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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida June 13

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 1:00pm
SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday (June 13).
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Stoke Space test-fires engine for upcoming fully reusable rocket (photos)

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 12:00pm
Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the "most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world."
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Alaska's rivers are turning bright orange and as acidic as vinegar as toxic metal escapes from melting permafrost

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 11:00am
Alaska's melting permafrost is dumping toxic metals into the state's rivers, turning them bright orange and making the water highly acidic. The contaminated rivers are so vibrant they can be seen from space, and the problem is likely to get much worse in the future.
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Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction (photo)

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 10:00am
A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is down to two functioning gyroscopes, captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059.
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Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 9:37am
Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA's iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.
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'Needs more aliens': Lego designer on kids' view of space as an endless playground (exclusive)

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 9:00am
In an exclusive interview with Space.com, Lego senior design manager Dan Meehan discusses the role 'space storytellers' have had on shaping the company's new space-themed sets.
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