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'The metal detector has gone off': Perseverance rover's find is a shiny new clue in the search for life on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover has found minerals that could have powered life on Mars — or simply shaped the Red Planet's environment in fascinating ways.

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JWST captures clearest-ever image of M87 galaxy's supermassive black hole jet

Astronomers using JWST have captured the sharpest infrared view yet of the supermassive black hole jet in M87, offering new insights into its structure and physics.

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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling spacecraft snaps a selfie with Earth

China's Tianwen 2 spacecraft took a picture of itself, as well as the Earth, while en route to a mysterious asteroid that may tell us more about the moon's history.

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be eyed by Mars and Jupiter probes as it zooms past the sun this month

ESA is making use of spacecraft originally dedicated to its Mars and Jupiter missions to track comet 3I/ATLAS as it continues its journey through our solar system

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'Andromeda' at 25: An optimistic but flawed sci-fi romp cobbled together from the notes of 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry

Paying tribute to the 'Star Trek' creator's posthumous space adventure that still resonates with fans today.

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'The Martian' is 10 years old. Looking back at sci-fi's answer to 'The Shawshank Redemption'

How Ridley Scott's third sci-fi masterpiece proved there is life on Mars after all, by telling a deeply human, and oddly familiar story.

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Don't miss the full 'Harvest Supermoon' rise on Oct. 6: Here's what to expect

The first supermoon of 2025 rises on Oct. 6 close to the gas giant Saturn.

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Telescope sees binary star's beautiful rainbow spectra | Space photo of the day for Oct. 2, 2025

A new rainbow spectrum from the STELES instrument on Chile's SOAR Telescope captures Eta Carinae in unprecedented detail.

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Northern lights may be visible in these 12 US states on Oct. 2

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to New York as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

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Exoplanet without a sun found gobbling up 6 billion tons of gas and dust per second

"This is the strongest accretion episode ever recorded for a planetary-mass object."

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Saturn's moon Enceladus is shooting out organic molecules that could help create life

The discovery strengthens the case for a new mission to orbit and land on Enceladus and search for evidence of life.

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Nearly invisible asteroids around Venus could threaten Earth — but don't worry, not for a while

An unstable group of asteroids orbiting near Venus could threaten Earth — but not for a few thousand years

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'The Mandalorian and Grogu' trailer is very stylish, but we still have no idea what the movie is about (video)

This spinoff of Disney+'s 'The Mandalorian' TV series debuts in theaters on May 22, 2026.

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A hidden ocean may have once existed on Uranus' moon Ariel

Scientists believe a moon of Uranus may have once had a subsurface ocean.

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Northern lights may be visible in these 7 US states (and maybe more) on Oct. 1

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Idaho as geomagnetic storm conditions are predicted to continue tonight.

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Erie Canal seen from space, is now 200 years old | Space photo of the day for Oct 1. 2025

Two centuries after its completion, the Erie canal is celebrated from space, with NASA satellite imagery showing the engineering feat of this structure.

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Upcoming Warhammer 40,000 games: Space Marine 3, Dawn of War 4, Dark Heresy & more

See what the grim darkness of the future holds for the Warhammer 40,000 universe in the realm of video games.

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NASA closes doors to 15,000 employees as US government shutdown begins

Over 80% of NASA's workforce is being told to stay home during the government shutdown.

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European version of SpaceX's Starship? ESA signs deal for reusable upper stage demonstrator

ESA has signed a €40m contract with Avio to develop a reusable upper stage demonstrator, marking a step toward Europe's own Starship-like ambitions.

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Could China return the Perseverance rover's possible biosignature sample from Mars?

NASA has reported possible biosignatures in a Mars rock, but delays and funding woes cloud its sample return mission. Could China's Tianwen-3 step in and deliver samples from the site itself?

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'Avatar: Fire and Ash' trailer is packed with epic battles, family drama, and giant robot crabs! (video)

'This world goes much deeper than you imagine'

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How excited should we be about the latest Mars potential biosignature discovery? 'It's arguably the best evidence we have so far'

What about those previously studied plumes of methane and meteorites potentially stuffed with the fossils of Martian microbes?

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JWST delivers 1st weather report of nearby world with no sun — stormy and covered with auroras

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have delivered the first detailed weather report of a nearby rogue world, and it's stormier than expected.

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Our moon's 2 sides are more different than we thought, lunar samples reveal

Lunar samples reveal the far side of the moon, hidden from Earth's view, may have a cooler interior than the near side.

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How do you build a moon? The James Webb Space Telescope has just given us our best look

The JWST has studied the chemical composition of a moon-forming disk circling a giant planet 625 light-years away.

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