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'Star Trek #500' cover showcases a commanding collection of cosmic captains
A preview of IDW Publishing's "Star Trek #500" special issue that pays homage to the series' many unforgettable starship captains arriving this year on Star Trek Day.
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Watch 1st 'Star Wars: Hunters' gameplay trailer ahead of June 4 launch (video)
We’ll soon be playing 'Star Wars: Hunters' on Nintendo Switch and mobile phones, and the latest gameplay trailer has a fun look at game modes and more.
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Massive sunspot responsible for May's epic auroras unleashes major X-class solar flare (video)
Sunspot region AR3697 has returned — unleashing yet another X-class solar flare. Watch it erupt from the sun's eastern limb here.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts arrive at launch site for 1st flight test on June 1 (photos)
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back near their launch site in Florida ahead of their Crew Flight Test launch on June 1. A key flight readiness review today will confirm if Boeing Starliner is ready to go, after a helium leak.
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Real-life 'Star Trek' planet was actually just an illusion caused by a 'jittery' star
Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope mission — Live updates
Read the latest news about NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
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Asteroid 'Dinky,' visited by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon
Dinkinesh, the asteroid visited by NSA’s Lucy mission in 2023, has a small moon that is made from two objects touching each other.
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That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It's back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.
Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?
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Doctor Who '73 Yards': Who exactly is that old woman following Ruby Sunday?
The TARDIS lands in Wales, where the Doctor disappears and Ruby finds herself at the heart of a creepy folk horror tale in episode 4 of Doctor Who, "73 Yards."
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Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)
The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.
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Bejeweled galaxy of 'Bernice's Hair' sparkles in new Hubble Telescope photo
A bejeweled galaxy shines brightly in a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Is it time to put a dimmer switch on the push for space solar power?
The thought of beaming power to an energy-hungry Earth from space has long been studied. It was first proposed over 80 years ago in science fiction.
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Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth's atmosphere (photo)
Russia's uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.
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How scientists shipped astronomy's largest camera from California to Chile
The largest camera ever built for astronomy arrived in Chile, where it will be installed atop Rubin Observatory's Simonyi Survey Telescope.
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Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now
Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.
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Netflix's new sci-fi flick 'Atlas' charms with old-school heroics and rousing mech fights (review)
A review of director Brad Peyton's new sci-fi adventure flick, "Atlas."
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SpaceX launches Earth-observing satellite to orbit on 2nd leg of doubleheader (photos, video)
SpaceX launched the EarthCARE mission this afternoon (May 28) after sending aloft a group of Starlink internet satellites this morning.
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Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'
The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.
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Does the Milky Way orbit anything?
Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?
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Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)
Two Chinese astronauts spent about 8.5 hours outside the Tiangong space station today (May 28), setting a new spacewalk-duration record for the country.
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