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Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

Netflix's new sci-fi flick 'Atlas' charms with old-school heroics and rousing mech fights (review)

A review of director Brad Peyton's new sci-fi adventure flick, "Atlas."

Enjoy Five New Images from the Euclid Mission

We’re fortunate to live in these times. Multiple space telescopes feed us a rich stream of astounding images that never seems to end. Each one is a portrait of some part of nature’s glory, enriched by the science behind it all. All we have to do is revel in the wonder.

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Watch SpaceX send Earth-observing satellite to orbit today on 2nd leg of doubleheader

SpaceX will launch the EarthCARE mission this afternoon (May 28) after sending aloft a group of Starlinks this morning, and you can watch the action live.

Scientists pick their favorite Euclid 'dark universe' telescope images: 'The best is still to come'

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

Two Chinese astronauts spent about 8.5 hours outside the Tiangong space station today (May 28), setting a new spacewalk-duration record for the country.

Zero Debris Charter aims to boost international cooperation on cleaning up Earth's space junk problem

ESA and some of its member states have signed the non-binding Zero Debris Charter, committing themselves to take steps to help tackle the orbital debris problem.

Just keep swimming! Zebrafish doing fine in zero gravity on China's Tiangong space station (video)

The four zebrafish China sent to its space station are thriving after spending almost a month in orbit.

'Star Trek Online' Season 32 arrives today, starring Denise Crosby as Romulan baddie Sela

A preview of the new season of "Star Trek Online," starring Denise Crosby's Captain Sela.

Euclid Telescope Reveals Revolutionary Images and Data

The Euclid mission has released five new panoramas of celestial objects that are stunning in both their breadth and depth.

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ESA’s Solar Orbiter traces solar wind to its source

ESA’s Solar Orbiter made the first ever connection between measurements of the solar wind around a spacecraft to high-resolution images of the Sun’s surface at a close distance. The success opens a new way for solar physicists to study the source regions of the solar wind.

Live coverage: SpaceX to launch ESA’s EarthCARE on a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base

A rendering of the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) spacecraft onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage as the payload fairings deploy. Graphic: ESA

The European Space Agency is preparing to launch its latest Earth observing satellite, designed to better understand the climate. The Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) has four instruments which will study clouds and aerosols around the Earth “to improve the accuracy of climate models and support numerical weather prediction.”

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Mars InSight Has One Last Job: Getting Swallowed by Dust on the Red Planet

Normally you don’t want dust to get into your spacecraft. That was certainly true for the InSight mission to Mars, until it died. Now, however, it’s acting as a dust collector, and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) scientists couldn’t be happier.

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Merging Black Holes Could Give Astronomers a Way to Detect Hawking Radiation

Nothing lasts forever, including black holes. Over immensely long periods of time, they evaporate, as will other large objects in the Universe. This is because of Hawking Radiation, named after Stephen Hawking, who developed the idea in the 1970s.

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Last look at EarthCARE

Image: Last look at EarthCARE

A new theory of quantum gravity could explain the biggest puzzle in cosmology, study suggests

A new theory of quantum gravity, which attempts to unite quantum physics with Einstein's relativity, could help solve the puzzle of the universe's expansion, a theoretical paper suggests.

Venus’s Volcanoes Live

The evidence is in: Venus is volcanically active.

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Alabama high school students win world's largest rocketry challenge

High school students in Russellville, Alabama win the American Rocketry Challenge after months of designing and building a victorious rocket.

Watch Jedi battle hand-to-hand in new clip for Disney+'s 'The Acolyte' (video)

A new official clip has just been released by Disney+ for "Star Wars: The Acolyte" showing off the martial arts fight choreography featured in the upcoming miniseries.


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