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Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship departs space station to conduct experiment in orbit

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus NG-16 cargo ship left the International Space Station today (Nov. 20) to carry out a new mission in orbit.

Watch the 1st teaser for the live-action 'Halo' TV series from Paramount Plus

The first teaser trailer for the live-action 'Halo' series on Paramount Plus offers a tantalizing glimpse of Master Chief John-117.

Zap! NASA readies a new laser test to speed up space communications

The mission was delayed two years but is launching during a new era of laser services.

Rocket Lab fishes Electron booster out of the sea (photos)

Rocket Lab recovered a first-stage booster during its successful launch on Wednesday (Nov. 17), taking another step toward rocket reuse.

Astra reaches orbit for 1st time on test flight for US military

Astra's 43-foot-tall (13 meters) Launch Vehicle 0007 made it to Earth orbit early Saturday (Nov. 20), notching a huge milestone for the California company.

There’s Enough Oxygen in the Lunar Regolith to Support Billions of People on the Moon

When it comes to the future of space exploration, a handful of practices are essential for mission planners. Foremost among them is the concept of In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU), providing food, water, construction materials, and other vital elements using local resources. And when it comes to missions destined for the Moon and Mars in the coming years, the ability to harvest ice, regolith, and other elements are crucial to mission success.

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NASA wants to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid, but don't worry. Earth isn't at risk.

Later this month, NASA will launch a mission to smack an asteroid into a new orbit to prepare for the possibility that an asteroid in the future might threaten Earth. But don't worry.

LightSail 2 solar sail is still soaring above Earth more than two years after launch

An experimental spacecraft testing solar sail space propulsion is still riding the sunbeams in Earth's orbit more than two and a half years after its launch.

NASA's DART mission has a sequel. How Europe's HERA will explore an asteroid impact aftermath.

The Hera mission will follow NASA's DART asteroid-deflecting spacecraft to the binary space rock Didymos and detail the aftermath of DART's collision with the smaller of the two asteroids.

There’s So Much Pressure at the Earth’s Core, it Makes Iron Behave in a Strange Way

It’s one of nature’s topsy-turvy tricks that the deep interior of the Earth is as hot as the Sun’s surface. The sphere of iron that resides there is also under extreme pressure: about 360 million times more pressure than we experience on the Earth’s surface. But how can scientists study what happens to the iron at the center of the Earth when it’s largely unobservable?

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Watch Ingenuity Mars helicopter soar in amazing new videos from Perseverance rover

Stunning new videos show NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity soaring through the Red Planet skies like never before.

Save a whopping 40% the Fortnite Rocket Launcher in this early Black Friday deal from Best Buy

Blast away the competition with an epic early Black Friday Nerf deal on the Nerf Fortnite rocket launcher from best buy, now 40% off.

An Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Give Mars an Artificial Magnetosphere

Terraforming Mars is one of the great dreams of humanity. Mars has a lot going for it. Its day is about the same length as Earth’s, it has plenty of frozen water just under its surface, and it likely could be given a reasonably breathable atmosphere in time. But one of the things it lacks is a strong magnetic field. So if we want to make Mars a second Earth, we’ll have to give it an artificial one.

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Vanguard Alta Pro 263AB tripod review

The Vanguard Alta Pro 263AB tripod is a solid, sturdy and flexible option for mirrorless and DSLR cameras.

3 Legged Thing PUNKS Brian Tripod review

Punk by name, punk by nature, the 3 Legged Thing PUNKS Brian Tripod is a showstopper among travel tripods.

Telescopes on Amazon: Best Black Friday deals

There are heaps of telescopes on Amazon, many of which are discounted as part of the Black Friday sales.

Rocky roads through Lanzarote

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Take away the clouds, bulk up the humans with suits and add an orange-red filter and this could be an image from a future mission to Mars.

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Week in images: 15 - 19 November 2021

Week in images: 15 - 19 November 2021

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IMM21: inflight call with ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer

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ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer talks to ESA ministers in charge of space from the International Space Station.

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Getting Started in Deep-Sky Astrophotography

Shopping for gear to get started in astrophotography? Here's some sage advice before you max out all your credit cards.

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