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'The start of a new era': Rocket Lab buying satellite-communications company Iridium for $8 billion

California-based launch company Rocket Lab has inked a landmark $8 billion deal to acquire long-time satellite communications giant Iridium.

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It's been 25 years since 'A.I. Artificial Intelligence', and we think this was peak Spielberg sci-fi

Two cinematic geniuses united to create one of Hollywood’s most arresting android movies

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Watch 2 NASA astronauts fix ISS' huge robotic arm during spacewalk today

NASA astronauts Chris Williams and Jessica Meir will fix the International Space Station's Canadarm2 during a spacewalk today (June 30), and you can watch the action live.

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'I'm still a Trekkie at heart': 'Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions' takes space exploration games in a friendlier direction (interview)

The follow-up to Astroneer isn't what veteran space explorers expected, but it might be exactly what we need.

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NASA launches rescue mission to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere

This is the final flight of the historic Pegasus rocket.

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America 250: Here's how to find a star whose light began its journey toward Earth in 1776

This star's light left its surface around the same time that the U.S. was founded.

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Light pollution may be erasing millions of dollars in value at US dark-sky parks

Researchers combined satellite data and visitor surveys at dark-sky parks to quantify the economic value of dark skies amid rising light pollution.

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Mars orbiter watches Perseverance rover cross the marathon finish line | Space photo of the day for June 29, 2026

With the speed at which the rover completed this marathon, and how well it continues to explore on Mars, who knows, maybe Perseverance will be the first to manage an ultramarathon on the Red Planet.

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How NASA's 'America 250' celebrations are reaching from the sky to the moon

NASA has big plans for July 4 — the 250th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence — which involves both aircraft and spacecraft.

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The James Webb Space Telescope peered into one of the universe's oldest galaxy clusters, and scientists can't explain what they saw

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted a massive and densely packed galaxy cluster at "cosmic noon" before such structures were thought to be possible.

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The Strawberry Moon rises on June 29. Here's what to expect from June's full moon

Don't miss June's full Strawberry Moon rise on June 29, marking the first full moon of summer with a golden glow and an eye-catching moon illusion.

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SpaceX sends 24 Starlink satellites into Earth orbit on Falcon 9 launch from California (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Sunday, June 28, 2026.

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'Superman Returns' at 20: Is it a sequel? Is it a reboot? Two decades on, we're still not sure

Brandon Routh's only outing in the cape is more than just a love letter to Richard Donner's classic original movie.

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Japanese probe set for super-close flyby on July 5: 'We're going to discover another beast to put in the zoo of asteroids'

Having already delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth, Hayabusa2 will soon attempt one of the closest, riskiest space-rock flybys in spaceflight history.

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Watch China's Tiangong space station cross the moon in stunning amateur footage

The Tiangong space station approaches Tycho Crater in stunning amateur transit footage.

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SpaceX launches 15,000-pound SiriusXM satellite to orbit from Florida

SpaceX launched a big SiriusXM radio satellite to orbit from Florida's Space Coast tonight (June 28).

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Could future astronauts use oysters as water filters? Here's why one company thinks so

A prototype oyster habitat used for water filtration is aiming for an eventual space launch after an early-stage prototype was demonstrated to the public earlier this year.

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'Logan's Run' at 50: Remembering this disco-age sci-fi classic on its golden anniversary

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 216 — Dark Matter Intelligence

On Episode 216 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with physicist Dr. Daniel Whiteson about other intelligences is beyond our scope.

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SpaceCamp at 40: A wish-fulfillment fantasy brought down to earth by NASA's real-life disaster

After the Challenger tragedy, nobody wanted to see a film about five kids on an adventure in space.

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Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn rocket again this year despite massive rocket explosion (video)

After its rocket explosion, Blue Origin wants to complete repairs and put another New Glenn on the launch pad before the end of 2026, according to CEO Dave Limp. That's very ambitious.

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NASA used a drone to deliver a human kidney. Is this the future of transplant transport?

The drone flew beyond line of sight with a kidney not viable for organ transplant, to test the concept for future deliveries to patients.

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Strange glowing 'bow-and-arrow' structure may be a giant cosmic shock wave created by a supersonic galaxy collision

A bizarre "bow-and-arrow" radio galaxy nearly 1.8 million light-years across could reveal how galaxy clusters sculpt some of the universe's largest structures.

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Black hole's 'point of no escape' studied with the loudest gravitational waves ever heard

The loudest crash of gravitational waves ever heard provides an intriguing way of studying event horizons, the boundaries at which nothing can escape the grip of these cosmic titans.

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'Exodus: The Helium Sea' author Peter F. Hamilton talks universe crafting and finishing the story in this second prequel novel for sci-fi RPG 'Exodus' (exclusive)

"You can literally have sailing ships in space."

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