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Celestron's SkyMaster Giant 15x70 binoculars are 10% off in these year-end deals

If you're hoping to get a head start on stargazing in 2022, this deal on Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars may be for you.

Celestron's SkyMaster Giant 15x70 binoculars are 10% off in these year-end deals

If you're hoping to get a head start on stargazing in 2022, this deal on Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars may be for you.

If you had Radio Telescopes for Eyes, one of the Biggest Things in the sky Would be a jet of Material Blasting out of a Nearby Galaxy

One concept that’s difficult to visualize is the apparent size of objects in the sky. No the actual size of an object, but rather the amount of area an object covers in the sky. Apparent size depends on an object’s actual size and its distance from us. For example, the Sun is about 400 times wider than the Moon, but also about 400 times more distant, so the Sun and Moon have roughly the same apparent size.

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James Webb Space Telescope has enough fuel for way more than 10 years of science

NASA's new space observatory should have enough fuel to keep at science work for significantly longer than mission designs required, according to an agency update.

The 10 biggest space science stories of 2021

The year 2021 was one of major scientific expansion.

Dark Horse reclaims publishing rights for more 'Star Wars' comics in 2022

"Star Wars" returns to Dark Horse Comics after seven years with new all-ages titles arriving spring of 2022.

Astronomy 2022: Top Skywatching Events for the Coming Year

Meteor showers, eclipses and a fine opposition of Mars top out astronomy 2022.

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Rich Clifford, NASA astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69

Michael "Rich" Clifford, who as a NASA astronaut flew on three space shuttle missions, including one after his diagnosis with Parkinson's Disease, has died at the age of 69.

An exclusive 1st look at 'Star Trek: Discovery – The Book of Grudge' from Hero Collector

A book about cats and "Star Trek" – what's not to love?! "Star Trek: Discovery – The Book of Grudge" is available for pre-order meow.

Here's how to follow the progress of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

NASA's new $10 billion observatory is completing a nerve-wracking sequence of steps to reach its final configuration and location. Here's how to follow the process.

Zoë and Book are kidnapped on planet Bethel in Titan's 'Firefly: Carnival' novel

Titan Publishing offers up a fresh "Firefly" novel written by Una McCormack with "Firefly: Carnival."

NASA assigns 2 astronauts to SpaceX Crew-6 mission, launching in 2023

The first two seats of the sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission launched by SpaceX have been filled.

High-stakes sunshield deployment begins on Webb telescope

Artist’s illustration of the Webb telescope’s sunshield pallet opening. Credit: NASA

Mission controllers started the risky process Tuesday to unfurl the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield, a five-layer thermal barrier necessary to give the observatory infrared vision into the distant universe.

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Build Boba Fett's helmet for 8% off with this Lego Star Wars deal

The Star Wars Boba Fett Helmet Building Kit is now on sale at Target for $47.99.

China launches mineral survey and science outreach satellites

China launched the Ziyuan 1 (02E) Earth resources observation satellite and a small amateur radio satellite on Saturday, Dec. 25.

Spacewalking Chinese astronauts add camera to Tiangong space station module

China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts ventured outside the orbiting Tianhe module on Sunday and installed a new panoramic camera for monitoring the space station.

Here’s DART’s First Picture From Space. We Are Already Looking Forward to its Last Image

It might not look like much, but here is the first monumental image from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). Earlier this month, a circular door covering the aperture of its DRACO telescopic camera was opened, allowing the camera to take its first image.  

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James Webb Space Telescope begins unfolding delicate, massive sunshield

NASA's massive new space observatory has entered its most perilous phase yet as it begins the careful process of unfurling its delicate sunshield.

Whisky bottled for 2022 moon milestones: NASA's Artemis 1 and Apollo 17

The Whisky Barrel, an online spirits merchant, is celebrating the past and future of NASA missions to the moon with limited scotch whisky offerings for 2022.

The Real Science Behind the Movie “Don’t Look Up”

The new movie “Don’t Look Up” — now available on Netflix — is not your usual sci-fi disaster film. Instead, it is a biting parody on the general public’s dismissal and indifference to science. While the movie is about a comet on a collision course with Earth, filmmakers originally meant “Don’t Look Up” to be a commentary on climate change denial. But it also is reflective of the current COVID denial and mask/vaccine resistance, as well as our existing political polarization. It also lays bare our preoccupation with social media. While the movie is sometimes funny, it can also be depressing and frustrating.

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NASA clears Axiom crew for 1st private mission to International Space Station

The astronauts launching with the first private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) next year have cleared all their medical evaluations.


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