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Watch SpaceX launch NASA's DART asteroid impact mission tonight!

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SpaceX will launch NASA's DART mission to crash into an asteroid tonight and you can watch it live

NASA/Bill Ingalls

A SpaceX rocket will launch NASA's DART mission to crash into an asteroid (on purpose) overnight tonight and here's how to watch it online. Liftoff is set for 1:20 a.m. EST (0620 GMT) on Nov. 24.

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Celestron's SkyMaster Giant 15x70 Binoculars are 25% off for Black Friday

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Celestron's Skymaster Giant 15x70 binoculars are on sale right now for $89.95 at Amazon, and the highly-rated set is perfect for those looking to go a step beyond basic binoculars.

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NASA's Curiosity rover shares spectacular views of Mars (photos)

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The Curiosity rover team "was so inspired by the beauty of the landscape, they combined two versions of the black-and-white images from different times of the day and added colors to create a rare postcard from the Red Planet," NASA says.

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Spaceflight

Russian module launching to space station Wednesday morning: Watch live

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A modified Progress cargo craft topped with the Prichal docking module is scheduled to lift off atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Wednesday at 8:06 a.m. EST (1306 GMT). Here's how to watch.

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Blue Origin to fly 1st astronaut's daughter, GMA host on New Shepard spaceflight

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Sixty years after watching her father launch on the first American spaceflight, Laura Shepard Churchley is ready to follow in his footsteps. And she'll be doing it on Blue Origin's New Shepard with Good Morning America host Michael Strahan.

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James Webb Space Telescope launch delayed to Dec. 22

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The James Webb Space Telescope will have to wait a few more days before taking to the skies after an unplanned clamp band release during launch preparations.

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Science & Astronomy

Here are 6 times that spacecraft smacked into other worlds - for science!

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While plenty of spacecraft have drifted away into the metaphorical sunset, some have made dramatic exits. Here's six times spacecraft have slammed into comets, planets and moons like NASA's DART asteroid probe will.

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Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated

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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used lasers to squeeze and cool lithium gas to densities and temperatures low enough that it scattered less light. A bit colder and it will turn invisible.

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'False fossils' littered across Mars may complicate the search for life on Red Planet

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Mars may be covered in dozens of different nonbiological "false fossils," which could interfere with the search for life on the Red Planet, two researchers say.

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Technology

Black Friday drone deals: The best discounts from DJI, Skydio and more

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We're starting to see some Black Friday drone deals arrive - here we've rounded up the best discounts currently available.

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NASA's asteroid-slamming mission will test new ion drive system

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NASA's mission DART will test our ability to redirect an asteroid by quite literally crashing into it - but the spacecraft will also test a new type of propulsion system for the agency.

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'The Infinite' VR space station tour to premiere spacewalk in Houston

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Houston, home of the training facilities and mission control for NASA's operations on the International Space Station, is set to host the U.S. premiere of a virtual and augmented reality adventure to the orbiting outpost.

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Skywatching

Launch of NASA's DART asteroid mission may be visible from California and the Southwestern US

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If you live in California or the southwest United States, you might be in for a launch show Tuesday night (Nov. 23) local time. NASA's DART will launch at 10:20 p.m. PST (1:20 a.m. EST).

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