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SpaceX launches third Starlink mission in five days

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket transits the face of the sun moments after liftoff Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography

SpaceX’s third Starlink satellite delivery mission in five days departed Florida’s Space Coast just after sunrise Wednesday, adding 53 more mass-produced communications spacecraft to the company’s broadband internet network.

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Amid tensions on Earth, the United States claims that 'conflict in space is not inevitable'

The belief of the inevitability of space becoming the next major battlefield runs the risk of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Solar Orbiter’s first close encounter

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On 26 March and enduring temperatures of some 500 degrees Celsius from within the orbit of planet Mercury, Solar Orbiter returned spectacular imagery of the Sun during its first close encounter with our home star. Detailed new movies show activity in the solar atmosphere and reveal a variety of features, including something scientists are nicknaming ‘the hedgehog’ with spikes of hot gas reaching out in all directions. 

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Best binoculars for kids: A close-up view of the cosmos for smaller hands and eyes

Get your children into stargazing with a pair of the best binoculars for kids from our top recommendations.

Building a better black hole with supercomputer simulations

Astronomers used a perhaps unlikely tool to understand what they saw in their historic first image of the Milky Way's supermassive black hole.

The Sun as you’ve never seen it before

Powerful flares, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a curious solar ‘hedgehog’ are amongst the haul of spectacular images, movies and data returned by Solar Orbiter from its first close approach to the Sun. Although the analysis of the new dataset has only just started, it is already clear that the ESA-led mission is providing the most extraordinary insights into the Sun’s magnetic behaviour and the way this shapes space weather.

Anycubic Photon M3 review

The Anycubic Photon M3 combines exceptional print quality with quick print times, making it an exceptional entry-level resin printer.

Making the case for The Mandalorian's new ship, the N1 Starfighter

The Mandalorian's cool new starfighter carries a lot of on-screen and off-screen Star Wars history.

China to launch Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling mission in 2025

The Tianwen 2 mission will sample an asteroid, return to Earth and then head out again to study a second space rock.

Blood moon, big city: Skywatcher captures total lunar eclipse over New York (photos)

The eclipsed moon burns red high above the bright lights of New York City in gorgeous photos captured by amateur astronomer Alexander Krivenyshev.

DARPA launches 'Ouija' project to study radio signals in Earth's atmosphere with satellites

The U.S. military plans to launch satellites to learn more about how radio signals behave in part of the Earth's atmosphere.

No, This Isn’t a Doorway on Mars

A Mastcam image from the Mars Curiosity rover captures what looks like a doorway into a rock ledge. It was formed when layered rock cracked and eroded away. Courtesy NASA Mars Curiosity Rover team.

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Live coverage: SpaceX rocket, Starlink satellites poised for launch at dawn

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Starlink 4-18 mission launched SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter.

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ISS spacesuits ‘no-go’ for non-emergency spacewalks after water intrusion

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European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer on a spacewalk March 23 outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

The aging shuttle-era spacesuits aboard the International Space Station have been declared “no-go” for operational, normally planned spacewalks pending analysis to determine what led to excess water getting into an astronaut’s helmet during a March excursion, officials confirmed Tuesday.

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House UFO Hearing Brings a Few Answers and More Questions

For the first time in more than half a century, Congress conducted a public hearing into the state of the Pentagon’s study of unidentified aerial phenomena — which is the new name for mysteries once known as unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.

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Carbon-12 is an Essential Building Block for Life and Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How it Forms in Stars

Artist’s impression of a red giant star. Their cores are cauldrons where carbon-12 is produced. Credit:NASA/ Walt Feimer

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NASA, Boeing ready for long-delayed, high-stakes Starliner test flight

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft was hoisted on top of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket May 4 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: United Launch Alliance

Running years late, Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule program is poised for a crucial unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station set for launch Thursday, a do-over of an abbreviated 2019 demo mission that has cost the aerospace contractor nearly $600 million.

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Watch SpaceX launch 53 new Starlink satellites early Wednesday

SpaceX plans to launch 53 more Starlink internet satellites and land the returning rocket on a ship at sea early Wednesday morning (May 18), and you can watch all the action live.

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 2 adds a lot to Uhura's backstory

A comet threatens to impact into an inhabited world, plus Pike ponders if his own future is preordained in episode 2 of "Strange New Worlds."

'The Orville' Season 3 full trailer is here for June 2 debut on Hulu

Eleven glorious episodes of "The Orville" will gracefully land on Hulu weekly starting June 2. Watch the full trailer here.

NASA's Mars lander InSight has only a few months to live on the Red Planet

NASA's Mars lander InSight has only a few months of science life left as it faces dwindling power from Martian dust.


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