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Former SpaceX employees sue company, Elon Musk for retaliation, sexual harassment

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 7:30pm
Eight former SpaceX employees are suing the company and its founder and CEO, Elon Musk, alleging sexual harassment and wrongful termination.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA telescope spots 'cosmic fireworks' and faint echos from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 4:00pm
NASA's NuSTAR telescope found evidence of cosmic fireworks and X-ray echoes coming from the Milky Way's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
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Billion-dollar disasters have been sweeping across the US this year

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 3:25pm
There have been nearly a dozen billion-dollar disasters so far this year, with two powerful severe weather events adding to the list in May.
Categories: Astronomy

'The spacecraft really reacted great:' NASA astronauts praise Boeing Starliner’s performance (video)

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 2:30pm
The first astronauts to fly Boeing's new Starliner vehicle have spoken of the spacecraft in glowing terms.
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Bark! Meow! Cluck! NASA uses lasers to beam pictures of pet dogs, cats and chickens to the ISS

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 2:00pm
NASA is testing how infrared light can transfer far more information than radio frequency communications.
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NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope captures closest super star cluster to Earth (image)

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 1:00pm
NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has imaged Westerlund 1, the largest and closest super star cluster to Earth, in stunning detail.
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Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 12:00pm
Volcanic meteorites from Mars give scientists a glimpse into the planet's structure.
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Scientists find a surprise ingredient in exoplanet cake mix — sulfur dioxide

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 11:00am
The presence of sulfur dioxide around a hot Neptune exoplanet with an evaporating atmosphere could help us understand how it formed.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 10:00am
Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.
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Secrets of radioactive 'promethium' — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 9:00am
Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA calls off spacewalk at International Space Station due to 'spacesuit discomfort'

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 8:54am
NASA has postponed a scheduled EVA today (June 13), as the two astronauts slated for the spacewalk were already putting on their suits.
Categories: Astronomy

International Space Station: Live updates

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 8:38am
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.
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Cosmic 'koi fish' swims through starry sea in stunning telescope photo

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 8:00am
The Gum 3 nebula, which resembles a swimming koi fish, is captured in a stunning new photo from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope.
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Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists, powerful solar storm shows

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 6:00am
A powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial information that could aid future crewed missions to the Red Planet.
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'No emergency situation' on International Space Station, NASA says after astronaut medical drill audio causes stir

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 12:05am
It sounded like a nightmare scenario: An astronaut commander on the International Space Station in distress and a flight surgeon on Earth stuck in traffic. But it was all a simulation.
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Doctor Who 'Rogue': Who is the eponymous Rogue?

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 5:12pm
Who's the man who turns the Doctor's head in Regency England in "Doctor Who" episode 6 "Rogue"?
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Watch NASA astronauts collect microbe samples during ISS spacewalk today (livestream video)

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 5:00pm
Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station today (June 13), and you can watch the action live.
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This action-packed 'Borderlands' sneak peek is a chaotic blizzard of bullets (video)

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 4:00pm
Watch a new clip from director Eli Roth's upcoming live-action video game adaptation, "Borderlands."
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'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episode 3: How do the Brendok witches use the Force?

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 2:54pm
The third episode of "The Acolyte" is a long flashback that adds more layers to both the story being told and the Star Wars universe as a whole.
Categories: Astronomy

Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth 'technosignatures' aliens might see

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 2:00pm
By looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential sign of intelligent life.
Categories: Astronomy