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Are we prepared for Chinese preeminence on the moon and Mars? (op-ed)
The U.S. could lose its decades-old leadership in space exploration and technology to China.
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'Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver' is a knockout punch of pure sci-fi cinema (review)
A review of Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."
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'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
The quest to bring samples back to Earth from Mars has been met with controversy in some quarters as the threat that ecologically-hungry Martian microbes might pose to our biosphere continues to be a topic of concern.
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The Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but don't expect much this year
The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight on April 21-22, but unfortunately a bright moon will make it difficult to spot any 'shooting stars' this year.
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Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time
Rocket Lab has put a recovered Electron first stage back into its production line, a big step toward the company's first-ever rocket reflight.
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'Transformers One' 1st trailer unveils Optimus Prime and Megatron's shared history (video)
The Transformers are returning to cinemas in 2024 with their first animated movie in nearly 40 years. This is the beginning of Cybertron's end.
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China rolls out rocket for next astronaut mission to Tiangong space station (photos)
CMSA said Shenzhou 18 will be launched at an appropriate time in the near future. However, airspace closure notices indicate launch is currently set for around 9:00 a.m. EDT on April 25 (1300 GMT, or 9:00 p.m. Beijing time).
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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on company's 40th mission of 2024 (video)
SpaceX launched its 40th mission of 2024 this evening (April 18), sending yet another batch of the company's Starlink internet satellites skyward.
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Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple
The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.
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Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)
An exclusive interview with Zack Snyder about "Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver."
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Russia launches new Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket on 4th orbital test mission (photos)
Russia's Angara A5 rocket lifted off on April 11, marking the fourth launch of the first rocket developed by Russia since the fall of the USSR in 1991.
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'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is heading for the sun. Will it survive?
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling toward the sun where it will make its closest approach on April 21. We take a look at whether this celestial vagabond will survive.
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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons
Tragically, in an attempt to make the actual plot work, we're drowned in absurd amounts of technobabble. Once you get past that, it's actually all right.
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Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years
Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.
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Alt-space history series 'For All Mankind' gets 5th season, new 'Star City' spinoff
Apple TV+ is headed back to the past, and the future, with a fifth season of "For All Mankind" and new spinoff "Star City." Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi are returning to lead both.
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NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan
The Dragonfly mission is set to launch in July 2028 on a six-year journey to Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
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NASA still investigating Orion heat shield issues from Artemis 1 moon mission
NASA is still studying the performance of the Orion capsule's heat shield during its reentry to Earth's atmosphere at the end of the Artemis 1 moon mission in late 2022.
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Sweden becomes 38th country to sign NASA's Artemis Accords for moon exploration
Sweden is the latest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords on April 16, following Switzerland's signing earlier this week.
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Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team met one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft.
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Boom's XB-1 test plane gets FAA green light for supersonic flight
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
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