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Save up to $110 on the Elegoo Mars 2 Pro 3D printer at Amazon

That's a huge discount on a 3D printer we've tested and rate very highly

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Is a mirrorless camera worth the cost?

Mirrorless cameras are rapidly rising in popularity, but are they actually worth the hefty price tag?

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Mars meteorite challenges leading theory of how the Red Planet formed

A new analysis of a Martian meteorite is challenging current thinking about how terrestrial planets acquired volatile elements early in their formation.

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Mars stares back with eerie eyeball-like crater (photo)

This new Mars image was snapped by Europe's Mars Express orbiter, which spied an unusually creepy crater.

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Venus and the crescent moon get together in dazzling dance early Sunday morning

Get up early Sunday to see a celestial rendezvous between the two brightest objects in the night sky: Venus and the moon.

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Funko to can NASA astronauts as limited-edition Soda vinyl figures

NASA astronauts are finally crossing into "Pop" culture. Funko, the collectibles company best known for its line of Pop! vinyl figures, has revealed its first product depicting a NASA astronaut.

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NASA halts sale of cockroach-eaten Apollo 11 moon dust

As it turns out, attempting to sell moon dust that was extracted from the stomachs of cockroaches does indeed bug NASA. So much so, that the space agency requested RR Auction halt its sale.

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Jupiter scientists need your help hunting for storms in stunning photos

Humongous storms on Jupiter are the focus of a new citizen science project hosted on Zooniverse.

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NASA funds nuclear power systems for possible use on the moon

Three companies will demonstrate their potential to power lunar infrastructure using nuclear fission systems, under new joint NASA contracts announced on Tuesday (June 21).

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NASA declares Artemis 1 moon mission test successful, begins prepping for launch

The most recent Artemis 1 "wet dress rehearsal" wasn't perfect, but it was good enough to keep the NASA moon mission on course for liftoff a few months from now.

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South Korea cancels Apophis asteroid probe: report

South Korea has canceled its effort to visit the space rock Apophis during a close, but harmless, flyby of our Earth in 2029, according to a media report.

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Launch of NASA's CAPSTONE cubesat moon mission delayed to June 27

The launch of NASA's CAPSTONE moon mission has been delayed at least two additional days, to no earlier than Monday (June 27).

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Rare alignment of 5 planets peaks Friday as crescent moon joins the parade

A rare planetary alignment will peak predawn on Friday (June 24) when the crescent moon joins the party. An alignment like this will not occur again until 2040.

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Blood-red aurora transforms into 'STEVE' before stargazer's eyes

New footage shows the mysterious auroral phenomenon called STEVE emerging from a blood-red arc of light in New Zealand in 2015.

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Untangling the Milky Way's evolution through big-data astronomy

Mapping the Milky Way is a task similar in scope and size to the Human Genome Project. Here, we look at the journey of data collected by the Gaia telescope as it reveals the galaxy's secrets.

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Scientists map weird metal asteroid that NASA spacecraft will launch to this year

Planetary scientists have created a new, detailed map of the asteroid Psyche, providing a tantalizing preview of the target for a NASA mission set to launch later this year.

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Mercury-bound spacecraft whizzes past the smallest planet for the 2nd time

The Mercury-bound space probe BepiColombo has taken its second look at its target planet today during a superclose flyby designed to slow it down and adjust its trajectory.

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Bizarre spiral object found swirling around Milky Way's center

Astronomers have peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy, swirling around a single large star.

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NASA will unveil the James Webb Space Telescope's 1st science photos in July. Here's how to watch.

After half a year of commissioning in space, the James Webb Space Telescope will release its first science images in July. Here's how you can tune in to the historic event for free.

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Sigma 150-600mm f/5-6.3 OS HSM lens review

Big, brutal, comparatively slow but this lens has world-beating zoom capabilities.

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'Emerging super Crab' might be the most powerful pulsar ever discovered

Sifting through data from the Very Large Array Sky Survey, scientists have observed an object that might be a "​​pulsar wind nebula."

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