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'What choices do you make when you are turning the moon into cheese?' Author John Scalzi on new novel 'When the Moon Hits Your Eye'
John Scalzi cased out the Armstrong Museum before writing "When the Moon Hits Your Eye." The author may have been confused of planning a heist given the way he eyed an Apollo 11 moon rock on display.
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Auroras on ice giant revealed: Space photo of the day
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright aurora activity on Neptune for the first time.
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Strange sphere-studded rock on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover
NASA's Perseverance rover has encountered another rock on Mars that has left scientists puzzled.
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Strange red nova deaths of shrouded stars investigated by 'stellar Sherlocks'
A group of stellar Sherlocks have solved the mystery of red transient objects that appear and fade in the sky, linking them to the total explosive death of stars.
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1st images of elusive auroras on Neptune revealed by James Webb Space Telescope
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured direct images of Neptune's elusive auroras for the first time.
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Marvel reveals colossal ' Avengers: Doomsday' cast in surprise livestream as production begins, classic X-men lead the charge (video)
Earth's Mightiest Heroes are assembling again, as Avengers: Doomsday is finally in production and has unveiled its complete roster.
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What time is the partial solar eclipse today?
The moon will appear to take a "bite" out of the sun during a deep partial solar eclipse visible across eastern North America and Europe.
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Send in the clones: the 18 most famous clones from sci-fi movies and TV shows
Robert Pattinson's Mickey is the latest in a long line of duplicates and doppelgangers.
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New documentary 'Children of the Sky' asks the bold question: Can we raise kids in space? (op-ed)
A new 28-minute film explores the medical, social, political and ethical challenges of parenthood and child-rearing that truly permanent communities in space will need to solve.
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The new moon of March 2025 creates a partial solar eclipse this weekend
This new moon of March 2025 will create a partial solar eclipse visible in the northeastern part of North America, much of Europe and Russia.
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Rocket Lab launches 8 wildfire-hunting satellites into orbit from New Zealand (video)
Rocket Lab launched eight wildfire detection satellites from New Zealand March 26, lofting the "Finding a Wildfire near you" mission into orbit for German-based OroraTech.
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"The monster will come for us all!” Mon Mothma rouses the rebels in new 'Andor' Season 2 trailer
The Death Star’s technological terror looms, and the Rebellion rises to meet the threat in this thrilling trailer for Andor Season 2.
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'Earth to Space' art festival set to launch at Kennedy Center this week
A nearly month-long mission is ready to lift off, with preparations being made at the Kennedy Center. To be clear, not NASA's Kennedy Space Center, but the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)
NASA's next moon rocket is coming together at the agency's Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS core stage gets its solid rocket boosters.
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10 things we want from the next Mass Effect game
BioWare's follow-up to the original Mass Effect trilogy is still a ways off, but we already have an extensive list of things we'd love to see happen.
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Rare moonbow shines below total lunar eclipse in stunning photo: 'This is definitely the first time I've tried something like this, but will not be the last'
"The respective sizes of the two arcs also create a great symbolic representation of the difference in scale between what we experience and deal with as humans on Earth and the vastness and grandeur of the scale of space and our closest neighbor"
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'It's coming!' New 'Alien: Earth' trailer is packed with nostalgia, a creepy android, and some very unfortunate humans (video)
Retrofuturistic styling, synthetics with no regard for human life, and people being munched like popcorn — that's the Alien we know and love alright.
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'City of Lights' as seen at night from space: Space photo of the day
Paris, France is seen lit up in this photo taken aboard the International Space Staton.
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Curiosity Mars rover discovers largest organic molecules ever seen on Red Planet
While the presence of these molecules is not proof of ancient life on Mars, scientists say it shows we could detect chemical signatures of past life, if it ever existed.
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US Space Force celebrates return of 1st Guardian to launch to space (photos)
U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague is back on Earth after living on the International Space Station for the last five-plus months.
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