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Mars helicopter Ingenuity breaks 3-month flight gap with 53rd Red Planet hop

Submit on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 00:11

Ingenuity is back in action and a 54th flight is already in the works, according to NASA. The helicopter is now resuming scouting duties for a big Mars rover mission seeking life.

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A Jupiter-size exoplanet formed around a tiny star. Astronomers aren’t sure how

Submit on Saturday, August 5th, 2023 00:11

Astronomers are surprised by a metal-rich, massive planet orbiting a tiny star because gas giants aren’t supposed to be able to form around such diminutive red dwarf stars.

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Two new ‘Star Wars’ books offer daring tales from the galaxy far, far away

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 22:11

Two new “Star Wars” books, the anthology “Tales of Light and Life” and the novel “Star Wars: Crimson Climb,” land this fall from Disney Lucasfilm Press.

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SpaceX launch pad work delays Crew-7 astronaut launch for NASA to Aug. 25

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 21:11

Four astronauts launching to the International Space Station will see their mission launch later in August as SpaceX needs more time to ready their pad after a Falcon Heavy launch.

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China keeps its eye on NASA’s budget uncertainty

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 20:11

China is paying close attention to what NASA will and will not be able to afford in the coming years, as the space agency’s budget gets chopped up by U.S. lawmakers.

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Lego Star Wars Death Star Trash Compactor Diorama review

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 19:11

This Lego Star Wars diorama certainly isn’t trash.

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How long can an asteroid ‘survive’?

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 19:11

Asteroids are left over from the early solar system. Here’s how they get destroyed.

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New ISS experiment will help develop air conditioning for future space habitats

Submit on Friday, August 4th, 2023 17:11

An experiment sent to the International Space Station aims to help scientists develop AC for astronauts who may travel to remote areas of our solar system, and perhaps one day, beyond.

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