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ELVIS in orbit: New 3D microscope arrives at the ISS to study microbes in space

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 02:11

A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station to help study life’s adaptability under extreme conditions using an innovative imaging technique.

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Yousa in big doo-doo now, as Darth Jar Jar makes his way to Fortnite in the new Star Wars collaboration (video)

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 01:11

The next Fortnite x Star Wars collaboration will bring new content to Epic Games’ hit online multiplayer game, including starfighters, Darth Jar Jar, and a new live event.

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It’s alive! It’s alive! Orion throws back its cover | Space picture of the day for April 22, 2025

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 01:11

NASA engineers tested the functionality of Orion’s forward bay cover, which is the last component of the spacecraft that must be ejected before parachutes deploy to land.

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Scientists confused by missing coastal features on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 01:11

Scientists have long known that Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it’s strangely lacking in river deltas, a new study suggests.

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NASA’s Lucy probe captures 1st close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing ‘strikingly complicated geology’

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 00:11

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, currently journeying toward Jupiter’s orbit on its asteroid-hopping mission, captured an impressive close-up of its second target: the main belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson.

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Has the James Webb Space Telescope discovered a ‘missing’ supermassive black hole? (video)

Submit on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025 00:11

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered “smoking gun” evidence of a hidden feeding supermassive black hole in a distant spiral galaxy.

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We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview)

Submit on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 23:11

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and Laura Joy Pieters of the London Science Museum give a guided tour of our home system.

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US Space Force now has a framework for fighting a war in space

Submit on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 22:11

The U.S. Space Force now has an official “Space Warfighting” doctrine outlining how the service can train and prepare units for a war fought in space.

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