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Robotic Russian cargo ship leaves the ISS, burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (photo)

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 05:11

Russia’s uncrewed Progress 86 cargo craft departed the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (May 28), ending a six-month orbital stay.

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Volcanoes on Venus might be erupting right now

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 04:11

Venus may be as geologically active as Earth, with volcanoes possibly spewing on its surface in the present day.

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How scientists shipped astronomy’s largest camera from California to Chile

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The largest camera ever built for astronomy arrived in Chile, where it will be installed atop Rubin Observatory’s Simonyi Survey Telescope.

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Netflix’s new sci-fi flick ‘Atlas’ charms with old-school heroics and rousing mech fights (review)

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 03:11

A review of director Brad Peyton’s new sci-fi adventure flick, “Atlas.”

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Scientists pick their favorite Euclid ‘dark universe’ telescope images: ‘The best is still to come’

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 02:11

The European Space Agency has now released ten images from its dark universe detective spacecraft, Euclid. We asked scientists from various fields to pick their favorite Euclid image thus far.

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Watch SpaceX send Earth-observing satellite to orbit today on 2nd leg of doubleheader

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 02:11

SpaceX will launch the EarthCARE mission this afternoon (May 28) after sending aloft a group of Starlinks this morning, and you can watch the action live.

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Chinese astronauts perform record-breaking spacewalk outside Tiangong space station (video)

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 01:11

Two Chinese astronauts spent about 8.5 hours outside the Tiangong space station today (May 28), setting a new spacewalk-duration record for the country.

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Does the Milky Way orbit anything?

Submit on Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 01:11

Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?

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