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Watch green comet near Mars Saturday with free telescope livestream

The Virtual Telescope Project is hosting a free livestream of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) near Mars on Saturday (Feb. 11) starting at 2:00 p.m. EST (1900 GMT).

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New Indian rocket will make 2nd attempt to reach orbit on Thursday

India's new SSLV small-satellite launcher will attempt to bounce back on Thursday night (Feb. 9) from an August 2022 failure.

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Hubble Space Telescope reveals a stunning star cluster (photo)

Hubble snapped a great shot of NGC 376, a loose gathering of stars located outside our Milky Way, in a dwarf galaxy called the Small Magellanic Cloud.

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Save 38% on the Celestron Outland X 10x42 a compact and high quality binoculars

Another win for the world renowned brand Celestron - these binoculars are affordable and great for outdoor viewing.

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'Star Wars: Visions' Volume 2 blasts back onto Disney+ this year for Star Wars Day

Disney+ released a list of all nine animated shorts for the new season of "Star Wars: Visions" which premieres on Star Wars Day, May 4, 2023.

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Tiny NASA moon probe can't reach lunar orbit as planned

After launching with SpaceX in December 2022, Lunar Flashlight ran into trouble in deep space. Now the mission is eyeing a high-Earth orbit that will allow monthly moon flybys.

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Don't panic: Ingenuity helicopter reaches 42 flights on Mars

As Ingenuity scouts for Mars sample return, NASA says the milestone flight and larger Perseverance rover mission represents 'the meaning of life, the universe and everything.'

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James Webb Space Telescope pushed past its limits to observe DART asteroid crash

The James Webb Space Telescope had to perform outside of its design limits to observe the collision of NASA's DART probe with asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in September last year, NASA has revealed

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Virgin Orbit's failed debut UK rocket launch traced to '$100 part:' report

Virgin Orbit's debut Cornwall orbital launch ended in failure Jan. 9, and early stages of the investigation point to an inexpensive part in rocket LauncherOne.

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ESA successfully unfurls sail to drag spacecraft out of orbit

The European Space Agency has successfully unfurled a sail aboard a used cubesat to help drag the spacecraft down into Earth's atmosphere and out of orbit.

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See the green comet near Mars in the night sky this week

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will be positioned close to Mars in the Taurus constellation from Feb. 9 through Feb. 14, making it easier to locate as it dims in the night sky.

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Space claw! Sun shoots powerful flare that knocks out shortwave radio (video)

The sun is growing more active in its regular 11-year-cycle and has a huge sunspot serving as a hotbed of flares and other activity.

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A dwarf planet beyond Neptune has a mysterious ring that astronomers can't explain

A mini-planet orbiting in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system has a Saturn-like ring of dust and debris that defies the rules of physics, a new study has revealed.

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A fleet of gamma-ray burst detecting cubesats could help crack mystery of neutron star mergers

A constellation of tiny satellites could revolutionize the study of the most energetic explosion in the cosmos and help astronomers untangle the mysteries of colliding neutron stars.

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Watch Russia launch cargo mission to space station early Thursday

Russia will launch a robotic cargo mission to the International Space Station early Thursday morning (Feb. 9), and you can watch the action live.

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Save $200 on the Nikon D850: An impressive DSLR camera for professionals

This Nikon D850 deal is not only a brilliant camera but comes with an additional free bundle worth $180 to add to your photography arsenal.

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Turkey earthquake devastation spotted by satellites (photos)

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake Monday (Feb. 6) and aftershocks is estimated to be at least 11,200 people in the region, according to reports.

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Defying gravity: How video games play with gravity and zero-g

Float on over here as we look at some of the most interesting uses of gravity and weightlessness in video games.

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The Alpha-Centaurids meteor shower peaks tonight for Southern Hemisphere skywatchers

The annual meteor shower Alpha-Centaurids peaks on Wednesday (Feb. 8) as Earth passes through a cloud of debris left by an unknown comet - but only for skywatchers in the Southern Hemisphere.

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US military begins recovering Chinese spy balloon debris (photos)

Recovery teams have already found some pieces of the Chinese surveillance balloon, which an F-22 fighter jet shot down on Saturday (Feb. 4).

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Massive comet hurtling past the sun is chasing its tail

The massive comet 96P Machholz is currently headed through the inner solar system, and a closer look at this unusual 4-mile-wide space snowball reveals that it's chasing its own tail.

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