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Scientists may have just found the driving force behind Venus' volcanos
Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.
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JWST finds spiral galaxy about 5 times more massive than Milky Way — scientists call it 'Big Wheel'
Scientists have uncovered a massive galaxy that existed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. But how did this colossal "Big Wheel" form so early in the universe? The answer could change everything we know about galaxy growth.
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Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today
SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.
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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites to orbit from California
SpaceX sent 27 of its Starlink internet satellites toward low Earth orbit from California this evening (April 3).
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SpinLaunch wants to send 250 broadband 'microsatellites' to orbit with a single launch
SpinLaunch has unveiled its plans for a new broadband satellite constellation known as Meridian Space.
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I'm going to a huge astronomy expo to see the latest telescope tech this weekend. I won't be alone.
Billed as the "World's Largest Astronomy & Space Expo," NEAF 2025 draws thousands of stargazers each year, with astronauts and exoplanet hunters speaking this year.
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NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts reveal moon mission patch to honor 'AII'
The next astronauts to fly to the moon now have a mission patch to represent their journey. NASA debuted the official Artemis 2 insignia, its first emblem for a moon-bound crew in more than 50 years.
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SpaceX fires up used Super Heavy booster ahead of 9th Starship test flight (photos, videos)
SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, which will be the first to reuse the vehicle's Super Heavy first stage.
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True Anomaly to launch 1st deep-space security missions with autonomous Jackal satellites in 2026
Colorado-based startup True Anomaly plans to begin launching its autonomous Jackal satellites to geosynchronous orbit and Earth-moon space in 2026.
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Doom: The Dark Ages — Release date, trailers & everything we know
More than five years after Doom Eternal, we’re once again ready to rip and tear through demons in Doom: The Dark Ages.
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SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)
SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.
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Major storms on Jupiter can leave a fingerprint in the planet's atmosphere
Big storms can strip some parts of Jupiter's atmosphere of ammonia, while leaving buried reservoirs of the gas elsewhere.
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Captain Pike and his crew explore a lost Starfleet vessel in a new 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' novel coming later this month
'Strange New Worlds' Season 3 is coming soon, so why not crack open this thrilling new 'Star Trek' book to set the mood?
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New 'Black Mirror' Season 7 trailer teases an epic space battle for the USS Callister (video)
Alongside this exciting teaser for 'Black Mirror 'Season 7, which launches on April 10, we also have details on this week’s 'USS Callister: Into Infinity' virtual watch party on April 8.
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Extreme magnetic fields near our galaxy's black hole are preventing stars from being born, JWST discovers
New James Webb Space Telescope images of the stellar nursery Sgr C, near the galactic center, reveal why it contains fewer stars than expected.
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The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day
The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.
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Moon dust may help astronauts power sustainable lunar cities. Here's how.
Constructing solar arrays out of moon dust would reduce launch costs and make lunar bases more plausible, according to a new study.
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How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
A fall of rare meteorites in Costa Rica has revealed new details about a similar space rock that fell in Australia 50 years earlier.
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Powerful solar winds squish Jupiter's magnetic field 'like a giant squash ball'
A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.
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NASA proves its electric moon dust shield works on the lunar surface
New NASA shielding technology that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.
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