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Archive for May, 2025

‘Falcon’ flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (photos)

May 4th, 2025 by me

Living up to its Star Wars’ namesake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight again, delivering 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 —Star Wars Day.

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This iconic ‘Star Wars’ Rebel pilot helmet from the Battle of Hoth could fetch $400K at auction

May 4th, 2025 by me

Deep-pocket collectors can try to score this rare artifact from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’.

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Forget Darth Vader and the Emperor: The Empire has never been scarier than in ‘Andor’ season 2

May 4th, 2025 by me

There’s no lightsabers or planet-killing super-weapons (yet), but the latest season of the ‘Rogue One’ prequel shows what the Rebels are fighting against.

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What would it be like living on Tatooine from ‘Star Wars’? This exoplanet orbiting twin suns could tell us

May 4th, 2025 by me

Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to play all kinds of havoc on their orbiting circumbinary planets.

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For Star Wars Day, May the 4th, you’ll have to use all your Jedi powers to grab this Lego set — Jango Fett’s Starship WILL sell out fast

May 4th, 2025 by me

Lego has launched the first new Lego Star Wars set of 2025, and it’s an absolute beauty, packed with details and 2,970-pieces, Star Wars fans and collectors will need to use the Force to grab this one.

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Get everybody’s favorite droid at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day!

May 4th, 2025 by me

The 2314-piece collectible Lego Star Wars R2-D2 is 30% off at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day this May 4th!

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 159 — AI in Space!

May 3rd, 2025 by me

On Episode 159 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by David Bell to talk about the current and future potential for AI to revolutionize space exploration.

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Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter suspended above one of Europe’s oldest lakes (photo)

May 3rd, 2025 by me

Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky over Lake Ohrid, one of Europe’s deepest and most ancient lakes.

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