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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket

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SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Sept. 2), sending them up on a Falcon 9 rocket with a brand-new first stage.

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Magic: The Gathering has gone to space, so we talked to an astrophysicist about the striking art in ‘Edge of Eternities’ (exclusive)

Submit on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025 05:14

The iconic tabletop card game has dabbled in science fiction before, but this new set is space opera-flavored and full of celestial phenomena.

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Astronomers discover a ‘forbidden’ pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way

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A neutron star-powered pulsar is fleeing a supernova explosion in the outskirts of the Milky Way, a low-density region where such events are “forbidden.”

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Trump moves US Space Command to Alabama’s ‘Rocket City’

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President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday (Sept. 2) that U.S. Space Command will be relocated from Colorado to Huntsville, Alabama.

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Asteroid Bennu contains stardust that’s older than the solar system

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“Bennu is a time capsule of the material that was throughout the solar system.”

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Astronomers discover a ‘forbidden’ pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way

Submit on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025 03:15

A neutron star-powered pulsar is fleeing a supernova explosion in the outskirts of the Milky Way, a low-density region where such events are “forbidden.”

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Colossal moon Titan casts a shadow on Saturn’s cloud tops early on Sept. 4. Will you be able to see it?

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Titan’s shadow will fall over Saturn during the early morning hours of Sept. 4.

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The Lego Technic NASA Lunar RV set is an incredibly detailed reproduction of the historic Apollo lunar buggy — now with 32% off, its lowest ever price at Walmart

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Walmart’s “Bricktember Lego Sales” event is live, and this nearly 2,000-piece model of Space history has a massive $63 reduction.

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