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"Foundation" season 2 review: Stick with it and you will be rewarded

Apple T.V.'s epic adaptation of Isaac Asimov's novels has been playing the very long game.

We've Got to Go Back to Enceladus. Here's a Mission That Could Get the Science

In our search for life on other worlds, the one we’ve most explored is Mars. But while Mars has the makings for possible life, it isn’t the best candidate in our solar system. Much better are the icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, which we know have liquid water. And of those, perhaps the best candidate is Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

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A tale of two space rocks: The year 'Deep Impact' and 'Armageddon' smashed onto the silver screen

Twenty-five years ago, two movies about deadly asteroids collided at the global box office – with very different results.

Good news for life: Mars rivers flowed for long stretches long ago

Some rivers on ancient Mars flowed for long enough stretches to create bona fide habitable environments on the Red Planet, a new study suggests.

Space-flown Snoopy dolls star in new Schulz Museum exhibit

What could be better than the first opportunity to see a Snoopy doll that flew into space? How about the chance to see three such dolls, including one that recently returned from the moon?

Week in images: 10-14 July 2023

Week in images: 10-14 July 2023

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Beam yourself into the 'Star Trek' universe with this bold new 'Captain's Log Solo RPG'

Modiphius Entertainment is launching a new galaxy-hopping "Star Trek Adventures" role-playing game this summer for solo captains.

'Foundation' showrunner David S. Goyer on Season 2's F-bombs and fantastic visual effects (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with 'Foundation' showrunner and executive producer David S. Goyer as Season 2 debuts.

See Wimbledon from space in new satellite image

A new satellite photo from the Earth-imaging company Planet captures the grass courts of the All England Club, which hosts the famous Wimbledon tennis tournament every summer.

Watch Rocket Lab launch 7 satellites, return booster to Earth today

Rocket Lab plans to launch seven satellites to orbit today (July 14) on a mission that will also feature a booster recovery, and you can watch the action live.

India launches historic Chandrayaan-3 moon-landing mission

India's Chandrayaan-3 mission launched today (July 14), kicking off the nation's second attempt to land a spacecraft on the moon.

This Week's Sky at a Glance, July 14 – 23

Venus, Mercury, and Mars, very unequal, gather low in the western twilight with the crescent Moon stepping over them and Regulus in their midst. And do you know which way the Kite of Boötes bends?

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The sound of Aeolus will blow you away

After almost five years, ESA’s Aeolus wind satellite has completed its mission. Now, you can listen to the Life of Aeolus – an incredible wind orchestral piece that has been composed using data spanning Aeolus’ entire life in orbit around Earth.

Lunar solar power satellite

Image: Lunar solar power satellite

Earth from Space: Ethiopian painting

Image: Reminiscent of an artist’s pallet, this striking false-colour image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission features Lake Abbe in northeast Ethiopia.

ESA moves ahead with In-Orbit Servicing missions

Isn’t it strange that when satellites run out of fuel or a single component breaks down, we just discard them? ESA and European industry have joined forces to make sure that our satellites can live on.

India tries for successful Moon mission with second lander launch

For the third time in its space program, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a mission to the Moon. India is hoping for a more successful outcome this time around after a failed attempt to land safely on the Moon back in 2019.

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SpaceX aborts Falcon 9 rocket's record-tying 16th launch attempt

SpaceX aborted the planned 16th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket early Friday (July 14) with 40 seconds left in the countdown.

Volcanic Hotspot Found on the Moon

A recent study published in Nature examines a volcanic hotspot that potentially exists beneath a feature on the Moon’s farside (the side facing away from the Earth) called the Compton-Belkovich Thorium Anomaly. Researchers led by the Planetary Science Institute collected data from the hotspot region using microwave instruments onboard the China National Space Administration’s Chang’e-1 and Chang’e-2 orbiters and holds the potential to help scientists better understand the past volcanic processes on our nearest celestial neighbor, as surface evidence indicates lunar volcanic activity ceased between 3 to 4 billion years ago.

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch another booster on 16th mission

For the second time this week, SpaceX will push the envelope by flying a Falcon 9 rocket for a 16th time. The rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40 at 12:40 a.m. EDT (0440 UTC) carrying more Starlink satellites into orbit. On Sunday night another booster lifted off from the same launch pad becoming the first Falcon 9 rocket to make a 16th flight.

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The Final Flight of Ariane 5 Means That Europe is Out of Rockets

The Ariane 5 rocket, developed by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA), has had a good run! The rocket series made its debut in 1996 and has been the workhorse of the ESA for decades, performing a total of 117 launches from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The many payloads it has sent to space include resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS), the BepiColombo probe, the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), and countless communication and science satellites.

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