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SpaceX: When will Elon Musk get humans to Mars after latest rocket launch?

It seems it’s 10th time lucky for SpaceX’s Starship, with a successful launch taking place yesterday- so what’s next?

Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

How scientists are using exoplanets to map out 'polka dots' on stars

Scientists have developed a new technique that could help them understand "polka dot" stars using the transits of exoplanets.

Space · Aug 27, 2025

Amazon Prime Video's next blockbuster sci-fi show could be its greatest yet

Forget Fallout Season 2 and Alien: Earth, there's one sci-fi show coming to Prime Video that could rule them all

T3 · Aug 27, 2025

Warped spacetime with surprise 'double-zoom' reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole

A happy coincidence and a theory first put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago helped scientists detect faint radiation around a distant supermassive black hole.

Space · Aug 27, 2025

The Outer Worlds 2 feels like a much more ambitious RPG than its predecessor: I played its prologue three times with different builds, and each run felt unique

A sneaky ghost playstyle was especially fun.

PC Gamer · Aug 27, 2025

Moon photobombs the sun in wild NOAA satellite image | Space photo of the day for Aug. 27, 2025

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saw the moon pass almost directly in front of the sun and captured it on a coronagraph.

Space · Aug 27, 2025

MP Materials: How One Move Redefined the U.S. Magnet Supply Chain

MP Materials is transforming America's rare earth supply chain by scaling its U.S.-based oxide production and securing major strategic partnerships.

MarketBeat · Aug 27, 2025

As a huge fan of the movies, I'm loving Alien: Earth – but as a home cinema nerd, I'm disappointed

A great show, but it could and should be even greater

What Hi-Fi? · Aug 27, 2025

Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight

If you grew up in Australia any time between the 1960s and the late 1990s, chances are you knew a little man from the Moon with a pencil for a nose. His name was Mr Squiggle. Every week he would float down to Earth in his rocket to turn random…

The Conversation · Aug 27, 2025

Trump administration is investing in US rare earths in a push to break China's grip

The U.S. is ramping up efforts to boost production of crucial components used in electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025