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Stellar telescope deal: Save $230 on the Celestron Astro Fi 130
The Celestron Astro Fi telescope features in our best telescopes guide and now it comes with a $230 discount.
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Space Force orders 'jetpack' to give 2 years of maneuverability to military satellite
In a first-of-its-kind mission, Starfish Space will attach a "jetpack"-like satellite to a U.S. military satellite to give it two years of additional propulsion and maneuverability.
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Dream Chaser space plane arrives in Florida ahead of 1st launch to ISS (photo)
Dream Chaser is almost ready for its first mission. The space plane Tenacity and a cargo module are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for final testing ahead of an ISS launch.
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Doctor Who 'Boom': Who are the marines really fighting on Kastarion 3?
The Doctor has his foot on a landmine throughout this high-concept adventure for episode 3 — but who's the real enemy on Kastarion 3?
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China's Chang'e 6 mission gearing up for early June landing on moon's far side
China's robotic Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the lunar far side is now in orbit around the moon, gearing up for its landing attempt.
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Observe the sun in detail and save 25% on Celestron's EclipSmart binoculars
Celestron's EclipSmart binoculars are specialists for solar observation and now they're 25% off on Amazon
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A comet approaching Earth could become brighter than the stars this fall
By the end of this summer, we may have a good idea as to whether we'll have a bright naked-eye comet gracing our early autumn evening sky, known as C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS).
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SpaceX launching next-gen US spy satellites early May 22
SpaceX plans to launch the first batch of satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's "proliferated architecture" early Wednesday morning (May 22).
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Plants signal NASA satellites with waning 'glow' ahead of flash drought
NASA scientists have discovered signs of an impending flash drought months before the onset by observing the brightness of "glowing" plants from space.
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Best binoculars for long distance viewing 2024
The best binoculars for long distance viewing have high magnification, quality optics and excel for stargazing or wildlife observation — here are our favorites.
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Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
Modeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine with intense radiation bombardment and strip away their atmospheres.
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Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
Astronomers have found that one of the lightest exoplanets ever seen, the young 'cotton candy' world V1298 Tau b, may be shrinking from the size of Jupiter to the width of a super-Earth.
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Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
For years, physicists have been looking to prove that black holes are more complex than they seem. And a newly approved European space mission called LISA will help us with this hunt.
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Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
How do scientists know if a planet has a magnetic field?
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Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
Einstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime where matter inexorably falls into black holes, as predicted by general relativity.
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The James Webb Space Telescope may have solved a puffy planet mystery. Here's how
A surprisingly low amount of methane explains how WASP-107 b grew into the inflated world we see today.
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Something strange is happening with Earth's magnetic field tail
Scientists are diving into the mystery of the missing storm in Earth's magnetotail, which refers to our planet's magnetic field tail.
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SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (photos)
SpaceX just fueled up its giant Starship rocket, checking another box ahead of the vehicle's fourth test flight.
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We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years
The auroral displays that wowed observers around the world two weekends ago may have been among the strongest such light shows since record-keeping began.
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Perseverance rover's Mars rock sample may contain best evidence of possible ancient life
These samples are uniquely important for return to Earth for further study.
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