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NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 5:00pm
NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
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NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 4:00pm
NASA is building a moonquake detector for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, in hopes of learning more about lunar tremors and the internal structure of the moon.
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Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 2:00pm
NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.
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Private space-junk probe to conduct up-close inspection of spent rocket stage

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 1:00pm
The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.
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Watch 'Devil Comet' approach the sun during explosive coronal mass ejection (video)

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:29pm
This NASA space-based observatory video shows 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks passing past bright Jupiter while the sun explodes in the distance.
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Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:00pm
Japan will test solar power transmission from space in 2025 with a miniature space-based photoelectric plant that will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit to Earth.
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China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 11:00am
A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.
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Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars? (op-ed)

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 10:00am
The U.S. could lose its decades-old leadership in space exploration and technology to China.
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'Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver' is a knockout punch of pure sci-fi cinema (review)

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 9:01am
A review of Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."
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'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 8:00am
The quest to bring samples back to Earth from Mars has been met with controversy in some quarters as the threat that ecologically-hungry Martian microbes might pose to our biosphere continues to be a topic of concern.
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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but don't expect much this year

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 6:00am
The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight on April 21-22, but unfortunately a bright moon will make it difficult to spot any 'shooting stars' this year.
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Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 5:00pm
Rocket Lab has put a recovered Electron first stage back into its production line, a big step toward the company's first-ever rocket reflight.
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'Transformers One' 1st trailer unveils Optimus Prime and Megatron's shared history (video)

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 4:00pm
The Transformers are returning to cinemas in 2024 with their first animated movie in nearly 40 years. This is the beginning of Cybertron's end.
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China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 3:00pm
CMSA said Shenzhou 18 will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future. However, airspace closure notices indicate launch is currently set for around 9:00 a.m. EDT on April 25 (1300 GMT, or 9:00 p.m. Beijing time).
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024 (video)

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 1:59pm
SpaceX launched its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), sending yet another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward.
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Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00pm
The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.
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Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00pm
An exclusive interview with Zack Snyder about "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."
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Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 11:00am
Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.
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'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is heading for the sun. Will it survive?

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 10:30am
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling toward the sun where it will make its closest approach on April 21. We take a look at whether this celestial vagabond will survive.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 10:00am
Tragically, in an attempt to make the actual plot work, we're drowned in absurd amounts of technobabble. Once you get past that, it's actually all right.
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