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An Amazon rainforest river from space | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2026

The Ucayali River snakes across the rainforest in this image captured by NASA astronaut Jessica Meir from the International Space Station.

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'This is going to be what makes the Earth secure.' How one California company plans to protect us from dangerous asteroids

Exploration Labs has proposed the first commercial deep space ride share mission, known as Apophis EX, to rendezvous with potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis.

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'The Martian' becomes real life: Meet 'Spudnik,' the space potato

Fuzzy, purple, and edible, Spudnik is a marvel.

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Trump invited the Artemis 2 moon astronauts to the White House. Here's what happened

President Trump hosted the Artemis 2 moon astronauts at the White House today (April 29), congratulating the quartet and musing about the possibility of going to space himself.

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Is Ben Mauro's 'Huxley' graphic novel universe the next big thing in sci-fi? (interview)

'It's exciting to see things come to life and see it grow and expand. It just makes me happy every day.'

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James Webb Space Telescope's strange little red dots may really be 'black hole stars', X-ray data suggests

Finding X-rays coming from one of the little red dots discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the key to answering what these weird objects truly are.

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Europe's powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches 32 Amazon internet satellites to orbit

Liftoff occurred at 4:57 a.m. EDT on Thursday (April 30).

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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' season 4 gets release date and trailer packed with space cowboys, black holes, and a T-rex

"We really think it's our best season yet."

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SpaceX rocket debris could slam into the moon: Here's what you need to know

Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year.

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The cosmos wears a galactic sombrero | Space photo of the day for April 29, 2026

The Sombrero galaxy's name fits perfectly.

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Help scientists find spacetime warps in these Euclid Space Telescope images

A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.

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What is quantum gravity? Scientists think it could explain the beginning of our universe

A new recipe of "quadratic gravity" could help to better define the picture of the Big Bang and the singularity that existed prior to the dawn of time.

Space

Is Tatooine the norm? Planets may prefer living with two suns instead of one

New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than single-star systems.

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Starbirth shuts down 40,000 light-years from the Milky Way's core — and astronomers don't know why

Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.

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NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again'

Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.

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These astronauts are trying to uphold the US Constitution: 'We need to make sure that people are using facts and evidence'

When we build things on wonder, it naturally opens the mind.

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Artemis 3 SLS rocket's core stage arrives in Florida for 2027 launch (photo)

The core stage for NASA's Artemis 3 rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (April 27), completing a barge journey of 900 miles (1,450 kilometers).

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Clean up Rebel scum in the upcoming Star Wars DLC for PowerWash Simulator 2

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Canadian astronaut Josh Kutryk finally flying to ISS after Boeing Starliner mishap: 'I'm committed to making the most of this unique opportunity'

Just two weeks after Canada made history on the Artemis 2 moon mission, Canadian astronaut Josh Kutryk was assigned to the upcoming Crew-13 mission to the ISS.

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Artemis 2 heat shield is a sunken treasure in the ocean | Space photo of the day for April 28, 2026

This eerie image shows the heat shield following splashdown.

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Scientists learn how much baby stars in Orion weigh — by watching their dance moves

By peering deep inside Orion's star-forming gas clouds, radio astronomers have been able to directly measure the masses of young binary stars, confirming that our theoretical models are on the right lines.

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Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz

The ongoing military conflict regarding Iran and the Strait of Hormuz may well mirror a future situation off-Earth — the use of cislunar space, the region between the moon and our planet.

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Did decaying dark matter help create the universe's first supermassive black holes?

"With the James Webb Space Telescope now revealing more supermassive black holes in the early universe, this mechanism may help bridge the gap between theory and observation."

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The 1st 'Alien: Isolation 2' teaser is here, and the setting looks eerily familiar

"We're on an express elevator to hell, goin' down!"

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All 4 original Alien movie special editions are now on HBO Max; here's how they differ from the theatrical cuts

HBO Max just added the Alien movie special editions to celebrate Alien Day; here are all the major differences between the theatrical & director's cuts

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