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Mount Etna is 100 feet taller than it was 6 months ago

Blue Origin's nonprofit Club for the Future is donating $1 million apiece to 19 space organizations. The money was raised by selling a seat on Blue Origin's upcoming first crewed spaceflight.

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NASA astronauts on spacewalk prep space station for new solar array

Engineers have identified the possible cause of the Hubble Space Telescope's computer problems, and they plan to start implementing a fix on Thursday (July 15).

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It's rolling! NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission begins journey to the launch pad

7-Eleven is sending its Slurpee drink "on a private spaceflight" in celebration of its 94th year in business, and you can help decide one of the key factors — or rather, flavors — of the launch.

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Hints of intriguing diversity seen in super-energetic 'fast radio bursts'

Star Trek: Discovery: Season Three"is arriving on Blu-ray, DVD, and Limited Edition Steelbook on July 20 and here's a closer peek into its adventurous story arc.

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2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days

Astronomers detected a rare teardrop-shaped star that is being ripped apart by an invisible white dwarf, pushing the pair toward an inevitable supernova explosion.

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In photos: Virgin Galactic's 1st fully crewed spaceflight with billionaire Richard Branson

The space tourism company Virgin Galactic successfully launched its founder Richard Branson and five other crewmembers into suborbital space on July 11, 2021 in a milestone mission that marked the first fully crewed flight of its VSS Unity space plane. 

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The Sentinel 6 satellite is now tracking Earth's rising sea levels with unprecedented accuracy

The new European-American ocean monitoring satellite Sentinel 6 Michael Freilich has started delivering precise sea-level rise data after six months of technical calibrations.

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Adaptive Optics

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's mission to study Earth's Van Allen radiation belts ended on May 31, after exceeding its original planned lifetime of one year in orbit.

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Live coverage: India’s GSLV Mk.2 rocket set for launch today

The planets are a dynamic bunch, and throughout the year as seen from Earth, these celestial bodies appear not only to move across the sky but also to brighten and fade in turn.

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NASA, DOE fund three nuclear thermal space propulsion concepts

NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy have teamed up to fund three design concepts for reactors that could become part of a nuclear thermal propulsion system.

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NASA prepares 1st moonbound Orion spacecraft to receive its launch abort system

The Orion capsule is one step closer to returning to space, this time for a moon mission.

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Telescope maker Unistellar teams up with camera giant Nikon to increase access to high-tech skywatching

The optics giants will collaborate to bridge the gap between amateur astronomers and professionals.

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Video of Richard Branson's desert bike ride was recorded before Unity 22 launch day, Virgin Galactic clarifies

A Virgin Galactic video of founder Richard Branson's bike ride ahead of his launch into space on the company's Unity 22 flight in New Mexico this week was actually recorded earlier.

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'The Mandalorian' receives 24 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama Series

The "Star Wars" live-action spin-off, "The Mandalorian" received a whopping 24 nominations in 19 categories for the 2021 Emmy Awards on Tuesday (July 13).

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Strange chemical on Venus may come from volcanoes, not life

A mysterious whiff of an unstable chemical in the skies of Venus may not be a sign of life but the result of explosive volcanic eruptions, a new study finds.

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The best space board games of 2021

A gift guide for space fans who love game nights

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The best Star Trek gifts and deals for 2021

Drones, books, games, toys and more dominate the multispecies Federation universe

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Dark stars: The first stars in the universe

These cosmic creators, powered by dark matter, could be responsible for our existence, along with the appearance of today's universe.

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Best Lego space sets and deals for 2021

We've scoured Amazon and Lego for sets that are space or science-themed, as well as many science-fiction-themed sets.

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New photos from Ingenuity's 9th flight help refine science goals for Perseverance

A new batch of images from the recent Ingenuity flight is helping NASA scientists to refine science goals for the Perseverance rover as it searches for signs of life on the Red Planet.

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The hunt for wormholes: How scientists look for space-time tunnels

Usually confined to the pages of science fiction, astronomers are starting to think wormholes through space-time might be real after all.

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