All's not as it appears, this tale has many twists -
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would that mean that the plot did not exist?

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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 4 uses time travel to remember the past 5 seasons

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 10:00am
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

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 9:00am
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

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 8:00am
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

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 8:00am
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

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 6:00am
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

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:00pm
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

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 5:00pm
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

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 4:00pm
Boom Supersonic's XB-1 experimental jet has been cleared for supersonic flight by the FAA.
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 2:59pm
The discovery of vast subsurface seas on Saturn's tiny moon Mimas has redefined our view of what an ocean world can be. We may now know how this buried ocean was formed, revealing it is shockingly young.
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Mysterious dark matter may leave clues in 'strings of pearls' trailing our galaxy

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 1:59pm
Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.
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James Webb Space Telescope's 'shocking' discovery may hint at hidden exomoon around 'failed star'

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 11:01am
JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon.
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'I really like these suits.' Boeing's snazzy (and flexible) Starliner spacesuits have astronauts buzzing (exclusive)

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:59am
Starliner will make its first trip to space with astronauts no earlier than May 6. The historic flight also marks the crewed debut of a new generation of Boeing blue spacesuits.
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Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 9:00am
The total solar eclipse on April 8 plunged Syracuse, New York's Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology into darkness for 90 seconds, creating a wondrous and memorable totality.
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SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 7:59am
For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (photo, video)

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 6:00am
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast this evening (April 17), and landed its rocket on a ship at sea.
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What's left of the 2024 solar eclipse lives in our hearts

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 6:00pm
The 2024 solar eclipse, as seen from Indianapolis, connected strangers across a famous racetrack.
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Uranus and Neptune aren't made of what we thought, new study hints

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 5:00pm
A study suggests the ice giants Uranus and Neptune aren't quite as watery as previously thought. They may also contain huge amounts of frozen methane, potentially solving the puzzle of how they formed.
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Exotic 'Einstein ring' suggests that mysterious dark matter interacts with itself

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 4:00pm
The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft rolls out to Atlas V rocket ahead of 1st astronaut launch (photos)

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 2:59pm
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft moved between buildings at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to get ready for launch. Its first astronaut mission is expected on May 6.
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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 4 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on April 16

Tue, 04/16/2024 - 2:00pm
A preview of the "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 Blu-ray and DVD, which was released today (April 16).
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