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New Year’s northern lights delight as powerful solar storms spark auroras across central US and Europe (photos)

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 20:11

Last night, the sun and Earth collaborated to give us a light show that no fireworks display could rival. Happy New Year!

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Launches, moon landings and more: Here’s the top spaceflight missions to watch in 2025

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 18:11

From lunar and asteroid missions to groundbreaking human spaceflight tests and new rockets, 2025 promises an array of spectacular space missions.

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Ireland’s lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 01:11

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples.

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‘Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:’ 3 Climate records broken in 2024

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 01:11

2024 has been another challenging year for Earth’s climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace of global warming.

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Auroras, solar eclipse, Starship – 3 space stories make Google’s Breakout Searches of 2024 (video)

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 00:11

Google’s “Year in Search 2024” compilation is out, and three space stories this year made the list.

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NASA’s Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 ? an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)

Submit on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 00:11

Issues with the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

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‘Galaxy Quest’ at 25: the ‘Star Trek’ spoof that has its cake and eats it

Submit on Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 23:11

Never give up, never surrender… As the classic sci-fi comedy clocks up a quarter-century, we look back at a movie that wholeheartedly embraces its source material

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‘Star Bound’ serves up a ‘snarky approach to space history’ and the American space program (exclusive)

Submit on Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 23:11

An interview with celebrated author Bruce McCandless III for his new NASA book, “Star Bound”

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