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These Star Wars phone chargers are 50% off at GameStop in an early Black Friday deal

You'll literally get to enjoy the Force on two charger deals that are each $25 less.

Once New Horizons was out Beyond Pluto, it Could Finally Measure the Brightness of the Milky Way

The New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding away from Earth since it launched in 2006. Scientists using the Alice UV imaging spectrograph on board New Horizons, have been patiently but sporadically gathering data during those 15 years, but also waiting to get far enough away from the Sun to make a specific measurement: the brightness of the Lyman-alpha background of the Milky Way. Until now, this had never been measured accurately.

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Best Black Friday camera deals

We've rounded up the best Black Friday camera deals from the likes of Canon, Nikon and Sony.

HP Reverb G2 VR Black Friday deal: Save $100 on this HP Reverb headset at HP

The VR headset features improved visuals, audio and comfort.

HTC Vive Pro 2 Black Friday deal: Save $80 on this HTC VR headset at Newegg

Newegg is starting the deals strong with this HTC Vive Pro 2 Black Friday deal - down to it's lowest ever price.

Russian module launching to space station Wednesday morning: Watch live

A Russian docking module will launch toward the International Space Station on Wednesday morning (Nov. 24), and you can watch the action live.

South Korea Launches its First Rocket. The Third Stage cut off Short.

So far, only six countries have successfully launched more than 1 ton of equipment into space using domestically developed rockets.  A seventh, North Korea, has successfully done so with a slightly smaller payload.  Recently, their southern neighbor attempted to get into this exclusive club by testing its first-ever three-stage orbital rocket.  

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity soars on 16th Red Planet flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity has aced yet another Red Planet flight, the little chopper's 16th sortie.

Blue Origin to fly 1st astronaut's daughter, GMA host Michael Strahan on New Shepard spaceflight

Sixty years after watching her father launch on the first American spaceflight, Laura Shepard Churchley will fly with GMA host Michael Strahan and four paying passengers on Blue Origin's New Shepard.

Early Black Friday deal: Save over $200 on the Fujifilm X-T4 on Amazon

The Fujifilm X-T4 is an excellent astro-camera and it's currently on offer for its lowest ever price.

Deep-sky Fishing in Cetus, the Whale

Small telescopes can reel in some big ones in the constellation Cetus, the Whale.

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'False fossils' littered across Mars may complicate the search for life on Red Planet

Researchers warn that there are dozens of potential false biosignatures on Mars that could hinder the search for alien life.

Here are 6 times that spacecraft smacked into other worlds — for science!

Sometimes, spacecraft must be destroyed anyway. And sometimes, it takes destroying a spacecraft to get the maximum science out of a mission.

SpaceX will launch NASA's DART mission to crash into an asteroid soon and you can watch it live

NASA will launch a mission to crash into an asteroid (on purpose) overnight tonight and you can watch it live.

How astronauts prepare for the unknown in space: An interview with NASA's Victor Glover

Space.com sat down with NASA astronaut Victor Glover about the fear of spaceflight, as well as launching in a pandemic.

NASA's DART asteroid-impact mission explained in pictures

DART will be NASA's first attempt to adjust an asteroid's orbit. Here's how it works.

NASA's superfast Parker Solar Probe just broke it own speed record at the sun

The Parker Solar Probe set a new mark for distance and speed as it creeps closer to the sun.

Drones on Amazon: Black Friday deals and discounts

There are tons of drones on Amazon - here’s our guide to the best ones to buy and how to check for the top Black Friday deals.

ESA Boost! contract for flight demonstration of Spectrum launch vehicle

Small and medium satellites can expect new launch opportunities on the Spectrum launch vehicle thanks to an ESA Boost! co-funding contract worth €11 m with Isar Aerospace Technologies in Germany.

Solar Orbiter to Fly Past Earth Thanksgiving Weekend

The Solar Orbiter mission will fly past Earth Friday night, setting up a dramatic sunward plunge.

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If Alien Probes are Already in the Solar System, Maybe we Could Detect Them Calling Home

It’s been seventy years since physicist Enrico Fermi asked his famous question: “Where is everybody?” And yet, the tyranny of the Fermi Paradox is still with us and will continue to be until definitive evidence of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ETI) is found. In the meantime, scientists are forced to speculate as to why we haven’t found any yet and (more importantly) what we should be looking for. By focusing our search efforts, it is hoped that we may finally determine that we are not alone in the Universe.

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