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'It's heart-forward:' Q&A with 'Star Trek: Prodigy' creators about Season 2 (exclusive)

An interview with Kevin and Dan Hageman about "Star Trek: Prodigy" Season 2.

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Astronaut ice cream turns 50: freeze-dried treat still popular (even if it never flew)

Perhaps the most popular example of space food that possibly never was, astronaut ice cream is now 50 years old. The crunchy, room-temperature treat was first sold to the public in 1974.

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NASA announces Artemis 2 moon mission backup astronaut — Andre Douglas will support 2025 lunar liftoff

NASA astronaut Andre Douglas has been named the backup astronaut for three astronauts on NASA's round-the-moon mission. Douglas was certified for liftoff earlier this year.

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Earth's upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new study hints

Mysterious dark matter could slosh over our planet like a wave. If it does, it may produce telltale radio waves in Earth's atmosphere, new theoretical research suggests.

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We could terraform Mars with desert moss — but does that mean we should?

A desert-dwelling moss could survive the extremes of a Martian environment and bounce back every time.

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Mystery of dead stars' glitching 'heartbeats' could have a twisted solution

The 'heartbeats' of rapidly spinning neutron stars are usually highly regular, but occasionally, the spin of these dead star pulsars 'glitches.' Now, a 'twisted' model could explain this mystery.

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SpaceX launching 20 Starlink satellites from Florida early on July 3

SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida in the wee hours of Wednesday morning (July 3).

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Scientists finally found 2 of the Milky Way's missing dwarf galaxies. What could this mean for astronomy?

Astronomers have found two of the Milky Way's missing satellite galaxies, a step toward earning a better understanding of dark matter.

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Boeing's Starliner can stay in space beyond 45-day limit, NASA says

Boeing's Starliner is rated to stay in space for 45 days on its historic first astronaut mission, but that's going to be extended soon. Ground testing on its thrusters will start as soon as July 2.

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Northrop Grumman names Cygnus cargo craft for fallen Challenger commander

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee, the NASA commander of the ill-fated flight of space shuttle Challenger, is being remembered by Northrop Grumman with the naming of a space station cargo spacecraft.

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'Great Food Truck Race' blasts off on 17th season with stop at NASA

"The Great Food Truck Race" lifted off for its 17th season by touching down at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Chef Tyler Florence welcomed nine teams to the "Blast Off Challenge."

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Former cryptocurrency company plans reality TV competition to pick next Blue Origin spaceflight crew

A reality television series may follow a company's efforts to send the 1st Nigerian and others to space aboard a Blue Origin vehicle.

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Giant river system that existed 40 million years ago discovered deep below Antarctic ice

"There was this gigantic river system": Researchers find ancient lost world deep beneath Antarctic ice.

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Watch SpaceX catch Starship Super Heavy booster with 'chopsticks' in this animation

A new SpaceX animation shows the company catching a returning Starship Super Heavy booster with the "chopstick" arms of its huge launch tower.

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Get an up-close look at China's Chang'e 6 farside moon rover (video)

More information has come to light regarding the hitchhiking mini-rover on China's Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the moon's far side.

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Find a piece of SpaceX space junk? Call the hotline

SpaceX has established a debris hotline and a special email address to aid folks who may have found fallen pieces of the company's hardware.

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Satellites watch 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane Beryl batter Carriacou island (video)

Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Monday (July 1) morning, setting the record of strongest hurricane to happen this early in the year.

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Not-so-static fire: Private Chinese rocket accidentally launches during test

Space Pioneer's new Tianlong-3 rocket took to the skies accidentally on Sunday (June 30), then crashed back to Earth in a dramatic explosion.

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Forbidden black holes and ancient stars hide in these 'tiny red dots' (image)

The James Webb Space Telescope found "tiny red dots" in the early universe representing overgrown supermassive black holes and stars that are impossibly old for the infant cosmos.

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Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm

New research has identified two distinct populations of puffy, sub-Neptune exoplanets with low densities, allowing them to stay in step with their planetary siblings.

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Watch Firefly Aerospace launch 8 cubesats to orbit tonight

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is scheduled to launch for the fifth time ever just after midnight on Tuesday (July 2), and you can watch the action live.

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