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SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule boosts ISS higher above Earth in key test

Submit on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 23:11

SpaceX’s Dragon capsule demonstrated its ability to boost the ISS on Sept. 3, pushing the orbiting lab slightly higher above Earth.

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‘Invasion’ star Shamier Anderson says he’s ‘out of here’ if aliens do actually invade (exclusive)

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‘The aliens are coming to Earth? I’m going, ‘Here’s the bill. Credit or debit? Have a good day.’’

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Most solar eclipse maps have a major flaw. Here’s how to ensure you’re really in the path of totality

Submit on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 22:13

Solar eclipse maps show crisp lines for the path of totality, but in reality, the edges of the path are fuzzy, jagged and sometimes wrong by hundreds of meters or more

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There’s nothing original about ‘Strange New Worlds’ latest episode, ‘Terrarium’, but it’s classic ‘Star Trek’

Submit on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 20:11

We’ve seen it all before, but some sci-fi clichés just work.

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Gravitational waves reveal ‘stellar graveyard’ packed with neutron star and black hole mergers

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Astronomers have doubled the number of black hole and neutron star mergers detected via gravitational waves in a “stellar graveyard,” as well as “hearing” the heaviest black hole binary yet.

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Where to see the blood moon lunar eclipse Sept. 7–8

Submit on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 19:15

The September 2025 total lunar eclipse will bring a blood-red moon to skies across Asia, Australia, Africa and Europe — if you know where to look.

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Butterfly Star flaps its rainbow wings | Space photo of the day for Sept. 4, 2025

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This young star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, separating the “wings” of the butterfly.

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US in real danger of losing the moon race to China, experts tell Senate

Submit on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 17:12

A Senate Commerce Committee hearing sounded the alarm over the U.S.-China moon race, emphasizing American dominance off Earth as the backdrop for NASA’s next funding authorization.

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