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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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'Ahsoka' season 1 and 'The Mandalorian' season 3 get stunning 4K steelbook releases

A preview of "Ahsoka" Season 1 and "The Mandalorian" Season 3 4K UHD Steelbook releases

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India launches European Proba-3 satellites to create artificial eclipses in space (video)

An Indian PSLV rocket launched Europe's Proba-3 precision formation-flying mission to orbit early Thursday (Dec. 5) after a one-day delay.

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Inside the Hubble Space Telescope's 23-year-long look at a beautiful blue galaxy

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explores the evolution of spiral galaxy UGC 10043 through images taken 23 years apart, in 2000 and 2023.

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Directive 8020: Everything we know about Supermassive's sci-fi horror game

The fifth installment of Supermassive Games' Dark Pictures Anthology is going to outer space in search of Lovecraftian horrors.

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Get a sneak peek at 'Star Trek' illustrated short story anthology beaming up later this month (exclusive)

A sneak peek at the new "Star Trek" short story anthology, "A Year To The Day I Saw Myself Die and Other Stories"

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'Galaxy Quest' blasts back onto our screens with 25th anniversary Blu-ray release

A preview of new "Galaxy Quest" 4K UHD Blu-ray and Limited Edition Steelbook

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Are planet-killing black holes hiding inside your cat?

New research suggests that tiny primordial black holes could be hollowing out planets and passing through everyday objects, maybe even you and your cat!

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Building blocks: How China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats

Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon base made of bricks formed from lunar soil.

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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024

A tiny asteroid measuring some 27 inches (70 cm) wide was detected on a collision course with Earth above Siberia. It is expected to burn up harmlessly on the morning of Dec. 3, 2024.

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'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episodes 1 & 2: What's the secret of At Attin?

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew explores the New Republic era from a new, innocent perspective, but there's more than meets the eye...

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Handle on history: Knives embedded with rocket parts honor 45 years of Ariane launches

A company that crafts knife handles from leftover rocket metal and the wood from trees surrounding the launch pad has created a limited piece celebrating the anniversary of Europe's venerable Ariane.

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Mysterious fast radio bursts could be caused by asteroids slamming into dead stars

Asteroids colliding with neutron stars could account for mysterious blasts of energy called fast radio bursts by releasing enough energy to supply humanity's power needs for one hundred million years.

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Could dark matter have been forged in a 'Dark Big Bang?'

The Big Bang may not have been the origin of the universe's most mysterious matter. Instead, dark matter could have been created in a second creation event, a "Dark Big Bang."

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Cosmic rays could help assess hidden war damage in Ukraine

Energetic particles that arise when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could help assess hidden damage to buildings in Ukraine after the war.

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Broken water pipe knocks out data processing for NASA sun-studying spacecraft

Data processing for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and IRIS probe are down for a while, thanks to a burst water pipe in a server room used by the missions.

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BepiColombo probe captures haunting Mercury image on 5th of 6 gravity assist flybys (photo)

The European-Japanese BepiColombo probe made a close flyby of Mercury on Dec. 1, 2024 and captured an image of the planet.

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Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?

New research suggests that Venus may never have possessed liquid water oceans. That would mean "Earth's evil twin" was always hostile to life.

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SETI tracks distorted signals from distant pulsars with data from destroyed Arecibo Observatory

Years after the collapse of the Arecebo telescope data from the radio observatory has helped SETI scientists probe the characteristics of pulsars, cosmic lighthouses powered by dead stars.

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Strange "quasi-moon" of Earth will get one of these 7 names

A panel of experts has picked seven finalists for the name of asteroid (164207) 2004 GU9, a "quasi-moon" of Earth. You can vote for your favorite through Jan. 1, 2025.

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'Halo 2' 20 years later: The sequel that changed gaming forever

Two decades on, Halo 2 remains one of the best video game sequels of all time. Here's how it became a monument to Xbox and sci-fi shooters.

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Satellites spy red-hot lava threaten Iceland's Blue Lagoon

Satellites watched bright burning lava surge toward Iceland's Blue Lagoon following a volcanic eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.

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Fruit flies in space! Chinese astronauts show off experiment on Tiangong space station (video)

China's Shenzhou 19 astronauts have some winged companions to oversee aboard the country's Tiangong space station — fruit flies, which arrived on a cargo ship on Nov. 15.

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Hubble Telescope peeks at star with planet-forming disk that gets 3 times hotter than the sun

Scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to observe a star with a planet-forming disk that gets to absolutely scorching temperatures.

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Where's the Blaze Star? Why the overdue 'new star' T Coronae Borealis has yet to light up the night sky

Astronomers explain why the highly-anticipated "guest star" has not appeared in the night sky yet.

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