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Mars shines red next to blue Spica at sunset on Sept. 13

Red Mars meets bright Spica in the sunset sky this week.

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NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts

Workers at NASA are planning a third "Save NASA" protest at agency headquarters in D.C. on Sept. 15, as job cuts, Trump's union-busting order and FY26 budget proposals fuel fears of lasting damage.

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Is there life on Saturn's moon Enceladus? New study complicates the search

"Although this doesn't rule out the possibility that Enceladus' ocean may be habitable, it does mean we need to be cautious in making that assumption just because of the composition of the plumes."

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Star Trek: Bridge Crew was the ultimate 'Trek' game, and it needs a sequel. Make it so!

It's time to boldly go further than ever before with a Bridge Crew sequel for everyone, whether they have a holodeck strapped to their face or not.

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Don't miss the moon shine close to the Pleiades star cluster on Sept. 12

The Pleiades will appear close to the moon before midnight on Sept. 12.

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No redshirts allowed: A nearly impossible sci-fi trivia quiz for command-level nerds only

This quiz plunges deep into the wormhole of science fiction, testing your mastery of both cerebral literature and cult-classic cinema.

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Scientists say there's a 90% chance we could spot an exploding black hole in the next decade

New research suggests that if primordial black holes exist, there is a 90% chance our telescopes could detect one exploding in the next 10 years.

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Aurora alert! Butterfly-shaped 'hole' in sun's atmosphere could spark geomagnetic storm Sept. 13-14

Forecasters warn of possible G2 geomagnetic storms as a colossal coronal hole sends solar wind racing our way.

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Sunrise over NASA's 'quiet' supersonic X-59 jet | Space photo of the day for Sept. 12, 2025

NASA's experimental X-59 jet is designed to fly faster than sound —but also dampen the infamous sonic "boom."

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'I'll be damned if that's the story we write': Acting NASA Administrator Duffy vows not to lose moon race to China

NASA Acting Administrator Sean Duffy pushed back against recent claims that the agency is losing ground to China in the race back to the moon, promising the Artemis program will get astronauts there first, in a closed NASA town hall.

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SpaceX launches powerful satellite to orbit for Indonesian telecom company (video)

SpaceX launched a mission for an Indonesian telecom company tonight (Sept. 11), sending the Nusantara Lima satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast.

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Astronomers finally find elusive, dust-shrouded supermassive black holes at ‘Cosmic Dawn’

Using the James Webb Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope in powerful tandem, scientists have discovered the first shrouded supermassive black holes at Cosmic Dawn.

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108 million degrees! Solar flares are far hotter than thought, study suggests

New research shows that solar flares are six times hotter than thought and calls for updated sun models that could improve space weather forecasting.

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ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 winners unveiled — and the photos are truly exquisite

These breathtaking photographs are the winning entries of the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards.

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James Webb Space Telescope studies a 'failed star' named 'The Accident' to solve an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn

A study of the "failed star" brown dwarf known as "The Accident," conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope, may reveal a solution to an old mystery of Jupiter and Saturn.

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Sun dogs, rainbows and glories are celestial wonders – and they may appear in alien skies too

These celestial wonders can tell us a lot about the state of the atmosphere at home on Earth as well as on other planets.

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'I have you now!': Darth Vader's lightsaber from 'Star Wars' sells for $3.6 million at auction

The winning bid for this screen-used prop made 'Star Wars' history last week... let's just hope the seller doesn't alter the deal.

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Russian Soyuz rocket launches robotic Progress cargo ship with 2.8 tons of supplies toward the ISS

Russian Progress 93 freighter launched toward the International Space Station on the MS-32 mission today (Sept. 11), loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo for the station's astronaut crew.

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Infrared instruments could spot exotic ice on other worlds

Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new laboratory experiments.

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James Webb Space Telescope images enormous star shooting out twin jets 8 light-years long

The James Webb Space Telescope caught the birth of an enormous star with particle beams cutting across a stretch of interstellar space.

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SpaceX Starlink satellite photobombs orbital view of secret Chinese air base (photo)

One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite.

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Watch the winners of the ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award 2025 announced live online today (video)

The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Award 2025 will be streamed live online on Sept. 11.

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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 3 finale blurs the line between sci-fi and fantasy... and that's OK

Telepathy, good vs evil, heroes fulfilling their destiny… If the "Strange New Worlds" finale 'New Life and New Civilizations' isn't fantasy, it isn't far off.

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Hubble telescope spies glowing galaxy in a cosmic 'Crane' | Space photo of the day for Sept. 11, 2025

Though NGC 7456 looks like a modest spiral galaxy, new Hubble and XMM-Newton observations reveal a bustling system with star-forming regions and an active core.

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Did NASA's Perseverance rover actually find evidence of life on Mars? We need to haul its samples home to find out, scientists say

We'll likely need to get Perseverance's samples to Earth to determine if they do indeed harbor evidence of Mars life —but the prospects of such a mission are cloudy at best.

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