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Lego rolls out details about Apollo lunar rover model coming in August

Lego is gearing up to deliver a detailed model of the original "rock and rolling ride," the electric buggy driven by NASA's last three Apollo crews to explore the moon.

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New algorithm slashes time to run most sophisticated climate models by 10-fold

Climate models can be a million lines of code long and can take months to run on supercomputers. A new algorithm has dramatically shortened that time.

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The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars

Described as being like "Io on steroids," a newly discovered exoplanet is the victim of a tug of war between its neighboring planets and its star.

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Stunning image shows atoms transforming into quantum waves — just as Schrödinger predicted

A new imaging technique, which captured frozen lithium atoms transforming into quantum waves, could be used to probe some of the most poorly understood aspects of the quantum world.

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How a giant sunspot unleashed solar storms that spawned global auroras that just dazzled us all

Intense solar activity generated the most extreme geomagnetic storm since 2003 on Friday (May 10), and the action could continue into this week. Here's how it happened.

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SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida tonight

SpaceX plans to launch 23 of its Starlink satellites from Florida tonight (May 12), adding to its huge and ever-growing broadband megaconstellation.

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Scientists could make blazing-fast 6G using curving light rays

Researchers have discovered a way to curve data-carrying terahertz signals around obstacles, paving the way for ultrafast 6G.

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'Extreme' solar storms cook up sweet Mother's Day auroras for Moms everywhere

Want to save all the calories from Mother's Day brunch? You can still "sweeten" her holiday with an opportunity to see the northern lights again tonight!

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The stormy sun erupts with its biggest solar flare yet from a massive sunspot — and it's still crackling (video)

Just when we think we’ve seen the most powerful of flares from a colossal sunspot, the sun unleashed kicked off the strongest eruption of the weekend yet and is still crackling with solar storms.

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Houston, we have an encore: ISS virtual reality experience 'The Infinite' returns

What do you do for an encore after you have virtually transported thousands of Houstonians to the International Space Station? If you are Felix & Paul, you invite them back, to fly to the moon.

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Total solar eclipse 2027: A complete guide to the 'eclipse of the century'

Discover the 'eclipse of the century' with this comprehensive total solar eclipse 2027 guide. Find out where to see it, the timings of totality and possible weather conditions for key locations.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 110 —Voyager 1's Brush with Silence

On Episode 110 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Linda Spilker, Voyager project scientist, about the recent rescue of Voyager 1 from beyond the solar system.

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DARPA's autonomous 'Manta Ray' drone can glide through ocean depths undetected

Northrop Grumman Corporation has built its Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle, which will operate long-duration missions and carry payloads into the ocean depths in partnership with DARPA.

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'World's purest silicon' could lead to 1st million-qubit quantum computing chips

Scientists engineer the 'purest ever silicon' to build reliable qubits that can be manufactured to the size of a pinhead on a chip and power million-qubit quantum computers in the future.

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Jaw-dropping northern lights from massive solar flares amaze skywatchers around the world. 'We have a very rare event on our hands.' (photos)

An aurora show like no other is playing out in the night sky this weekend, spawned by intense solar storms that are painting the sky spectacular hues of pinks, purples and greens.

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NASA's Chandra spacecraft spots supermassive black hole erupting in the Milky Way's heart

NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope has spotted the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy erupting, proving even quiet black holes like Sagittarius A* need to vent sometimes.

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Watch monster flare-spewing sunspot grow to be 15 times wider than Earth (video)

A beastly sunspot that's 15 times the diameter of Earth remains highly active — and you might be able to spot it with your eclipse glasses!

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Cracking! Some binary black holes may roll around each other in egg-shaped orbits

Some black hole pairs roll around each other in wobbly, egg-shaped orbits that could hold clues about their origins, gravitational wave measurements suggest.

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How to watch new 'Doctor Who': Stream Ncuti Gatwa episodes from anywhere

How to watch new 'Doctor Who' on Disney Plus and BBC iPlayer, as 15th Doctor Ncuti Gatwa takes control of the TARDIS.

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'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft

Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029.

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Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded

Scientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin earlier this year, by letting it trail in images of the sky. It turns out, 2024 BX1 was spinning faster than any other near-Earth object ever seen.

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