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Real-life ‘Star Trek’ planet was actually just an illusion caused by a ‘jittery’ star

Submit on Thursday, May 30th, 2024 00:11

Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock’s homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts arrive at launch site for 1st flight test on June 1 (photos)

Submit on Thursday, May 30th, 2024 00:11

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back near their launch site in Florida ahead of their Crew Flight Test launch on June 1. A key flight readiness review today will confirm if Boeing Starliner is ready to go, after a helium leak.

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Asteroid ‘Dinky,’ visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft, birthed its own moon

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 22:11

Dinkinesh, the asteroid visited by NSA’s Lucy mission in 2023, has a small moon that is made from two objects touching each other.

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Doctor Who ’73 Yards’: Who exactly is that old woman following Ruby Sunday?

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 21:12

The TARDIS lands in Wales, where the Doctor disappears and Ruby finds herself at the heart of a creepy folk horror tale in episode 4 of Doctor Who, “73 Yards.”

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That giant sunspot that supercharged auroras on Earth? It’s back and may amp up the northern lights with June solar storms.

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 21:12

Old sunspot region AR 13664, now renamed AR 13697, is back. With its re-arrival, can we expect a resurgence of solar activity?

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Euclid telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 20:12

The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.

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Bejeweled galaxy sparkles in new Hubble photo

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 19:11

A bejeweled galaxy shines brightly in a stunning new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Is it time to put a dimmer on the push for space solar power?

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 17:12

The thought of beaming power to an energy-hungry Earth from space has long been studied. It was first proposed over 80 years ago in science fiction.

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