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SpaceX reached space with Starship Flight 9 launch, then lost control of its giant spaceship (video)

SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the ninth time ever today (May 27), on a bold test flight that featured the first-ever significant reuse of Starship hardware.

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How to watch the 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 (video)

The 2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit (H2M2) will be held May 28 and 29 in Washington, D.C., and will include panels discussing the future of human space exploration.

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JWST peers through a cosmic lens in 'deepest gaze' to date | Space photo of the day for May 27, 2025

A massive galaxy cluster, Abell S1063, forms a gravitation lens, revealing the warped light from more distant galaxies dating back to the early universe in this James Webb Space Telescope image.

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Manhattanhenge 2025: When, where and how to see New York's iconic sunset phenomenon tonight

The 2025 Manhattanhenge season starts today with the half sun visible on the New York grid.

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SpaceX launches fresh group of Starlink satellites from foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base, successfully lands booster (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (May 27), carrying 24 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

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How to watch SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch and Elon Musk's Mars update today

SpaceX will launch the 9th test flight of its Super Heavy Starship rocket hours after CEO Elon Musk delivers an update on his company's plans to make humans an multiplanetary species.

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NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?

An abrupt change in Antarctica has caused the continent to gain ice. But this increase, documented in NASA satellite data, is a temporary anomaly rather than an indication that global warming has reversed, scientists say.

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Scientists worry Trump's budget cuts will halt satellite air pollution studies: 'It's incredibly short-sighted'

Research into the impacts of rocket and satellite air pollution is being cut by the Trump administration. Experts say the cuts come at the worst time.

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See Jupiter pair up with a sliver of the moon tonight

Jupiter teams up with an exceedingly narrow crescent moon for the last time this year in the evening sky on May 27.

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New theory could finally make 'quantum gravity' a reality — and prove Einstein wrong

A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

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New moon of May 2025 leaves the night sky dark to see the summer constellations tonight

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising.

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China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust

A new memorandum has firmed up China and Russia's intent to lead the construction of a new lunar base to be completed by 2036, as NASA talks about scaling back its own lunar ambitions.

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Marvel delays 'Avengers: Doomsday' and 'Avengers: Secret Wars' by 7 months each

The Avengers won't be assembling for a little while longer, as Disney confirms 'Avengers: Doomsday' and 'Avengers: Secret Wars' delayed until to December 2026 and 2027 respectively.

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New 8K-resolution photos of the sun show off incredible details of raging sunspots

Advanced image restoration techniques have produced reconstructed views of the sun with an 8K image resolution for the first time.

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Scientists question possible signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b in new study: 'We never saw more than insignificant hints'

The skepticism continues over recent claims of possible hints of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b.

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SpaceX reveals why its Starship Flight 8 Ship exploded, failure traced to 'flash' in rocket's engines

SpaceX has completed its investigation into what went wrong during the eighth test flight its Starship rocket, which ended in an explosion over the Bahamas.

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Who is the 'one who is lost' in 'Doctor Who' 'Wish World'?

It turns out "the one who is lost" goes way back in "Doctor Who" lore.

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Scientists spot high-speed galaxy collision 11 billion light-years away: 'We hence call this system the cosmic joust'

A galactic collision 11 billion light-years away reveals how an actively feeding supermassive black hole disrupts star formation in a nearby galaxy.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 162 — Lunar Landing Day

On Episode 162 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the effort to make July 20 a national holiday called "Lunar Landing Day."

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SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California, completes 450th booster landing (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base tonight (May 9), carrying 26 Starlink satellites for the company's growing constellation.

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 9 launch today?

SpaceX is aiming to launch its Starship Flight 9 test mission no earlier than Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), but only if conditions allow.

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Venus, Saturn and the moon dazzle at dawn in 'romantic' photo from Chew Valley Lake (photo)

It was a race against the rising sun as astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a fleeting cosmic moment before dawn’s light washed the scene away.

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Lightning from above | Space photo of the day for May 23, 2025

NASA astronaut Anne McClain shared photos she captured of lightning as seen from her place on board the International Space Station.

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The moon doesn't have a magnetic field, so why does it have magnetic rocks?

A new simulation suggests a massive asteroid impact may have briefly supercharged the moon's magnetic field, leaving behind magnetized rocks that still carry its signature.

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'Mickey 17' starts streaming on HBO Max today, and you absolutely need to watch this underrated sci-fi romp

Robert Pattinson plays an expendable laborer in Bong Joon Ho's satirical sci-fi comedy, which hits HBO Max today.

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