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Watch SpaceX's 31st Dragon cargo capsule head back to Earth Dec. 12 after delay

SpaceX's 31st robotic Dragon cargo capsule is set to depart the International Space Station this morning (Dec. 6), and you can watch the action live.

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Comets probably delivered Earth its water billions of years ago, new study reveals

Scientists have gathered new evidence to suggest icy comets indeed brought water to Earth, long ago.

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NASA delays Artemis 2 moon mission to 2026, Artemis 3 astronaut landing to mid-2027

NASA has delayed the planned launch of its Artemis 2 crewed moon mission to April 2026, allowing more time to prep its Orion capsule.

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The 'Alien: Romulus' VHS release is the perfect bit of '80s nostalgia

A quick look at the shiny new 'Alien: Romulus" VHS release from 20th Century Studios

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China debuts $553 million spaceport with launch of new Long March-12 rocket (video)

China debuted its new launch vehicle Long March-12, delivering two experimental satellites into orbit and marking the inaugural flight from the country's first commercial spaceport.

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Astrophotographer captures colorful portrait of the Lion Nebula in a glowing field of hydrogen gas

Gaze into the colorful remnants of a long-dead star in this image of the Veil Nebula captured by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

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Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths of 2020

The staggering deaths of over 300 African elephants in early 2020 was most likely due to toxins in water proliferated to exceptional levels by climate extremes, according to a fresh analysis of decade's worth of satellite data.

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' season 5 episode 8 flips the script and visits the 'Upper Decks'

It's time for Captain Freeman and the rest of the command crew to take center stage.

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How 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' uses Spielberg magic to capture the spirit of the original trilogy

It looks like Amblin-style adventures and galaxies far, far away were made for each other.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Sirius XM radio satellite (video)

SpaceX launched SiriusXM's newest satellite, the SXM-9, adding the spacecraft to the company's digital radio broadcasting fleet.

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'It's like taking a picture of lightning': How astronomers raced to track the smallest asteroid ever seen

2022 WJ1 was only the sixth asteroid to be detected prior to striking Earth, and the smallest space rock ever seen.

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Here's how SpaceX's 6th Starship megarocket launch looked from the ISS (video)

Cameras on the International Space Station captured the sixth-ever test flight of SpaceX's Starship megarocket on Nov. 19, as a new video shows.

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SpaceX completes 1st Starlink direct-to-cell constellation with launch from California (video)

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites on Wednesday night (Dec. 4), completing its first direct-to-cell constellation.

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NASA will update us all on its Artemis moon landing program on Dec. 5. Here's how to watch live.

NASA is about to speak out about its plan to return astronauts to the moon, and you'll be able to watch it live on Thursday (Dec. 5).

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Spiderweb protocluster is filled with baby galaxies, James Webb Space Telescope reveals (image)

Using the JWST astronomers have dived deeper into a cosmic spiderweb called the Spiderweb protocluster located 10 billion light-years away than ever before.

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What was the War of the Thinking Machines in 'Dune: Prophecy'?

A brief history of the Butlerian Jihad in the world of "Dune"

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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 4th exoplanet in sweet triple 'super puff' star system

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a fourth planet in Kepler-51, a sweet system of cotton candy super puff planets.

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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

A big asteroid zoomed past Earth and the moon early Dec. 4, setting it up for another close pass in 2028.

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Trump picks billionaire private SpaceX astronaut Jared Isaacman to lead NASA

Donald Trump's choice for NASA chief is billionaire Jared Isaacman, a private astronaut who has funded and commanded two SpaceX missions.

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Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

NEOWISE team members have unveiled six images from the spacecraft's archives to celebrate the late space telescope's long and productive scientific life.

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Why we can't just name a quasi-moon 'Moony McMoonface'

You can vote on one of seven possible names for a quasi-moon of Earth and, unfortunately, Moony McMoonface isn't on the list.

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See the moon and Venus take a sunset stroll through the night sky tonight

The two brightest nighttime objects, the moon and the planet Venus put on a lovely display in the western evening sky of Wednesday, Dec. 4.

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Europe's Vega-C rocket launches Earth-observation satellite on 1st liftoff since 2022 failure (video)

Europe's Vega-C rocket successfully launched the Sentinel-1C Earth-observation satellite today (Dec. 5), bouncing back from a 2022 failure.

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Will the International Space Station's 2031 death dive cause pollution problems?

The International Space Station will be steered to a controlled destruction in Earth's atmosphere in 2031, if all goes to plan. Should we be worried about the pollution this death dive will cause?

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches on record-breaking 24th flight (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 24 Starlink broadband satellites early Dec. 4. It was the 24th flight for the rocket's first stage, setting a new record.

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