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SpaceX will launch 2 private lunar landers this week, kicking off busy year for moon missions

Lunar landers from Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace will lift off atop the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this week, kicking off a busy year of moon missions.

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Smart robot helps out astronauts on China's Tiangong space station (video)

The three astronauts aboard China's Tiangong space station have been getting some assistance from an "intelligent" robot named Xiao Hang.

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Astronomers investigate black hole jets with Event Horizon Telescope

Astronomers are now confident the Event Horizon Telescope can help them decode elusive origins of black hole jets.

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'Dune: Prophecy' showrunner and Harkonnen stars dissect a stellar first season (exclusive)

A recap of a "Dune: Prophecy" season finale press conference held in late December

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 143 —King Starship

On Episode 143 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq are joined by Leonard David to talk about what 2025 has in store for SpaceX's Starship plans.

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How to see a 'planet parade' of 4 bright planets in January's night sky (video)

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn shine in a January planet alignment, NASA says.

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SpaceX assembles the world's largest rocket for Starship Flight 7 test launch (photos)

SpaceX just stacked its Starship megarocket to prepare for the vehicle's seventh test flight, which is scheduled for Jan. 13.

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Devastation of raging Los Angeles fires visible from space in satellite images

Satellite images show destruction caused by huge, fast-moving fires raging this week in Southern California.

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab still 'untouched' by raging LA fires

The powerful Eaton fire has not reached the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, NASA's lead center for robotic planetary exploration.

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The Full Wolf Moon 'eats' Mars tonight. Here's how to see it

On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will appear to pass in front of Mars, resulting in an occultation visible from the United States, much of southern and eastern Canada, and West Africa.

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What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 launch test today?

SpaceX's seventh Starship test flight will now launch no earlier than Thursday, Jan. 16, at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT).

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Mars is bigger and brighter this weekend than it will be all year. Here's how to see it

Mars will be at perigee, its closest point to Earth, on Sunday, Jan. 12, appearing bigger and brighter in the sky. Here’s how to view the Red Planet at its best for 2025.

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World's 1st wooden satellite deploys from ISS to demonstrate cleaner spacecraft tech (photo)

LignoSat's six-month mission will demonstrate whether wood could help reduce the environmental impact of spaceflight in the future.

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Star escapes ravenous supermassive black hole, leaving behind its stellar partner

Scientists want to know if a tidal disruption event that exploded twice is the result of a star abandoning its binary partner, allowing it to be devoured by a supermassive black hole.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites on record-breaking 25th flight (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 21 Starlink satellites from Florida today (Jan. 10). It was the 25th mission for the rocket's first stage, a new record.

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NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory back online after 2024 data center flood

The spacecraft themselves continued to operate normally in Earth orbit during the outage and "no science data has been lost."

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What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland?

The United States' northernmost military installation is critical for national security, Space Force officials say.

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How a leap year mistake knocked out a OneWeb satellite for 2 days

February 29, 2024 caused quite a stir for a giant satellite provider.

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See the moon and Jupiter ride the Bull in tonight’s sky

On Friday (Jan. 10), the moon will pass near Jupiter, meeting up with the gas giant in the constellation Taurus. Viewers can expect to see the bright moon and Jupiter shortly after sunset.

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The fastest-spinning 'vampire star' we know of is shrinking. Soon, it will explode

The fastest-spinning white dwarf ever discovered is a shrinking cosmic vampire feasting on a stellar companion. A feeding process is pushing the dead star toward an imminent supernova explosion.

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Final Season and The Complete Series warp onto Blu-ray this March

A preview of the Blu-ray release of "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Final Season and The Complete Series

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An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange

The long-held assumption that Jupiter's iconic swirling clouds are made of frozen ammonia could be upended.

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SpaceX rolls Starship out to pad ahead of Flight 7 test launch (photos)

SpaceX rolled the upper stage of its Starship megarocket out to the pad this morning (Jan. 9) ahead of its planned Jan. 13 test flight.

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Blue Origin delays 1st New Glenn rocket launch due to rough seas for landing

Bad weather for a rocket landing has pushed Blue Origin's first New Glenn launch to Jan. 12.

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SpaceX launches 7th batch of next-gen spy satellites for US government (video, photos)

SpaceX launched the seventh batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office tonight (Jan. 9).

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