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Trump may cancel NASA’s powerful SLS moon rocket – here’s what that would mean for Elon Musk and the future of space travel

December 5th, 2024 by

Since Donald Trump’s recent electoral victory, rumors and speculation have circulated that NASA’s giant moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), could be under threat.

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

December 5th, 2024 by

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

December 5th, 2024 by

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 launches 20 Starlink satellites to orbit from California

December 5th, 2024 by

SpaceX launched 20 more of its Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California on Wednesday (Dec. 4).

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

December 5th, 2024 by

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)

December 5th, 2024 by

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’?

December 5th, 2024 by

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

December 5th, 2024 by

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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