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How risky is the Artemis 2 astronaut launch to the moon? NASA would rather not say

NASA's Artemis 2 mission, which will launch astronauts to the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, comes with undeniable risk. But quantifying that risk is a tall order.

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SpaceX plan for 1 million orbiting AI data centers could ruin astronomy, scientists say

SpaceX's plan to launch one million orbiting data centers to space worries astronomers, who say the satellite streaks caused by the proposed constellation would severely impair observations.

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'Rick and Morty' season 9 promises 'No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop' when it drops on Adult Swim later this year

Adult Swim's wild animated sensation is back for more sci-fi insanity in May.

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NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1

NASA has completed the Artemis 2 flight readiness review and plans to launch the historic moon mission as soon as April 1.

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'Completely bonkers': Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets

Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon.

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Why Holly Hunter's Nahla Ake already deserves a place at Star Trek's ultimate top table

'Starfleet Academy''s principal mixes new ideas with inspiration from her famous predecessors

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ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 12, 2026

A photo captures Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL freighter being jettisoned away from the International Space Station carrying thousands of pounds of garbage, headed for a fiery demise.

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NASA project leader blames next-generation X-ray telescope cancellation on agency mismanagement

NASA is canceling the AXIS X-ray space telescope mission concept, saying it failed to meet key requirements. But the project leader thinks there's another reason.

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Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

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US lawmakers call for a permanent moon base. Will it ever happen?

The impetus for establishing a "Lunar Surface Moon Base" is that America is in a space race with China.

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Astronomers witness colossal supernova explosion create one of the most magnetic stars in the universe for the first time

Astronomers have discovered that the birth of neutron stars with magnetic fields trillions of times stronger than Earth's magnetosphere is the "magic trick" behind superbright supernovas.

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Will Artemis 2 launch toward the moon next month? Watch NASA's mission update today

NASA will give an update about its Artemis 2 moon launch plans today (March 12), and you can watch it live.

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A mass stellar migration billions of years ago may have helped life get started on Earth

Our sun and a host of "solar twins" may have migrated away from the core of the Milky Way galaxy together long ago, potentially making the solar system more hospitable to life.

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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket reaches orbit on 1st launch since explosive accidents last year (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched for the seventh time ever today (March 11), bouncing back from two explosive mishaps in 2025.

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Black hole and neutron star mergers push the laws of physics with their odd orbits

Merging black holes and neutron stars have unusual oval orbits prior to colliding and merging, which challenge the laws of physics.

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Northrop Grumman's 1st 'Cygnus XL' cargo spacecraft departs the space station

Northrop Grumman's first "Cygnus XL" cargo ship departed the International Space Station Thursday morning (March 12), and is scheduled to deorbit and burn up in Earth's atmosphere this weekend.

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Could NASA use expandable habitats for its Artemis moon bases? These two companies are betting millions

Voyager Technologies is backing lunar habitat developer Max Space with a new multi-million-dollar investment aimed at accelerating development of expandable modules for future missions to the moon.

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'In the old days, we were staring at a f ***ing green screen with tape marks on it': We talk to 'Star Trek' legend Jonathan Frakes about directing 'Starfleet Academy' season 1's penultimate episode

'The scope of 'Starfleet Academy' in terms of design, art direction, visual effects, practical effects, and graphics is massive.'

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The 'invisible giant' at the heart of our galaxy | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026

A new image captured by the Very Large Telescope reveals stars and gas orbiting the "invisible giant" at the heart of our galaxy.

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'War Machine' succeeds where 'Transformers' fails, by making its giant robot feel real

Autobots, roll out – out of the way, that is, because War Machine is proving how to do human vs intergalactic machine conflict better.

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NASA's DART planetary defense mission reveals asteroids hurling 'cosmic snowballs' at each other

New images from NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission show space rocks exchanging material in a slow process that reshapes their surfaces over millions of years.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is 'bursting with methanol,' new study finds

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is unusually rich in alcohol — a chemical clue that could reveal how planets and icy bodies form around other stars.

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Jupiter's moons leave cold 'footprints' in the planet's auroras, James Webb Space Telescope finds

Never-before-seen temperature and ion density measurements reveal that the effect of Jupiter's moons on its aurora are more complicated than scientists thought.

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'War Machine's' Alan Ritchson and director Patrick Hughes on why they filmed the action flick 'like a horror movie' (interview)

'I just wanted to make a film that was completely non-stop from start to end.'

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The moon hits its third quarter phase tomorrow! Here's what you need to know

A spot of early morning astronomy anyone?

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