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Save 32% on Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binocular for Black Friday

Snag Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binoculars for just $102.49, or 32% off from the regular price of $149.95.

Lego Star Wars Imperial Shuttle Black Friday deal: Save 20% at Amazon to build this Dark Side ship

This early Black Friday deal on Amazon will save you 20% on the Lego Star Wars Imperial Shuttle.

With DART asteroid mission, NASA makes its 1st foray into planetary defense

The first operation to ever collide a spacecraft with an asteroid is set to launch Wednesday (Nov. 24) and will see whether humans can deflect a potentially disastrous cosmic impact.

For NASA's DART asteroid impactor mission, success will come down to the last 60 minutes

The moonlet the asteroid wants to move will only be visible in its sensors an hour before impact.

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How to get a NASA internship

NASA internships play an intrinsic role in a new era of space exploration and astronomy.

Lego Star Wars Y-Wing Black Friday deal: Save 30% at Walmart and Amazon

Get the 578-piece starfighter from either retailer and save 30% this Black Friday.

Black Friday drone deals: The best discounts from DJI, Skydio and more

We’re starting to see some Black Friday drone deals arrive – here we’ve rounded up the best discounts currently available.

Walmart's Lego City space deals are blasting off, with 20% off this Black Friday

Start your own space program with these Lego City Black Friday deals at Walmart.

Early Black Friday deal: Save 43% on these stargazing binoculars from Celestron

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You can Watch Ingenuity’s Flight on Mars, Captured by Perseverance

New video beamed back to Earth from the Perseverance Rover shows an incredibly detailed view of the Ingenuity helicopter’s flight back in September. The video – taken from about 300 meters (328 yards) away — shows Ingenuity’s takeoff and landing with such detail, that even a little plume of dust is visible during the helicopter’s ascent.

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Oculus Quest 2 Black Friday deal: $50 voucher with purchase at either Amazon or Newegg

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Can This Near-Earth Asteroid Help Us Understand the First Interstellar Visitor?

Astronomers have observed an object like ‘Oumuamua — but unlike the first known interstellar visitor, this one is in the solar system.

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Early Black Friday deal: Save $32 on this Lego Millennium Falcon set at Walmart

It's an out-of-this-world early Black Friday Lego Millennium Falcon deal on this 1351-piece Star Wars Lego set.

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All About Space magazine is created by space experts and features the latest developments in space science, exploration and more.

Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated

The effect, called Pauli blocking, has been predicted for 30 years. Scientists just proved it for the first time.

Scientists figure out what happens to Earth's disappearing crust

Earth's outer shell is made of rocky rafts that dive beneath each other. The diving plates weaken, but do not break, according to a new study.

Asteroid Didymos: NASA's galactic target practice for DART

In NASA's galactic game of pinball, Didymos is the jackpot.

Just how many threatening asteroids are there? It's complicated.

So you've heard that an asteroid could slam into Earth wreaking all sorts of havoc, but just how many space rocks out there threaten our planet?

Carl Sagan: Cosmos, Pale Blue Dot & famous quotes

Carl Sagan was a scientist and educator best known for his TV series Cosmos, the Pale Blue Dot image of Earth and quotes about life and Earth.

We’re Constantly Battling Invasive Species Here on Earth. What Does That Teach us About Infecting Other Worlds With Earth Life?

When Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins returned from the Moon in the summer of 1969, they spent three weeks isolated in quarantine to make sure that they hadn’t brought back any microbial lifeforms from the Moon, which could prove harmful to Earth life. Later, once the Moon had been unequivocally proved to be a dead world, future Apollo missions were allowed to skip quarantine. Elsewhere in the solar system, however, NASA still has to take planetary biosecurity seriously, because life could be out there. If we bring it back to Earth, it could be a danger to us and our ecosystems. Conversely, microbial Earth life could invade a fragile alien ecosystem, destroying a newly discovered lifeform before we have the chance to study it. Imagine discovering life on Mars, only to realize that it was life we had brought there with us.

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