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New 'Star Trek' movie featuring Picard is on the way, Patrick Stewart says

In a podcast recorded in November of last year, during his book promotion tour, Stewart said he was excited to receive the new script soon

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The strange story of the grave of Copernicus

Nicholas Copernicus was the astronomer who, five centuries ago, explained that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than vice versa.

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Ailing Peregrine moon lander on path to crash into Earth, Astrobotic says

The beleaguered private moon lander Peregrine is now on a collision course with Earth, Astrobotic said Saturday.

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NASA's Lunar Retroreflector Network could make landing on the moon much easier

Landing on the moon soon be much easier thanks to NASA's Lunar Retroreflector Array network being carried to the lunar surface on international and commercial landers.

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Hobbled Peregrine moon lander limps to lunar distance as Astrobotic fights to keep it alive

Astrobotic's Peregrine lander has made it out to lunar distance, a major milestone for the crippled craft — but a moon landing still doesn't seem to be in the cards.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 93 — Does America really want to go back to the moon?

On Episode 93 of This Week In Space, Tariq and Rod we talk space history and America's desire to go to the moon with former NASA historian Roger Launius.

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SpaceX to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida tonight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch tonight (Jan. 13), sending 23 Starlink satellites to orbit.

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Surprise gamma-ray discovery could shed light on cosmic mystery

An unexpected and unexplained gamma-ray signal from beyond the Milky Way found among 13 years of NASA Fermi Telescope data could be linked to another cosmic mystery.

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NASA unveils the revolutionary X-59 Quesst 'quiet' supersonic jet 9 (photos, video)

NASA and Lockheed Martin showed off the finished X-59 Quesst jet today, which promises to usher in a new era of quieter supersonic flight.

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James Webb Space Telescope catches young planetary system by its dusty 'cat's tail' (photo)

The James Webb Space Telescope has caught the young planetary system Beta Pictoris by the tail seeing a new structure of dust that resembles the lower half of a cat.

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Japan's 1st launch of 2024 sends spy satellite to orbit (photos)

Japan launched a reconnaissance satellite called IGS Optical 8 to orbit Thursday night (Jan. 11) in the nation's first mission of the new year.

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Road trip! See April's total solar eclipse from one of these awesome North American routes

Check out these six awesome road trips where you can experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

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At last! NASA finally frees lid of asteroid Bennu sample capsule after battling stuck fasteners

NASA technicians have finally removed the two stubborn fasteners that prevented them from accessing all of the asteroid samples returned to Earth by OSIRIS-REx in September.

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2023 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA say

NASA and NOAA announced that 2023 was the hottest year Earth has experienced, causing severe human and economic impacts worldwide. Models predict that next year could be even hotter.

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Wispy ice clouds may form above Venus' hellish surface

The surface of Venus is a hellscape with temperatures hot enough to melt lead, but some regions of its atmosphere high over the surface remain cool enough to harbor ice and birth ghostly clouds

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'For All Mankind' season 4 episode 10 review: A season finale that saves the best for last

How far would you go to steal to an asteroid? This epic season closer has the answers.

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Fuel leak on ailing private Peregrine moon lander is slowing, Astrobotic says

The propellant leak that has crippled Astrobotic's Peregrine moon lander continues to slow, allowing the company to squeeze more science and engineering data out of the craft.

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New 'Star Trek' film will explore early years of Starfleet, Paramount reveals

Paramount announces new "Star Trek" movie examining the origins of Starfleet

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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at pad for Ax-3 astronaut launch (photos)

The SpaceX Dragon capsule that will fly the private Ax-3 astronaut mission to the International Space Station has arrived at its launch pad ahead of its planned Jan. 17 liftoff.

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NASA awards another $100 million for private space stations

NASA has awarded nearly $100 million in additional funding to commercial space station partners that are developing low Earth orbit destinations.

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Japanese earthquake on Jan. 1 shifted coastline over 800 feet, satellite photos show

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Jan. 1, causing uplift that extended the coastline along areas of the Noto Peninsula by up to 820 feet (250 meters), as new satellite images show.

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