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Boeing's Starliner launches astronauts for 1st time in historic liftoff (photos, video)

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 11:25am
Boeing's Starliner capsule thundered to orbit today (June 5) with two astronauts on board, kicking off a crucial test flight for the company and for NASA.
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NASA exoplanet hunter finds 'weird' world surviving a star's relentless bombardment — it's named Phoenix

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 11:01am
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunter has discovered a weird world called Phoenix that has managed to hold on to its atmosphere despite being relentlessly bombarded with radiation from its red giant star.
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'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episodes 1 & 2: Who's really behind the Jedi murder mystery?

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 10:40am
The first two episodes of "The Acolyte" are refreshing Star Wars and open up plenty of possibilities, but the visual presentation and pacing are irregular.
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Terrifying new 'Alien: Romulus' trailer unleashes the facehuggers (video)

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 10:00am
Roughly two months before its theatrical release, "Alien: Romulus" is giving us a better look at its plot, characters, and scares.
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Save $400 on Unistellar smart binoculars: Early bird deal

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 9:00am
Unistellar's brand new smart binocular, Envision, is now $400 off when you order it on pre-sale in this early bird Kickstarter deal.
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Midnight sun: What it is and how to see it

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 9:00am
Experience the wonders of the midnight sun, a natural phenomenon where the sun never sets. Learn where you can witness this endless daylight and the science behind the strange phenomenon.
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Aurora-like STEVE phenomenon has a 'secret twin' that appears only before dawn, study finds

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 6:00am
An atmospheric phenomenon known as STEVE has a secret twin that appears before the break of dawn and flows in the opposite direction, new research finds.
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Father's Day telescope deals: Save $400 on Unistellar smart telescopes

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 5:45am
These Father's Day Unistellar smart telescope deals are sitewide
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Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates

Wed, 06/05/2024 - 5:26am
Boeing moving toward a June 1 launch of its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA.
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Human-caused global warming at all-time high, new report concludes

Tue, 06/04/2024 - 7:01pm
We have about five years worth of carbon emissions before we drive global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), a new report concluded.
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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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