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'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks reaches peak brightness tonight. Here's how to see it
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks visits the inner solar system every 71 years and will reach its closest to the sun on Sunday (April 21), appearing bright enough to possibly be seen by the naked eye.
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Cosmonaut Muhammed Faris, first Syrian in space, dies at 72
Muhammed Faris, who was the first cosmonaut from Syria and second Arab to fly into space, has died at the age of 72.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 107 — Mars Sample Return Blues
On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA's troubled Mars sample return mission.
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Lego Star Wars Millennium Falcon (2024) review
Lego's latest Millennium Falcon model certainly isn't a hunk of junk, as Luke Skywalker famously called the ship in 'Star Wars: A New Hope.'
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Those magic minutes during April 8's solar eclipse brought me to tears
As a TV reporter and meteorologist, I experienced some pretty incredible things in my career. But the 2024 total solar eclipse in Dallas left me in awe and with unforgettable emotions like I've never seen or felt before.
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Everything we know about 'The Fantastic Four'
After several years in development and pre-production at Marvel Studios, The Fantastic Four is finally coming to the big screen in 2025. Here's all we know.
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NASA satellite's 'shocking' space junk near-miss was even closer than thought
The Feb. 28 encounter between NASA's TIMED satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft was even closer than first thought — a mere 33 feet (10 meters) or so, NASA officials said.
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NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)
NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
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NASA's Artemis 3 astronauts will put a moonquake detector on lunar surface
NASA is building a moonquake detector for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission, in hopes of learning more about lunar tremors and the internal structure of the moon.
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Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights
NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.
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Private space-junk probe to conduct up-close inspection of spent rocket stage
The mission aims to assist the later removal of spunk junk, an issue that threatens the sustainable use of orbital space above the Earth.
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Watch 'Devil Comet' approach the sun during explosive coronal mass ejection (video)
This NASA space-based observatory video shows 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks passing past bright Jupiter while the sun explodes in the distance.
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Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025
Japan will test solar power transmission from space in 2025 with a miniature space-based photoelectric plant that will wirelessly transmit energy from low Earth orbit to Earth.
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China's experimental moon satellites beam back lunar imagery (video, photo)
A pair of small experimental satellites have begun tests related to future lunar communication and navigation services for China's moon ambitions.
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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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