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SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 direct-to-cell craft

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 6:32pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 6:09pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 5:22pm
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)

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 5:00pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 4:00pm
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)

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 3:00pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 2:00pm
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)

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:53pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 12:00pm
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 11:00am
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)

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:04am
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)

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 9:05am
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 9:00am
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

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 6:00am
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?

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 6:04pm
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)

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 4:00pm
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

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 3:00pm
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

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 2:00pm
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

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 1:11pm
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

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 12:30pm
"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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