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SpaceX moves Super Heavy booster to pad ahead of 4th Starship flight (photos)

SpaceX has moved its giant Super Heavy booster to the pad for testing ahead of the next Starship test flight, which could launch as soon as May.

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Ambitious new dark matter-hunting experiment delivers 1st results

The new BREAD experiment, which was designed to search the cosmos for mysterious dark matter, has returned its first results.

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Largest 3D map of our universe could hint that dark energy evolves with time

Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.

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China putting finishing touches on seaside spaceport for commercial launches (video)

China is making progress on two new pads for commercial space launches from the island of Hainan.

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Blue Origin will launch Ed Dwight, the 1st-ever Black astronaut candidate, to space on next New Shepard rocket flight

The six-person crew of Blue Origin's seventh human spaceflight includes Ed Dwight, who was picked in 1961 to be the nation's first black astronaut candidate.

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NASA will launch rockets into the total solar eclipse on April 8

It's round two for the Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets.

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I screwed up and missed the solar eclipse in 2017. I won't make that same mistake on April 8.

I didn't get to experience totality during 2017's solar eclipse, despite being just a few hours' drive away. I'm flying to Dallas so I don't make that mistake for the April 8 event.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' season 5 episode 2 sows the seeds of seasonal plot threads (Under the Twin Moons recap)

Will a chase for long-lost alien artifacts turn into an intergalactic arms race on Star Trek: Discovery? But more importantly, Grudge is back for season 5, episode 2.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' opens its 5th and final season in unremarkable fashion (Red Directive recap)

It's the fifth and final time around for "Star Trek: Discovery" and the single biggest question every sci-fan will be asking themselves is, will this season actually be any good.

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The James Webb Space Telescope has solved a lot of puzzles, and created a few more

Hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the 2024 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate surrounded the James Webb Space Telescope's scientific revolution.

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What time is the total solar eclipse on April 8?

A total solar eclipse will be visible across North America on April 8. Here we look at what time the eclipse will start and where it can be seen.

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Western US residents report the most UFO sightings — what are they actually seeing?

Wide-open spaces of the western U.S. may partly explain the region’s higher UAP sightings, according to a new study.

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These 15 solar eclipse beers were brewed to sip in the path of totality

A bunch of breweries in the path of totality for the April 8 total solar eclipse have created special beers for the surreal event.

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover begins exploring possible dried-up Red Planet river

NASA's Curiosity rover is now exploring a possible ancient river on Mars named Gediz Vallis.

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NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon

NASA has selected three companies to develop their versions of a rover that Artemis astronauts will start driving on the moon in 2030.

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'Star Trek's' Sonequa Martin-Green says goodbye to 'Discovery' (exclusive interview excerpt)

An exclusive Sonequa Martin-Green interview excerpt from "Star Trek Explorer #11."

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James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)

The James Webb Space Telescope has dived into the smoking heart of the "Cigar Galaxy" to create an image of the starburst galaxy alight with intense star birth.

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The world's largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe

The 3,200-megapixel LSST camera, build for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is completed. It will create "the greatest movie of all time" to crack the mystery of dark energy.

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Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?

Scientists are puzzled by thousands of white rocks scattered across the Jezero Crater on Mars.

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Why I’m staying home for the April 8 solar eclipse

For the last total solar eclipse, in 2017, I drove 4 hours to get to the path of totality. This time, I'm not traveling farther than just down the street.

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James Webb Space Telescope spots hints of exomoons forming in infant star system

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted hints of a third planet in the disk of gas and dust that surrounds an infant star, as well as signs of moon formation.

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China plans to catch its reusable rockets with constricting wires (video)

China's state-owned space contractor plans to catch its new reusable rockets with constricting wires, as a new video dramatically shows.

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New moon phase on April 8 will bring on the 2024 total solar eclipse

This month's new moon, which occurs on April 8, is a special one: It will cause a total solar eclipse, the last such event to grace the contiguous United States for two decades.

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NASA to pick new moon car for Artemis astronauts today: Watch it live

NASA will announce the company, or companies, it has selected to develop the rover for its Artemis moon program during a press conference today (April 3), and you can watch it live.

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Boeing's 1st Starliner astronaut launch delayed again, to May 6

The first crewed launch of Boeing's new Starliner capsule has been delayed by an additional five days, to May 6.

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