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How will the stuck Boeing Starliner astronauts perceive time after 6 months in space?

The passage of time can slow to a crawl when you're waiting, and waiting, and waiting. How will the Boeing Starliner astronauts feel time move if they have to stay in space for another 6 months?

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SpaceX launching private Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Sept. 10: How to watch online

SpaceX is targeting Sept. 10 for the launch of its Polaris Dawn mission, which will feature the first-ever private spacewalk. Here's how you can watch the historic action live.

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Will our galaxy really collide with Andromeda? Maybe not

A new simulation suggests the possible head-on collision of our Milky Way galaxy with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy comes down to a coin flip.

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SpaceX stacks 2nd Starship launch tower in Texas (photos)

SpaceX continues to build out its Starbase site in South Texas, recently stacking the tower for a second Starship launch pad at the facility.

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The sun hides its age with magnetic activity

Measurements of the sun's age via oscillations that ripple through it can vary depending on whether those measurements are made near solar minimum or maximum.

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The moon was once covered by an ocean of molten rock, data from India's space mission suggests

Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon.

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SpaceX delays launch of Polaris Dawn private spacewalk mission to Aug. 27

SpaceX's private Polaris Dawn mission will wait one more day for launch as the company completes preflight checkouts of the spacecraft.

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Watch Leela and Amy tour a robot winery in new 'Futurama' Season 12 clip (video)

An exclusive clip for Hulu's "Futurama" Season 12 episode 5, 'One Is Silicon and the Other Gold,' airing Aug. 26.

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How SpaceX modified a Dragon crew capsule for Polaris Dawn's historic private spacewalk

SpaceX made several design changes to its Crew Dragon capsule to accommodate the first private spacewalk on the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. Here are the key ones.

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'Earth Defense Force 6' unleashes retro alien invasion chaos

If destroying hordes of alien invaders with extreme prejudice is one of your favorite things to do in video games, you shouldn’t miss out on Earth Defense Force 6.

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Gravitational waves hint at a 'supercool' secret about the Big Bang

If the gravitational wave background detected last year came from a "supercool" phase transition around the time of the Big Bang, they hint at new physics.

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An 8,000-ton problem: How to combat space debris

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How NASA's Curiosity rover changed Mars landings forever (photos)

A look back at how NASA nailed the landing of its Curiosity Mars rover in August 2012, and what that success meant for Red Planet exploration.

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SpaceX shows off Dragon capsules for Polaris Dawn, Crew-9 astronaut missions (photos)

SpaceX just gave us a look at the Crew Dragon capsules that will fly on the Polaris Dawn and Crew-9 astronaut missions, which are set to launch on Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, respectively.

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What happens if you throw a star at a black hole? Things get messy (video)

Supermassive black holes that shred and devour stars throw them up like a "bad curry" and cover themselves in the wreckage, sick new simulations reveal.

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Scientists collect high-resolution images of the North Star's surface for 1st time

Scientists used the CHARA Array atop Mount Wilson in California to resolve previously unknown features of the North Star.

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'Apollo 13: Survival' documentary has 'go' for Sep. 5 launch on Netflix

Netflix has begun the countdown to a "re-launch" of one of NASA's most well-known missions in spaceflight history. The streaming service has set Sep. 5 for the premiere of "Apollo 13: Survival."

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Jupiter-bound JUICE probe slingshots by Earth on way to Venus (photos)

JUICE flew by Earth on Tuesday (Aug. 20), just a day after it zoomed past the moon. The spacecraft took also snapped some images of home before heading off to Venus.

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Take a mind-bending trip to Titan in exclusive 'Slingshot' featurette (video)

Watch exclusive featurette for Bleecker Street's new sci-fi thriller, "Slingshot," which premieres in theaters on Aug. 30.

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Polaris Dawn mission: Meet the crew taking 1st commercial spacewalk

Veteran astronaut Jared Isaacman, a billionaire, is funding and flying on SpaceX Polaris Dawn with three other astronauts. Here who is going to space.

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Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing mission in 2025

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to launch its third mission, which will land on a metallic space rock, in 2025.

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Earth's days once got 2 hours longer — and that may have triggered one of the biggest evolutionary explosions in history, study suggests

The moon once drifted thousands of miles farther away, and Earth's days got 2.2 hours longer, a new study finds.

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Astrophotographer captures Saturn vanishing behind the moon in mesmerizing photo

Check out this mesmerizing photo showing Saturn disappearing and then reappearing from behind the moon during the lunar occultation on Aug. 21.

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Giant exoplanet the size of 2 Jupiters has a hidden companion disturbing its orbit

Using the NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, astronomers have discovered a hot Jupiter dancing with a hidden super-Earth companion.

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Perseverance rover's Mars samples must be brought back to Earth, scientists stress

Sedimentary deposits sampled by the Perseverance rover could contain evidence of past Martian life.

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