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Celebrities in space quiz: Do you know the stars among the stars?
From movie stars to moguls, test your knowledge of which celebrities have gone to the final frontier.
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The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaks Aug. 12-13: Here's what to expect from the dazzling cosmic light show
The Perseids are one of the most visually spectacular meteor showers of the year and are known for spawning impressive fireballs that light up the night sky.
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'Alien: Earth' is an intelligent and thought-provoking bloodbath, and everything we ever wanted from an 'Alien' show (review)
Noah Hawley's daring exploration of the Alien universe makes for a great sci-fi TV show that asks big questions without neglecting the fun factor.
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Extremely Large Telescope gets a roof | Space photo of the day for August 5, 2025
The world's largest optical telescope is still under construction but is raising the roof on its progress.
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Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says
By transforming idle heliostats into asteroid detectors, scientists aim to develop a cost-effective method for spotting faint, fast-moving space rocks.
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We gave this star projector five stars in our review, and now it's at its joint-lowest price ever on Amazon
You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality and high-end projections.
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James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.
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'Predator: Badlands' looks like it's taking inspiration from an unlikely ancestor — a divisive 20-year-old video game
A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more than a few things in common with Predator: Badlands.
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You can design the wheels for NASA's next moon vehicle with the 'Rock and Roll Challenge
NASA is calling on the public to help shape the future of lunar exploration by designing the next generation of wheels capable of navigating the moon's harsh terrain.
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NASA's Europa Clipper radar passes key test during Mars flyby
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully tested its ice-penetrating radar system during a close flyby of Mars earlier this year.
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Moonquakes could pose threat to future lunar bases, scientists say
New research suggests moonquakes rooted in ancient fault systems could threaten modern moon missions.
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3 powerful solar flares erupt in less than 24 hours, ending weeks of calm on the sun (video)
Space weather forecasters are watching for faint CMEs that could reach Earth later this week.
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Best space flight simulation games, ranked
Explore the space between the stars from the safety of a virtual cockpit with the best space flight simulation games.
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Binary star systems are complex astronomical objects − a new AI approach could pin down their properties quickly
Measuring binary star systems' basic properties has proved exceedingly difficult.
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Sunrise hits SpaceX's Crew-11 rocket on the pad | Space photo of the day for August 4, 2025
The day seemed particularly promising on July 31, 2025.
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Space hurricanes are real — and they wreak more havoc than we thought
Space hurricanes can shake Earth's magnetic field and scramble satellites without a solar storm in sight.
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Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit from New Zealand (video)
Rocket Lab launched its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS early Tuesday morning (Aug. 5), sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite to orbit.
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Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make today one of the shortest days on record
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea (video)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 28 Starlink satellites from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning (Aug. 4), then came back to Earth for a landing on a ship at sea.
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Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
Space weather imposes threats on everything from electrical grids to GPS navigation.
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