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China to test lunar-soil bricks in space to pave the way for its planned moon base

The experiment aboard China's Tiangong space station will expose bricks made of moon-soil simulant to space's harsh conditions, helping shape the future of lunar infrastructure.

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China's mysterious space plane returns to Earth after 268 days in orbit

China's reusable space plane has landed after spending over 8 months in orbit on a largely secret mission.

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NASA's solar sail spacecraft is visible in the night sky. Here's how to see it

NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) can be seen with the naked eye as it orbits Earth, and can be tracked with a helpful app.

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SpaceX launches next-gen US spy satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader

SpaceX launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office tonight (Sept. 5), the company's second orbital mission of the day.

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A partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon Supermoon is coming. Here's everything you need to know

September's Full Harvest Moon will be a supermoon in addition to experiencing a partial lunar eclipse. Here's everything you need to know for this month's full moon.

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Watch eerie 1st teaser for Hulu's 'Alien: Earth' TV series (video)

A new teaser and plot description has arrived for Hulu’'s "Alien: Earth" TV series.

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NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in space

NASA's testing a solar sail system in space, and the spacecraft that brought the tech there has snapped a photo.

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'No Man's Sky' receives fishing, diving, and exo-skiffs via 'Aquarius' update (video)

After another major universe refresh, No Man's Sky continues its journey to become the ultimate time sink space game by adding alien fishing.

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The 1st Milky Way black hole image was groundbreaking — the next could be even better

By demonstrating the ability for joint observations at the short radio wavelength of 0.87mm, the Event Horizon Telescope has improved its observational acuity by half.

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NASA astronauts can't wear Boeing Starliner spacesuits in SpaceX's Dragon. Here's why

NASA's Starliner astronauts will temporarily have an emergency spot available on a SpaceX Crew Dragon, but they can't wear spacesuits there. That will change in a few weeks.

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Used SpaceX rocket launches 7,001st Starlink satellites (and 20 others), lands at sea (video)

A SpaceX rocket carrying the 7,001st Starlink internet satellite launched into orbit from Florida today (Sept. 5), then aced its landing at sea.

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Meet Phaethon, a weird asteroid that thinks it's a comet – our new research may explain what's going on

Meet Phaethon, a "rock comet" that blurs the definitions between asteroid and comet, and learn why it will be worth paying attention to this fascinating object in the coming years.

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The Andromeda Galaxy glows rosy red in gorgeous new Hubble Telescope image

The reddish structures of our neighboring galaxy glow brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Is the Sagittarius constellation a teapot or an archer?

Although officially known as the celestial archer, the zodiacal constellation of Sagittarius is far better recognized as a teapot. Here's how to see it this season.

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Astronaut watches a meteor explode over Earth in a bright green fireball in stunning video from ISS

A new video from an astronaut's vantage point in space captures a bright green burst over Earth as a meteor exploded in the night sky.

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Listen to the eerie sounds of an exploded star in new NASA video

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have rereleased new "sonified" images of nearby objects, including the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A.

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Lucky alignment of 2 spacecraft reveals how solar wind gets a magnetic push

Energy-packed plasma waves pump enough energy into streams of solar wind to propel them to their unexpectedly high speeds, observations by two sun-studying spacecraft suggest.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts have years of medical studies helping them with longer stay in space

Starliner's astronauts will spend at least 8 months in space, longer than a typical ISS crew. But numerous other astronauts have safely spent a year on the ISS, or even longer.

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Chinese astronauts study ancient microbes aboard Tiangong space station (video)

Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station are studying microbes, to help determine if some of Earth's early lifeforms can handle a simulated cosmic environment.

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Hubble Telescope spies a very sparkly mini-galaxy (image)

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged one of Andromeda's dwarf galaxies. It's named Pegasus.

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Celestron Origin Intelligent Home Observatory smart telescope review

The Celestron Origin is an easy-to-use smart telescope that will have you producing stunning pictures of deep sky objects in minutes.

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