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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 direct-to-cell craft
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites on June 4, including 13 that can beam service directly to smartphones.
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The Hubble Space Telescope is old. Here's NASA's new plan to keep it alive through 2035
The Hubble Space Telescope will soon go into one-gyroscope mode, a move that will decrease the iconic observatory's productivity but give it margin for the future.
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SpaceX lands FAA license for next Starship megarocket launch on June 6
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), on Tuesday (June 4), issued a launch license to SpaceX for its Starship Flight 4 test mission currently scheduled to lift off no earlier than Thursday, June 6.
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Intricate lava trails on Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io seen from Earth (image)
Extremely high quality images of Jupiter's moon Io, taken by the SHARK-VIS camera on Earth, reveal a major resurfacing event.
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This planet-forming disk shaped like a comet is struggling to survive
Proplyds, which are ionized protoplanetary disks, struggle to survive in the Orion Nebula as they come under an onslaught of radiation from a nearby massive star.
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'Venom: The Last Dance' gets 1st trailer full of alien symbiote mischief and mayhem (video)
The third and (supposedly) final Venom movie is coming in 2024, and its first trailer is an intriguing one. Here's your first look at 'Venom: The Last Dance.'
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Japan to launch world's 1st wooden satellite in September
Japan plans to launch the world's first wooden satellite this year, in an effort to reduce the environmental impacts of reentering spacecraft.
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China's Chang'e 6 probe launches samples of far side of the moon to lunar orbit. Next stop? Earth (photos)
China's Chang'e 6 moon mission returned stunning lunar surface images as it collected samples and sent them to orbit to begin their historic return to Earth for study.
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Astrophotographer captures planetary parade with the moon in stunning photo
Astrophotographer Josh Dury was able to capture Jupiter, Mercury, Uranus, Mars, Neptune, Saturn and the moon in one single image during a planetary alignment on June 1, 2024.
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NASA 3D Instagram 'experience' brings nebulas into your home
Ever wanted to see the wreckage of a supernova or explore distant clouds of gas and dust ejected by a dying star? A new NASA Instagram Experience brings celestial bodies to Earth.
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'Star Trek: The Illustrated Oral History: The Original Cast' reveals how William Shatner felt about tribbles (exclusive)
An exclusive excerpt from Titan Books' new release, "Star Trek: The Illustrated Oral History" which releases on July 30, 2024.
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Sun unleashes giant plasma plume and reels it back in apparent 'failed eruption' (video)
Watch the moment a huge plasma plume is fired out from the sun and then reeled back in during M-class solar flare eruption.
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Mars is more prone to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new study hints
Potentially hazardous asteroids pose a risk to Mars missions, but they can also yield insight into the history of the Red Planet and the early solar system, new research suggests.
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16 best places to see the 2027 total solar eclipse
Here are the best scenic spots and ideal locations across Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East to see the total solar eclipse on Aug. 2, 2027.
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NASA will give a Hubble Telescope status update today. Should we be worried?
One of the Hubble Telescope's three gyroscopes started glitching recently. On June 4, NASA is likely to share an update about the device's status.
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SpaceX targeting June 6 for next launch of Starship megarocket (photos)
SpaceX plans to launch its huge Starship rocket on Thursday (June 6), provided it clears the required regulatory hurdles.
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India launches nation's 1st 3D-printed rocket engine
India's Agnikul Cosmos successfully launched a test vehicle powered by a homegrown 3D printed rocket engine.
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Space shuttle fliers David Hilmers, Marsha Ivins enter Astronaut Hall of Fame
This year's U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony was a reunion of sorts, as honorees David Hilmers and Marsha Ivins took the stage under Atlantis, the shuttle on which they crossed paths.
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See a Russian inspector satellite get up close and personal with a spacecraft in orbit
A Russian military satellite with a "history of unusual maneuvering" was spotted as it approached a satellite in geostationary orbit in April 2024.
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Rogue planets may originate from 'twisted Tatooine' double star systems
"Twisted Tatooine" binary star systems could be a major player in ejecting rogue planets that go on to drift through the Milky Way without a stellar parent to heat or illuminate them.
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