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Stack it up! ULA assembles 1st Vulcan Centaur rocket ahead of debut launch (photos)

ULA's heavy-lift Vulcan Centaur rocket could launch for the first time in the next few months, if testing continues to go well.

Last Boeing 747 rolls out of the factory: How the 'queen of the skies' reigned over air travel

On Jan. 31, 2023, Boeing completed its last 747, the airplane that helped make international air travel affordable.

Save $200 on the Samyang AF f/2.8 14mm lens: A great wide-angle lens

Taking those bucolic wildlife shots has now entered your life. Frame amazing mountain and seaside scenes for $200 cheaper.

Sierra Space Tests Another Inflatable Space Station Module … to Destruction

Oops! They’ve done it again. Sierra Space blew up their space habitat for the third time – intentionally — all in the name of testing.

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Relativity Space stacks 3D-printed rocket on launch pad ahead of 1st flight

The 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket from Relativity Space may make its debut flight later this month if all goes to plan, marking the first liquid natural gas booster to reach orbit.

Go behind the scenes of 'The Mandalorian' Season 3 with new Disney featurette

Watch a new featurette for "The Mandalorian" Season 3 that reveals the series' worldwide appeal.

NASA reaches 'full utilization' of the International Space Station: report

NASA reached "full utilization" of crew time and cargo space on its side of the International Space Station. But there are options coming soon to increase available room, the agency says.

James Webb Space Telescope reveals stellar 'clumps' from the most distant universe

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals the earliest stages of galaxy formation in a time when the universe was less than 1 billion years old.

Save up to $280 with Anycubic's Valentine's Day 3D printer deals

Why buy a Valentine's Day present when you can make one? Save up to $280 on these Anycubic 3D printer deals.

The moon has a hidden tide that pulls on Earth's magnetosphere, new study reveals

Researchers have detected fluctuations in Earth's magnetosphere created by the same tidal forces that the moon exerts on the oceans.

Chile battles raging wildfires

Image: Deadly wildfires continue to rage in south-central Chile destroying hundreds of thousands of hectares of land across the country. Satellite images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on 4 February show the ongoing fires and heatwave in South America.

How fallen space junk could aid the fight against orbital debris

Analysis of space junk that has fallen to Earth could help researchers design rockets and spacecraft that break up more completely during the reentry process.

Check Out This Great View of Comet 96P Machholz, Courtesy of SOHO

Now’s the time to catch periodic Comet 96P Machholz on its encore dawn performance, before it slides out of view.

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Lego Star Wars Boba Fett's Starship review

Lego's Boba Fett’s Starship might be smaller than recent standalone sets, but this near pitch-perfect build is certainly befitting the baddest bounty hunter in the galaxy.

The James Webb Space Telescope just found an asteroid by total accident, its smallest object yet

By accidentally finding a tiny Washington Monument-sized asteroid, the James Webb Space Telescope has demonstrated how useful it can be much closer to home.

Blue stragglers are the weird grandparents of the galaxy

Finding and studying these strange stars helps us understand the complicated life cycles of normal, more well-behaved stars.

Save a stellar 47% on the Celestron AstroMaster 70 AZ telescope

Grab an $85 saving on a refractor telescope that's ideal for beginners and it's even cheaper than its Black Friday 2022 offer.

Earth-Sized Planet Found At One of the Lightest Red Dwarfs

Astronomers have found another Earth-sized planet. It’s about 31 light-years away and orbits in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. It’s probably tidally locked, which can be a problem around red dwarf stars. But the team that found it is optimistic about its potential habitability.

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New Mars photo reveals scars from Red Planet's ancient past

New photos from the European Mars Express orbiter highlight the planet's diverse surface geology and show how tectonic activity and running water created the fascinating features we see today.

Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula

The Tarantula Nebula, also called 30 Doradus, is the brightest star-forming region in our part of the galaxy. It’s in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and contains the most massive and hottest stars we know of. The Tarantula Nebula has been a repeat target for the Hubble since the telescope’s early years.

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Scientists created a weird new type of ice that is almost exactly as dense as water

Researchers have created a never-before-seen form of ice with a disorganized structure and a density almost exactly that of liquid water.


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