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Ingenuity's travels: New NASA video tracks Mars helicopter's 72 flights

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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

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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)

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This NASA space-based observatory video shows 'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks passing past bright Jupiter while the sun explodes in the distance.

Japanese satellite will beam solar power to Earth in 2025

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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.

Thursday, Apr 18

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Rocket Lab gearing up to refly Electron booster for 1st time

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.

Zack Snyder on sticking the landing for the 2nd half of Netflix's 'Rebel Moon' (exclusive)

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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)

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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?

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'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.

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

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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

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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

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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.

NASA greenlights 2028 launch for epic Dragonfly mission to Saturn's huge moon Titan

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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

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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

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Sweden is the latest nation to sign onto NASA's Artemis Accords on April 16, following Switzerland's signing earlier this week.

Wednesday, Apr 17

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Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter

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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

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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

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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

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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'

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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)

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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.

Eyes hurt after the eclipse? Signs of retinal damage, explained

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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.