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Sun fires off major solar flare from Earth-facing sunspot

(NASA/SDO)

A major solar flare erupted from the sun on Thursday (Oct. 28) in the strongest storm yet of our star's current weather cycle.

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SpaceX fires up Falcon 9 rocket for Crew-3 Halloween astronaut launch

(NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The private spaceflight company conducted a static-fire test before dawn Thursday (Oct. 28) of its Falcon 9 rocket at Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Liftoff is set for Oct. 31.

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Balky solar array still troubling NASA's Lucy asteroid probe

(NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab)

NASA's Lucy asteroid probe continues to fly with a partially unfurled wing. But Lucy is stable and in cruise mode, the standard one for outbound flight.

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Spaceflight

Crew-3 astronauts excited to ride SpaceX's Dragon on Halloween

(SpaceX)

The spaceflyers - NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, along with Germany's Matthias Maurer - arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on Tuesday (Oct. 26) and have already begun their final preparations before liftoff.

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The environmental impact of rocket launches: The 'dirty' and the 'green'

(Arianespace)

When it comes to their environmental impacts, not all rocket fuels are equal. Which are the industry's 'dirty secrets' and which technologies might satisfy even Greta Thunberg?

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Private space stations are coming. Here's what NASA astronauts want to see

(Orbital Reef)

Two NASA astronauts in space right now have some ideas about what the future may hold in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and what they hope to see in a commercial space station.

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Science & Astronomy

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is even deeper than scientists had thought

(JunoCam Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; JunoCam Image processing by Kevin M. Gill (CC BY); Earth Image: NASA)

It's hard to imagine the sheer scale of Jupiter's Great Red Spot from here on Earth, because the storm is so big that it could swallow our planet. Now, it turns out, the Great Red Spot isn't just wide: it's deep too.

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Earth tipped on its side (and back again) in 'cosmic yo-yo' 84 million years ago

Earth has not always been upright. Turns out, the planet's crust tipped on its side and back again around 84 million years ago, in a phenomenon that researchers have dubbed a "cosmic yo-yo."

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Wildfires burned Antarctica 75 million years ago, charcoal remnants reveal

During the late Cretaceous period (100 million to 66 million years ago), one of the warmest periods on Earth, Antarctica's James Ross Island was home to a temperate forest of conifers, ferns and flowering plants known as angiosperms, as well as to a slew of dinosaurs. But it wasn't a total paradise.

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Technology

This moon motorcycle concept by a Russian automotive designer is just wild

(Andrew Fabishevskiy)

Andrew Fabishevskiy, a Moscow-based automotive and industrial designer, has created a concept design for a lunar motorcycle and hopes to build a full-size prototype.

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This 12-in-1 solar powered robot STEM kit is 35% off at Amazon now

(Amazon)

Normally $25.99, this STEM kit deal is now $16.98 is a great STEM kit deal, especially if you're looking for a quality gift to give this holiday season.

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A new Oculus VR headset may have been leaked ahead of Facebook Connect event today

A Twitter thread showing tutorial videos may have revealed what the VR headset that will replace the Oculus Quest 2 will look like.

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Entertainment

Disney's 1st trailer for 'Lightyear,' an origin story for Buzz Lightyear, looks amazing

Walt Disney Pictures

Disney and Pixar just launched the first teaser trailer for a new origin story of Buzz Lightyear, the iconic Space Ranger from the "Toy Story" film franchise and it's packed with stunning space action.

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'Dune' sequel gets the greenlight from Legendary, Warner Bros.

(Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures)

Director Denis Villeneuve's "Dune" officially has a sequel. On Tuesday (Oct. 26), Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. officially announced plans to release "Dune: Part Two" on Oct. 20, 2023 to complete the iconic sci-fi tale kicked off by Villeneuve's "Dune" last week.

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Star Trek

'Star Trek: Prodigy' premieres tonight and it's really rather good

Paramount+

'Star Trek: Prodigy' takes the franchise where no one has taken it before. This latest incarnation of "Star Trek" comes from a collaboration between Paramount+ and Nickelodeon and follows five alien adolescents from assorted origins who are incarcerated on an obscure planet in an uncharted part of the galaxy

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How to watch Star Trek: Prodigy online

(Paramount+)

The latest addition to the Star Trek universe, "Star Trek: Prodigy" is beamed up and available to stream on Paramount Plus today. You will also be able to stream Star Trek: Prodigy on Nickelodeon, but not just yet. Here's what to know.

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