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Zoë and Book are kidnapped on planet Bethel in Titan's 'Firefly: Carnival' novel

Titan Publishing offers up a fresh "Firefly" novel written by Una McCormack with "Firefly: Carnival."

NASA assigns 2 astronauts to SpaceX Crew-6 mission, launching in 2023

The first two seats of the sixth full-fledged NASA crew mission launched by SpaceX have been filled.

High-stakes sunshield deployment begins on Webb telescope

Artist’s illustration of the Webb telescope’s sunshield pallet opening. Credit: NASA

Mission controllers started the risky process Tuesday to unfurl the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield, a five-layer thermal barrier necessary to give the observatory infrared vision into the distant universe.

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Build Boba Fett's helmet for 8% off with this Lego Star Wars deal

The Star Wars Boba Fett Helmet Building Kit is now on sale at Target for $47.99.

China launches mineral survey and science outreach satellites

China launched the Ziyuan 1 (02E) Earth resources observation satellite and a small amateur radio satellite on Saturday, Dec. 25.

Spacewalking Chinese astronauts add camera to Tiangong space station module

China's Shenzhou 13 astronauts ventured outside the orbiting Tianhe module on Sunday and installed a new panoramic camera for monitoring the space station.

Here’s DART’s First Picture From Space. We Are Already Looking Forward to its Last Image

It might not look like much, but here is the first monumental image from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). Earlier this month, a circular door covering the aperture of its DRACO telescopic camera was opened, allowing the camera to take its first image.  

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James Webb Space Telescope begins unfolding delicate, massive sunshield

NASA's massive new space observatory has entered its most perilous phase yet as it begins the careful process of unfurling its delicate sunshield.

Whisky bottled for 2022 moon milestones: NASA's Artemis 1 and Apollo 17

The Whisky Barrel, an online spirits merchant, is celebrating the past and future of NASA missions to the moon with limited scotch whisky offerings for 2022.

The Real Science Behind the Movie “Don’t Look Up”

The new movie “Don’t Look Up” — now available on Netflix — is not your usual sci-fi disaster film. Instead, it is a biting parody on the general public’s dismissal and indifference to science. While the movie is about a comet on a collision course with Earth, filmmakers originally meant “Don’t Look Up” to be a commentary on climate change denial. But it also is reflective of the current COVID denial and mask/vaccine resistance, as well as our existing political polarization. It also lays bare our preoccupation with social media. While the movie is sometimes funny, it can also be depressing and frustrating.

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NASA clears Axiom crew for 1st private mission to International Space Station

The astronauts launching with the first private crewed mission to the International Space Station (ISS) next year have cleared all their medical evaluations.

Discover ghosts of Jayne's past, present and future in 'Firefly Holiday Special #1'

Boom! Studios is offering up an sci-fi Christmas gift with "Firefly Holiday Special #1."

Watch the first 5 minutes of 'Moonfall,' Roland Emmerich's new sci-fi disaster film

Standby for destruction on a truly planetary scale as mankind once again struggles to survive in "Moonfall."

James Webb Space Telescope sails beyond the orbit of the moon after 2nd course correction

About 60 hours after launch, NASA's next-generation space observatory nailed the second of three required course-correction burns.

SpaceX in 2021: Elon Musk's space company set records for reusability and more

From Starship to Starlink to civilian flights, the California company is growing a 'monopoly' in space.

Celebrating the animal astronauts who paved the way for human spaceflight

From insects to primates, from dogs and cats to cold-blooded reptiles, animals have played a significant role in space exploration since the first fruit flies launched to Earth's upper atmosphere in 1947.

Rocket scientists aren't any smarter than the rest of us, science says

The phrase "It's not rocket science" is commonly used to describe tasks that aren't difficult or complicated. But are rocket scientists really smarter than everyone else?

When will the sun explode?

The sun is in its main sequence, but how do scientists know when our nearest star will begin to call it quits?

This Lego Star Wars Boba Fett's Starship set is 20% off right now

You can score a Boba Fett's Starship in Lego form for $10 off at Walmart right now.

OneWeb adds 36 more satellites to internet network

A Soyuz-2.1b rocket lifts off Dec. 27 with 36 OneWeb satellites. Credit: Roscosmos

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched Monday with 36 more OneWeb internet satellites, the 12th of 19 Soyuz missions needed to deliver into orbit the company’s first-generation network of nearly 650 spacecraft.

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James Webb Space Telescope successfully deploys antenna

NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed a critical antenna Saturday (Dec. 26).


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