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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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 3 'Jinaal' is a slow but steady affair

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 11:00am
A trip back to Trill is nice, but we're starting to wonder if this final season will end up a 10-episode long epilogue after episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery season 5.
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Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 9:00am
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
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Why I watched the solar eclipse with my kids, a goose and 2,000 trees

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 8:00am
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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Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 review

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:22am
The Celestron SkyMaster Pro 20x80 binoculars offer a massive aperture, interchangeable eyecups and incredible deep-sky views.
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Rocket Lab to launch NASA's new solar sail technology no earlier than April 24

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 6:00am
An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.
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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 10:58am
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
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1st female ISS program manager looks ahead to new spaceships, space stations (exclusive)

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 10:54am
NASA's Dana Weigel has held leadership positions at the agency for 20 years. Now leading the ISS program, she highlighted the outpost's increasingly commercial focus.
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This little robot can hop in zero-gravity to explore asteroids

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 6:00am
A three-legged robot named SpaceHopper could help combat challenges of exploring low-gravity environments, such as asteroids or moons.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 106 — Space Potpourri!

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 10:32am
On Episode 106 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq take you on a tour of the coolest space places on Earth.
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Tiny black holes left over from the Big Bang may be prime dark matter suspects

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 10:00am
Don't rule out primordial black holes as dark matter suspects just yet! Particle-sized black holes may resist evaporation, surviving long enough to account for the universe's most mysterious stuff.
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'You could feel the energy and wonder': Despite clouds, totality wows crowds during solar eclipse in Syracuse

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 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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In a virtual reality universe, upcoming 'JUICE' mission flies by Jupiter's moon Callisto

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 8:00am
To test its autonomous software, the JUICE mission team pretended to fly the spacecraft past Jupiter's fourth moon, and passed the exam with flying colors.
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Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft starts testing ahead of moon mission with astronauts in 2025 (video)

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 8:00am
The Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft began testing on April 10 in an altitude chamber at NASA. The spacecraft will bring four astronauts around the moon no earlier than 2025.
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SpaceX Starship will be 500 feet tall to prepare for Mars missions, Elon Musk says (video)

Sat, 04/13/2024 - 6:00am
Just weeks after Starship first reached orbital speed during a spaceflight in March, SpaceX founder Elon Musk outlined what the company wants to do with future spacecraft for Mars missions.
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ULA chronicles the rise of Vulcan rocket in new employee-drawn comic book

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 4:00pm
Vulcan, United Launch Alliance's new heavy-lift rocket, was not the result of being exposed to gamma rays or the bite of a radioactive spider, but it does have an origin story worthy of a comic book.
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Watch an exclusive clip from the CNN' 'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' finale (video)

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 3:00pm
CNN's space documentary, "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" reaches its finale on April 14. You can watch an exclusive clip now.
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'Fly Me to the Moon' trailer mixes real-life Apollo history with moon landing hoax

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 2:00pm
Watching the new trailer for the upcoming movie "Fly Me to the Moon" might leave you thinking that it is an entire work of fiction. And for the most part, you would be correct.
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HALO Space unveils capsule design for stratospheric space 'glamping'

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 1:42pm
Spanish start-up HALO Space has unveiled its capsule design for stratospheric space tourism.
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One of the universe's most 'extreme' dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 12:00pm
The closest extreme magnetic dead star or magnetar to Earth suddenly burst back to life to give astronomers a sight of unexpected and unexplained phenomena that are unlike anything seen before.
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'Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight' documentary set to conclude on CNN

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 11:38am
CNN is set to conclude airing a four-part series on space shuttle Columbia's ill-fated last return to Earth. "Space Shuttle Columbia: The Final Flight" airs on Sunday (April 14).
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