amazon voucher ahead of Prime Day with this NordVPN deal
Get up to 76% off NordVPN and claim a free $50 Amazon Voucher ahead of Prime Day — watch season three of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds from anywhere.
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Firefly Aerospace to launch 'Ocula' moon-imaging service as early as 2026
Firefly Aerospace plans to launch a new "lunar imaging service" called Ocula, which will collect detailed imagery using a set of moon-orbiting spacecraft.
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Colossal solar flare erupts from Earth-facing sunspot, sparking strong radio blackouts over Pacific Ocean (video)
The prolific flare factory doesn't look like stopping anytime soon.
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Astronomers capture the most intricate picture of a galaxy in a thousand colors ever seen (photo, video)
A stunning new image of the Sculptor Galaxy, located 11 million light-years away, painted in thousands of colors by the VLT, reveals the intricacies of galactic systems.
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Satellite streaks: Can the huge new Vera Rubin Observatory function in the megaconstellation age?
Satellite streaks are a blight on astronomy. How much are observations by the Vera Rubin super telescope going to suffer from this contamination?
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SpaceX sends 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on launch from Florida (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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Tiny ‘primordial’ black holes created in the Big Bang may have rapidly grown to supermassive sizes
Supermassive black holes that seem too large to exist in the early universe may have grown from primordial black holes formed in the first second after the Big Bang.
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Northern lights and glowing noctilucent clouds collide in a rare night sky show over Alberta (photo)
The surprise display was captured on June 9 by aurora chaser Harlan Thomas.
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Nat Geo documentary 'SALLY,' about the 1st US woman in space, now streaming on Disney+ & Hulu
You can now watch the award-winning documentary "SALLY" about the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, on Disney+ and Hulu.
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China's next-gen astronaut capsule for moon missions aces crucial pad-abort test (video)
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+
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
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
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
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
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
Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.
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