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PlayStation VR review

PlayStation VR’s second iteration is still going strong, but is now the right time to pick one up?

Why SpaceX's private Inspiration4 mission to Earth orbit is so important

Inspiration4, which is scheduled to launch Sept. 15, could help blaze a new trail for commercial spaceflight.

New Science Channel series 'Killers Of The Cosmos' premieres Sept. 19

Actor Aiden Gillen hosts "Killers of the Cosmos," a new TV series about the threats from space premiering Sept. 19.

Sian Proctor to take Afrofuturism art, science and a lifelong passion for exploration to space on private Inspiration4 mission

With the Inspiration4 mission, Sian Proctor will become an astronaut with her art after decades of dedication to science and space.

Billionaire Jared Isaacman, commander of the private Inspiration4 space mission, is bringing his spaceflight vision to life

According to Inspiration4's fearless leader, commander Jared Isaacman, the "stars have always aligned" for the charitable mission to Earth orbit.

Seascape Photography: A Guide to Capturing Sky and Sea

Want to get into seascape photography but aren’t sure where to start?

Photos: SpaceX rocket arrives on launch pad for Inspiration4 mission

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The Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spaceship chartered by billionaire Jared Isaacman for a three-day mission in low Earth orbit arrived at historic launch pad 39A in Florida over the weekend, moving into the starting blocks for liftoff Wednesday night with four civilian passengers.

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Researchers Create the Most Powerful Magnet Ever Made on Earth: 20 Teslas

On September 5, 2021, a team of MIT researchers successfully tested a high-temperature superconducting magnet, breaking the world record for the most powerful magnetic field strength ever produced. Reaching 20 Teslas (a measure of field intensity), this magnet could prove to be the key to unlocking nuclear fusion, and providing clean, carbon-free energy to the world.

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Satellite photo shows word 'children' in front of now-destroyed Ukrainian theater

Fortnite's Chapter 2, Season 7 ended Sunday (Sept. 17) with a massive UFO mothership exploding over the game's island in "Operation: Sky Fire."

SpaceX fires up Starship SN20 prototype again ahead of landmark test flight

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center with the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private human spaceflight to low Earth orbit. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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'Star Trek: Discovery' finishes Season 4 with a disappointing finale. Again.

Chris Sembroski, Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, and Sian Proctor pose with the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will carry them into orbit. Credit: Inspiration4 / John Kraus

SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Sunday, kicking off a busy few days before launch of the all-private Inspiration4 crew mission as soon as Wednesday night.

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Astronauts prep space station for new solar array on first all-international spacewalk

Aki Hoshide of JAXA and Thomas Pesquet of ESA installed the mount for a solar array outside of the International Space Station during the first spacewalk to not include a U.S. or Russian crew member.

Researchers Generate an Entire Virtual Universe and Make it Available for Download (if you Have 100 Terabytes of Free Hard Drive Space)

Astronomy is a bit different from many sciences because you only have a sample size of 1. The cosmos contains everything we can observe, so astronomers can’t study multiple universes to see how our universe ticks. But they can create computer simulations of our universe. By tweaking different aspects of their simulation, astronomers can see how things such as dark matter and dark energy play a role in our universe. Now, if you are willing to spring for a fancy hard drive, you can keep one of these simulations in your pocket.

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SpaceX names 2 new recovery ships after NASA astronauts

SpaceX's new recovery ships "Bob" and "Doug" sailed into Port Canaveral this month and are named for NASA astronauts.

Meet the four civilian Inspiration4 astronauts SpaceX will launch into orbit this week

The four crewmembers of SpaceX's all-civilian private mission Inspiration4 will launch on Sept. 15. Here's a look at who they are.

The world turns sideways in trippy, glowing Earth photo from the International Space Station

ISS astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured a trippy new photo of orange 'airglow' streaming past the sideways Earth.

High-stakes sunshield deployment begins on Webb telescope

The creepy alien abduction horror game "They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror" is coming in 2022 and there's a free-to-play demo available now.

Russia dismisses reports that cosmonauts' yellow and blue flight suits referred to Ukraine

Of the 30 space missions to successfully fly by or orbit Venus to date, more than one-third were part of the former Soviet Union's Venera series of robotic probes.

In Addition to Gravitational Waves, is There any way to Detect Merging Black Holes

If two black holes merge in the middle of space, and nobody’s around to see it, does it really happen?

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ALMA’s new Receivers Will let it see Longer Wavelengths, Peering Closer to the Beginning of the Universe

The ALMA telescope is getting a new set of receivers, enabling it to detect wavelengths down to 8.5 mm. These wavelengths are crucial for observations of the transformative epoch of reionization, when the first stars to appear in the universe unleashed a fury of radiation.

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