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New tau Herculid meteor shower drops bright fireballs, but no 'meteor storm,' for stargazers (photos)

"Shooting stars" from a new meteor shower lit up the night sky in a dazzling display, even if it wasn't a "meteor storm" some stargazers hoped for.

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FAA delays environmental review of SpaceX's Starship 2 more weeks, to June 13

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has delayed the completion of its environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program by another two weeks, to June 13.

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Chinese scientists call for plan to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink satellites

Microwave jammers, mini-satellites and space lasers could all be used to scuttle Starlink .

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A 'doorway' on Mars? How we see things in space that aren't there.

A geologist explains what the "doorway" on Mars really is and why it's so tempting to see recognizable shapes on other worlds.

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Shades of Uranus: Scientists know why the planet and Neptune are different hues of blue

The way each planet's atmosphere responds to methane might be responsible for the different hues of Uranus and Neptune.

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Betelgeuse's 'Great Dimming' had an unlikely observer: a Japanese weather satellite

Japan's Himawari-8 weather satellite serendipitously captured the dramatic changes in brightness of Orion's red supergiant star in 2019-2020.

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CAPSTONE: A pathfinding moon cubesat for the Artemis program

The CAPSTONE mission will test the feasibility of an energy-efficient orbit and navigation around the moon in preparation for the Artemis mission.

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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' episode one & two Easter eggs: Callbacks to a more civilized age

You don’t have to be an inquisitor to hunt down all of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’s’ Easter eggs and Star Wars references, but it helps…

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'Obi-Wan Kenobi' episodes one and two reunite Star Wars fans with a beloved character they’ll no longer recognize

One day you’re a Jedi Knight, the next you’re harvesting meat in the middle of the desert and living in a cave with your hairless camel…

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Hubble telescope snaps trippy new view of two swirling galaxies

A peculiar pair of galaxies swirls together in a mesmerizing new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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4 big Milky Way mysteries the next Gaia mission data dump may solve

Here are four big scientific questions about the Milky Way that astronomers hope to solve with the upcoming data dump from the European Gaia galaxy-charting mission.

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Spectacular Hubble image captures 'grand spiral' galaxy

The spiral arms of NGC 3631 are bursting with star-forming regions captured in a stunning Hubble Space Telescope image.

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Stratolaunch reveals its first hypersonic design for high-altitude flights

Stratolaunch's Talon-A test vehicle will eventually drop from the biggest airplane ever built, known as the Roc.

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Low Earth orbit: Definition, theory and facts

Low Earth orbit is the lowest altitude a satellite can travel around our planet.

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Do Trojan exoplanets exist?

Investigating these co-orbiting worlds in our own solar system may help us predict prevalence in extrasolar systems.

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These star-forming spirals look like galactic UFOs

The Hubble Space Telescope captured the otherworldly image of IC 564 when it looked at this region to learn more about 'clumpy' star formation.

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Possible early tau Herculid meteors caught on camera

Reports are coming in from observers who caught a few early shooting stars.

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James Webb Space Telescope will study two strange 'super-Earths'

Officials promise geology 'from 50 light-years away,' as they train the James Webb Space Telescope's high-precision spectrographs on two exoplanets.

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Want to see the potential tau Herculids meteor shower? Here's what to expect, according to NASA.

If you're hoping to see the potential tau Herculids meteor shower, NASA advises you to check the weather and be ready for the unexpected.

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A 'trove' of black hole discoveries emerge from dwarf galaxies

These finds could shed light on how supermassive black holes form in galaxies like our Milky Way.

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Humans have big plans for mining in space — but there are many things holding us back

Setting up any kind of off-Earth mining industry will be no small feat. Let's look at what we're up against.

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