These earthly godfathers of Heaven's lights, that give a name to every fixed star, have no more profit of their shining nights than those that walk and know not what they are.

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Top 10 best Lego deals we've spotted: Black Friday 2024

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 6:05am
Black Friday is almost upon us, and here are the biggest savings we've found on Lego deals so far.
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Scientists found 'nitriles' in an interstellar cloud — here's why that could be huge

Tue, 11/12/2024 - 6:00am
Scientists found molecules containing nitriles in space — the discovery could shed light on the origins of life as we know it.
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US Congress will hold another UFO hearing this week. Here's how to watch

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 4:00pm
Congress will hold its second hearing in two years aimed at gathering testimony about alleged UFO retrieval programs and the U.S. government's attempt to hide them.
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Top space gifts from Best Buy this Black Friday

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 3:00pm
If you're anti-Amazon, we've rounded up the top space gifts from Best Buy you can find this Black Friday.
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What a 2nd Trump administration could mean for NASA and space exploration

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 2:46pm
Former President Donald J. Trump's return to the White House next January will likely bring big changes to NASA's Artemis program and a renewed sense of urgency to a crewed landing on the moon.
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The US is now at risk of losing to China in the race to send people back to the Moon’s surface

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 2:00pm
In all, 12 Americans landed on the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Now, both the US and China are preparing to send humans back there this decade.
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Starlink satellite falls to Earth, burns up as stunning fireball over US (video)

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 1:21pm
A brilliant fireball that lit up the skies over four U.S. states this weekend is reported to be from the fiery reentry of a SpaceX Starlink satellite.
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Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 1:01pm
NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.
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At 60 years, monument to NASA's Project Mercury still stands, but what of its time capsule?

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 12:00pm
A 60-year-old tribute to America's first human spaceflight program is standing up to the test of time, but what about the contents of its time capsule not to be opened until 2464?
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Everything we know about Exodus, the new sci-fi game from ex-BioWare developers

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 11:01am
While we wait for the next Mass Effect game, ex-BioWare devs have teamed up with other AAA talent to create new space RPG Exodus.
Categories: Astronomy

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 10:00am
Jupiter has no solid ground, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn’t have a surface, what does it have?
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Star cities: New 3D view of globular clusters illuminates their origins (photo)

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 9:00am
Astrophysicists have reconstructed the movement of stars within globular clusters to understand their evolution and origin.
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Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch KoreaSat-6A satellite today on record-tying 23rd flight (video)

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 8:00am
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch the KoreaSat-6A telecom satellite today (Nov. 11). It will be the 23rd flight for the rocket's first stage, tying a company record.
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Supermassive black holes prefer to eat from wobbly plates

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 6:00am
Researchers have discovered the first evidence that the brightest accretion disks around supermassive black holes "wobble" as their monstrous occupants drag them around.
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SpaceX launching 24 Starlink satellites from Florida on Monday

Sun, 11/10/2024 - 11:00am
SpaceX plans to launch 24 of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast on Monday (Nov. 11).
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'Mass Effect' TV series is headed to Amazon Prime Video

Sun, 11/10/2024 - 10:00am
After more than a decade of waiting for a big-screen project that never materialized, Mass Effect is headed to Prime Video.
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Star Wars is following in the MCU's footsteps, but is this the way?

Sun, 11/10/2024 - 9:00am
Is shaping Star Wars’ next live-action era after the tired Marvel Cinematic Universe the right path forward?
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NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets

Sun, 11/10/2024 - 6:00am
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 136 —SpaceX Ascendant

Sat, 11/09/2024 - 10:08am
On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist and author Eric Berger about the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk's future in US politics and the market.
Categories: Astronomy

Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies

Sat, 11/09/2024 - 9:00am
Fast radio bursts — powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions — tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests.
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