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Everything we know about 'Tron: Ares'

Sun, 11/03/2024 - 10:00am
Disney is returning to the Grid with "Tron: Ares" in 2025, but the threat may be in the real world this time around.
Categories: Astronomy

Chef Duff Goldman spins up moon-shaped cake for NASA 'Taste of Space'

Sun, 11/03/2024 - 9:00am
Duff Goldman, the host of the Food Network show "Ace of Cakes," has for a third year brought a space-themed cake to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Categories: Astronomy

'Cosmic inflation:' did the early cosmos balloon in size? A mirror universe going backwards in time may be a simpler explanation

Sun, 11/03/2024 - 8:00am
We live in a golden age for learning about the universe. Our most powerful telescopes have revealed that the cosmos is surprisingly simple on the largest visible scales.
Categories: Astronomy

China's Shenzhou 18 astronauts return to Earth after 6 months in space (video)

Sun, 11/03/2024 - 6:00am
China's Shenzhou 18 crew have returned home after more than six months in space.
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SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts, including Boeing Starliner crew, fly Dragon spacecraft to new ISS parking spot (video)

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 10:00am
Four astronauts moved their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to a new space station docking port on Sunday (Nov. 3) to make way for an incoming cargo ship.
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Space isn’t all about the 'race' – rival superpowers must work together for a better future

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 9:00am
What is this latest “space race” about, and are there pathways to common ground? History suggests these do exist. As a space governance specialist, I argue our future depends on it.
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Every upcoming Star Wars game officially announced

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 7:59am
Lucasfilm Games has opened up the galaxy far, far away to several studios and genres. Here’s every new Star Wars game currently in development.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 135 —The Spacer Pipeline

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 7:46am
On Episode 135 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rick Jenet of Expanding Frontiers about the space workforce.
Categories: Astronomy

NASA astronaut captures city lights streaking below ISS in stunning new photos

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 7:00am
Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a colorful ball that resembles Jupiter.
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Black holes that form in 'reverse Big Bang replays' could account for dark energy

Sat, 11/02/2024 - 5:00am
Black hole formation could be a little Big Bang in reverse, coupling the matter of a dying star with dark energy, the mysterious force driving the accelerating expansion of the universe.
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'Boo Deng' steals the show at NASA JPL's annual pumpkin carving contest (photos)

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 5:30pm
The bright minds at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory never disappoint with the clever creations at the lab's annual pumpkin carving contest.
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China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts take the reins of Tiangong space station (video)

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 5:00pm
China's three-person Shenzhou 18 crew have passed the keys to the Tiangong space station to its new occupants.
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'Alien signal' sent from Mars decoded by father-daughter team

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 4:00pm
A signal beamed at Earth from Mars in 2023 has finally been decoded by a father and daughter team in the United States.
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Watch Jude Law lead lost kids across the galaxy in new 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' trailer

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 3:29pm
A new trailer has arrived for Disney+'s "Star Wars: Skeleton Crew," a new family-oriented live-action series starring Jude Law.
Categories: Astronomy

Hubble watches neutron stars collide and explode to create black hole and 'birth atoms'

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 3:00pm
Astronomers have used a range of telescopes, including Hubble, to watch as particles dance around a neutron star collision that created the smallest black hole ever seen.
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Which is better, Black Friday or Cyber Monday?

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 2:15pm
What is the difference between these two shopping sales events, and which is best, Black Friday or Cyber Monday? Read on to find out.
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Satellites watch devastating floods in Spain from space (photos)

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 12:30pm
Valencia was particularly hard-hit.
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'Stargate' 30 years later: Roland Emmerich's flawed sci-fi classic remains a refreshing watch

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 11:59am
Three decades later, Stargate's legacy has endured. We look back at how it all started, what came after, and the franchise's possible future.
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X-class Halloween solar flare erupts from sun, causes radio blackouts (video)

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 11:47am
The sun erupted with an X-class solar flare on Halloween, and solar activity is expected to remain high through Nov. 3.
Categories: Astronomy

Can we solve the satellite air pollution problem? Here are 4 possible fixes

Fri, 11/01/2024 - 11:00am
New technologies including recoverable satellites and in-orbit space debris recycling could help solve the satellite air pollution problem and prevent a new ecological crisis in the future.
Categories: Astronomy