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September’s night sky features the iconic Summer Triangle, almost directly overhead at nightfall, and a newcomer to the evening sky: the planet Saturn, which will rise in the east not long after sunset. Get tips for viewing these and lots more stargazing info by downloading this month’s Sky Tour podcast!

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What's hovering above the Sun?

Today, NASA recovers over 90% of the water used in space.

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft will soon get a few more Raptor rocket engines than it had before.

People who do several very short bouts of strenuous activity each day are much less likely to die in the next few years than those who do no exercise at all

People who do several very short bouts of strenuous activity each day are much less likely to die in the next few years than those who do no exercise at all

You can feast guilt-free on farmed oysters and mussels as their production can have environmental benefits – but those probably don't include capturing carbon

You can feast guilt-free on farmed oysters and mussels as their production can have environmental benefits – but those probably don't include capturing carbon

That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is changing our understanding of intelligence, consciousness and creativity

That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is changing our understanding of intelligence, consciousness and creativity

NASA is using Colorado's rugged peaks to rehearse the risky final moments of future Artemis lunar landings.

The U.K. government's decision to eliminate the nation's space agency didn't come as a surprise to insiders.

The European spacecraft en route to Jupiter, named JUICE, completed its only flyby of the planet Venus

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Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots

Authors including literary heavyweight Ian McEwan and big hitters John Scalzi, Yume Kitasei and Cixin Liu have new sci-fi novels out this month

Authors including literary heavyweight Ian McEwan and big hitters John Scalzi, Yume Kitasei and Cixin Liu have new sci-fi novels out this month

A new concept for a next generation space telescope could provide an affordable breakthrough in the hunt for Earth's twin.

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft sometimes lies directly between the sun and Earth, making it ideally placed to analyse powerful solar storms that could damage electronic systems on our planet

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the Sun into two groups, tracing each back to a different kind of outburst from our star.