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Was it cooked in space? A space food-themed quiz!

In this quiz, you’ll explore the weird, wonderful, and sometimes surprising world of space cuisine. Can you tell which foods have actually made it to orbit?

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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon — a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say

Recently, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy reportedly suggested a U.S. reactor would be operational on the moon by 2030.

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NASA's new sun-studying mission 'PUNCH' attains its final form in Earth orbit

The four spacecraft of NASA's PUNCH mission have successfully locked in place in Earth orbit.

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TRAPPIST-1d isn't the Earth-like planet scientists had hoped it to be, according to JWST data

As another world around TRAPPIST-1 shows no signs of an atmosphere, astronomers urge us not to give up hope for an Earth-like atmosphere on one of the other worlds in the system.

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US Space Force's new deep space radar tracks multiple satellites 22,000 miles away in key test

The U.S. Space Force's powerful new military radar system designed to detect and track objects in distant orbits above Earth has passed an initial key test.

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Discovery of 250 'mini galaxies' could help scientists pin down the nature of dark matter

Only a fraction of the size of the Milky Way, these galaxies have thus far been too faint for most telescopes to spot.

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Blue Origin pitches new 'Mars Telecommunications Orbiter' for Red Planet missions (video)

Blue Origin has used its Blue Ring spacecraft platform to develop the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter, which the company says could aid future NASA missions to the Red Planet.

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Trump signs executive order to boost commercial space — and shift NASA's balance of power

The executive order directs multiple federal agencies to streamline launch licensing, fast-track spaceport construction and better support emerging in-space industries.

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Flood Kills 37 In Indian Kashmir Mountain Village

Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least 37 people on Thursday, a top disaster management official told AFP. It is the second major deadly flooding disaster in India this month.

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SpaceX sends 28 more Starlink satellites into orbit on Falcon 9 flight from Florida (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday morning (Aug. 14), carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit.

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I tried to image the Veil Nebula but accidentally got an 'Alien' Xenomorph (photo)

As 'Alien: Earth' hits screens, the night sky delivers a cameo from the franchise's iconic villain.

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Why Kirk's main character energy is bad news for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds'

The future captain of the Enterprise eclipses his co-stars every time he appears in "Strange New Worlds."

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Don't miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17

The moon will drift towards the Pleiades and Uranus in the early hours of Aug. 16-17.

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SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft approaches the ISS | Space photo of the day for Aug. 14, 2025

SpaceX's Crew-11 mission delivered four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA, aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

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Hair found in Inca device could change what’s known about medieval civilisation

Hair reveals person who made device ate an ordinary commoner’s diet

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Scot, 12, named on Time’s first Girls of the Year list after homelessness design

Rebecca Young, from Glasgow, designed a solar-powered backpack with an electric blanket inside to help homeless people.

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Spain Suffers Third Wildfire Death, Greece Beats Back Flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city Patras as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

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Hidden fault beneath Canada could trigger massive earthquake after 12,000 years of silence

Advanced satellite and lidar mapping has uncovered signs that the Tintina fault in Canada's Yukon may be primed for a powerful earthquake.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with new batch of Starlink satellites (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink internet satellites into low Earth orbit after lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Aug. 14, 2025.

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Fossil teeth lead to discovery of human species that lived alongside our oldest ancestors

New species does not have a name yet

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China launches 8th batch of satellites for 13,000-strong internet megaconstellation (video)

A Long March 5B rocket launched the eighth batch of satellites for China's Guowang broadband network on Wednesday (Aug. 13). It was the fourth Guowang launch in less than three weeks.

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Trailblazing women in space quiz: Can you name the first five female astronauts in space?

This quiz tests your knowledge of which female astronauts broke barriers and reached for the stars.

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NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft fuels up and moves closer to launch

NASA's Orion spacecraft for the crewed Artemis 2 mission to fly astronauts around the moon is all fueled up and going through final preparations to ready the vehicle for stacking with its SLS rocket.

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AI helps astronomers make a potentially major find — an exploding star being attacked by a black hole

Artificial intelligence helps astronomers observe what may be the first known case of a star exploding while interacting with a black hole.

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"You will tell me everything": Exclusive 'Foundation' Season 3 clip shows a tense reunion for Demerzel and Gaal Dornick (video)

It's a 300-year reunion in our violent peek at this week's episode, 'The Shape of Time'.

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