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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 3 builds up backstories for Number One, M'Benga

In "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," episode 3, Una Chin-Riley goes full Captain Kirk, plus it turns out that she's actually an Illyrian.

Japan will send an astronaut to the moon with NASA, President Biden says

A Japanese astronaut will visit NASA's planned Gateway space station, and perhaps the moon's surface, as part of a larger interagency agreement.

Launch of CAPSTONE cubesat moon mission delayed to June 6

The little CAPSTONE spacecraft will have to wait a bit longer for its big lunar launch.

Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse glows eerie red in new photo

The eclipsed moon glows an eerie deep red color in a new photo of the total lunar eclipse that occurred earlier in May.

Massive Mars dust storms triggered by heat imbalances, scientists find

Mars' planet-engulfing dust storms are a consequence of a huge energy imbalance on the Red Planet.

Early Memorial Day deal: get 33% off the Terraforming Mars board game

Save over $20 on the epic space board game in an out-of-this-world deal just ahead of the Memorial Day celebrations.

Piano Concerto on the Planets Premieres

A piano concerto based on the solar system’s planets just had its world premiere. And you can hear a sampling of the music right here!

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Revealing coastline dynamics of the Danube Delta

Hundreds of satellite images spanning 30 years have been compiled to show the evolution of the Danube Delta – the second largest river delta in Europe. These findings were presented today at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium taking place this week in Bonn, Germany.

Asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building barreling toward Earth on May 27

The near-Earth asteroid 7335 (1989 JA) will make a close approach to our planet on May 27, 2022, flying within about 2.5 million miles of Earth.

It’s a kind of MAGIC

With well over 4000 scientists, academics, space industry personnel, institutional stakeholders, data users, students and citizens all gathered at the Living Planet Symposium, this world-renowned Earth observation event is already proving to be a bit like magic, especially after the gruelling two-year COVID pandemic. However, there’s also another kind of magic in the air creating a buzz – no, not the band Queen singing their hit single, but a potential new satellite mission called MAGIC that would shed new light on where Earth’s water is stored and how it moves from place to place.

NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit

NASA is planning a mission to demonstrate the ability to repair and upgrade satellites in Earth orbit. The mission, called OSAM-1 (On-orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing-1), will send a robotic spacecraft equipped with robotic arms and all the tools and equipment needed to fix, refuel or extend satellites’ lifespans, even if those satellites were not designed to be serviced on orbit.

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UK camera deal: get Argos's lowest ever price on the Nikon Z5

Grab the retailer's lowest ever price on a camera that we rate as one of the best mirrorless cameras on the market.

Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches — and leaving other countries behind

Nations that don't have their own satellites rely on other countries, and those that want to develop their own satellite infrastructure are running out of options as space fills up.

1st maps of massive, translucent gas clouds in space reveal clues about the early universe

For the first time, researchers have mapped elusive gas clouds that are believed to hold clues about galactic evolution and star formation in the early days of the universe.

NASA shows off early plans to send astronauts to Mars for 30 days

We now have an early glimpse of NASA's latest vision for its first crewed Mars mission.

Accelerators gear up at ESA’s Living Planet Symposium

Global climate change is the single most challenging issue faced by humanity – affecting every region, continent and ocean on Earth. It fuels a range of other top-level challenges such as food security, migration, biodiversity loss, risks to human health and economic losses.

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The “Doorway on Mars” is More Like a Dog Door

Mars Curiosity rover took a panorama of this rock cliff during its trip across Mount Sharp on Mars. Circled is the location of a so-called “doorway on Mars.” Courtesy NASA/JPL/Mars Curiosity team.

Remember all the fuss about the “doorway on Mars” from just last week? Well, this week, NASA issued some more information about the rock mound where the Curiosity rover snapped a pic showing a fracture hole in the rock. It looks like a door, but it’s not.

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China launches three communications test satellites

A Chinese Long March 2C rocket lifts off May 20 with three communications test satellites. Credit: CASC

A two-stage Chinese Long March 2C rocket launched Friday and delivered three communications test satellites into an orbit about 550 miles (880 kilometers) above Earth.

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Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission delayed to late September

Pam Melroy, NASA’s deputy administrator, visits the Psyche spacecraft undergoing processing May 19 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA-JPL/Wes Kuykendall

The launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission, which was set for Aug. 1 on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, has been delayed to no earlier than Sept. 20 after ground teams discovered an issue during software testing on the spacecraft, officials said Monday.

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Boeing's Starliner capsule to land in New Mexico Wednesday

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will wrap up its landmark mission with a touchdown in New Mexico on Wednesday evening (May 25), if all goes according to plan.


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