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Russia launches mice, microbes and more on monthlong mission to Earth orbit

Submit on Thursday, August 21st, 2025 01:11

Russia launched its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite today (Aug. 20), sending 75 mice, 1,000 fruit flies and other organisms to orbit to learn more about the health effects of spaceflight.

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New tactical roguelite game ‘Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes’ sees you escape the Cylons with a full fleet of spaceships (video)

Submit on Thursday, August 21st, 2025 01:11

Battlestar Galactica meets FTL in this just-announced “story-rich tactical roguelite” from the makers of Crying Suns.

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Watch a bright fireball explode above Japan, turning night to day (video)

Submit on Thursday, August 21st, 2025 00:11

A fireball exploded into life in the skies above Japan on Aug. 19, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting close to the horizon.

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Acting NASA administrator Sean Duffy says the agency will ‘move aside’ from climate sciences to focus on exploring moon and Mars

Submit on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 23:11

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy says it’s time for the agency to focus on the moon and Mars, not the “smorgasbord of priorities,” like climate science, the agency has been directing its resources.

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Pragmata rethinks sci-fi shooter combat, and it owes a lot to Snake (preview)

Submit on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 22:11

After five years, Pragmata could have been unambitious, but instead, it’s a fascinating and innovative sci-fi game with heaps of potential.

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South Korea’s K-RadCube radiation satellite will hitch a ride on NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission

Submit on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 21:11

South Korea’s K-RadCube satellite has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its launch toward the moon on the Artemis 2 mission next year.

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Astronauts get stuffy noses in space because of microgravity, scientists find

Submit on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 20:11

Scientists are calling attention to an extremely common health problem that’s been making astronauts uncomfortable: sinus issues.

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Semiconductor wafer on ISS goes under the microscope | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2025

Submit on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 19:11

This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate “device-ready” wafers from space-grown crystals.

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