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US Department of Justice sues SpaceX for hiring discrimination

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing SpaceX, alleging that Elon Musk's company discriminated against job applicants who are refugees or asylum recipients.

India's Rover Rolls Out Onto the Lunar Surface

On July 14th, 2023, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the third mission in its Chandrayaan (“Moon vehicle” in Hindi) lunar exploration program. Earlier this week (Wednesday, August 23rd), the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s Vikram lander touched down on the far side of the Moon, making India the fourth nation in the world to send missions to the lunar surface and the first to land one near the Moon’s south pole region. Shortly after that, the ISRO announced that they had deployed Pragyan, the rover element of the mission, to the surface.

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Private Ax-2 astronaut releasing free educational videos filmed in space on Aug. 28

Ride into space in a new video series Aug. 28 featuring Ax-2 private astronaut John Shoffner. He teaches students about space alongside commander Peggy Whitson, a record-breaking NASA astronaut.

See Saturn at its biggest and brightest of 2023 this weekend

Saturn will be directly opposite of the sun on Aug. 26 and 27, making this weekend a great time to observe the ringed gas giant.

NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed)

With its budget being trimmed for 2024, NASA is making some weighty decisions... and one includes drastically trimming New Horizons funds by replacing the current science staff with a new team.

Atlas V rocket rolled to pad for 'Silent Barker' spysat launch (photos)

United Launch Alliance rolled its Atlas V rocket to the launch pad today (Aug. 25), ahead of the planned Aug. 29 liftoff of the 'Silent Barker' reconnaissance mission.

Japan will launch SLIM moon lander and space telescope on Aug. 27. Here's how to watch it live.

Japan plans to launch a mini moon lander called SLIM and an X-ray space observatory atop a single rocket on Sunday (Aug. 27), and you can watch live.

Watch new NASA sensor measure US air pollution from space in real time (video)

The first images from NASA's new space-borne air pollution sensor reveal how levels of toxic pollutants change within a day across the United States.

Fermi Paradox

The Fermi Paradox is a famous and perplexing question in the field of astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Named after the Italian-American physicist Enrico Fermi, the paradox can be summarized as follows: Given the vast number of potentially habitable planets in the galaxy and the age of the universe, why haven't we observed any signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations?

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SpaceX fires up giant Starship booster for 2nd time ahead of test flight (video)

SpaceX fired up its huge new Starship Super Heavy booster for the second time today (Aug. 25), keeping the vehicle on track for a test flight in the near future.

Lego Ideas Tales of the Space Age review

This beautiful, simple Lego set is a real artistic celebration of space.

Japan's SLIM spacecraft, a 'moon sniper,' to join lunar landing rush with Aug. 26 launch

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, to our natural satellite to demonstrate accurate lunar landing techniques.

A Giant Black Hole Destroyed a Star and Threw the Pieces Into Space

When a black hole consumes a star, things can get quite messy. Take, for example, the event known as ASASSN-14li, where a massive star strayed too close to a supermassive black hole and paid the ultimate price.

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Watch Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover take its '1st steps' on the moon (video)

Watch India's Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover step onto the moon's surface for the first time and have its picture taken from orbit.

Watch the 1st full trailer for Zack Snyder's sci-fi epic 'Rebel Moon' (video)

Netflix released the first full trailer for Zack Snyder's two-part sci-fi epic, "Rebel Moon" which premieres this December.

Liftoff for Crew-7 with Andreas Mogensen

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On 26 August 2023, at 09:27 CEST (08:27 BST), Crew-7 aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance embarked on a journey to the International Space Station. Watch the full coverage of their launch from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA.

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Satellite imagery captures wildfires breaking across Greece (photo)

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites are monitoring changes in the fire to aid civil protection and humanitarian response.

Week in images: 21-25 August 2023

Week in images: 21-25 August 2023

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Watch the sun over the next 2 weeks to plan the ideal total eclipse 2024 viewing location

Between Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, the sun will be in the same location as during the total eclipse on April 8, 2024 making it the perfect time to scout your viewing spot.

Newly discovered black hole 'speed limit' hints at new laws of physics

When supermassive black holes barrel toward collision, they can reach speeds of up to 1/10th the speed of light, new research suggests.

Everything we know about Star Wars Outlaws

Star Wars video games are set to expand in the coming years, and Star Wars Outlaws will be at the center with a huge open world adventure.


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