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James Webb Space Telescope locks onto guide star in crucial milestone

(NASA)

The James Webb Space Telescope locked onto its main navigation star with its Fine Guidance Sensor for the first time. The instrument is key to keeping the space telescope pointed in the right direction.

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NASA's InSight Mars lander bounces back from dust storm, but its days are numbered

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA's InSight lander on Mars may not be able to collect science data beyond this summer, thanks to long-term dust buildup on its solar panels.

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Scientists spot 10,000th medium near-Earth asteroid in planetary defense milestone

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The detection comes as part of NASA's ongoing planetary defense work, which discovers and monitors space rocks in the inner solar system to assure that no large asteroid is on course to impact Earth.

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Spaceflight

Mount Etna is erupting and astronauts are watching it from space

(Matthias Maurer/ESA)

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Russian Progress freighter delivers supplies to International Space Station

(NASA TV)

A Russian Progress 80 cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station early Thursday, delivering nearly 3 tons of supplies and equipment to the orbiting lab.

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Science & Astronomy

Astronomers discover massive radio galaxy 100 times larger than the Milky Way

(Martijn Oei et al.)

Astronomers have discovered the largest radio galaxy ever, stretching at least 16 million light-years through space, new research shows.

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suffers camera glitch

(NASA)

The Chandra X-ray Observatory, which has studied the X-ray universe since 1999, suffered a power supply problem with its High Resolution Camera instrument on Feb. 9, leading the mission team to halt science observations for now.

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Technology

New atomic clock loses only one second every 300 billion years

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The device could help hunt dark matter or search for gravitational waves, scientists say.

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PSVR 2 details: Everything we know about the PS5 VR headset

(Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC)

We've got the lowdown on the PSVR 2, the upcoming PS5 VR headset from Sony.

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Entertainment

Lego Star Wars Imperial Light Cruiser review

(Future)

The Imperial Light Cruiser isn't quite as iconic as the other Imperial ships yet, having only been introduced to us in Season 2 of The Mandalorian, but it's a stunning ship and Lego has done a stellar job of creating its Lego counterpart.

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The astronaut's playlist: Groovy songs for space travelers

(Columbia, Factory, MCA, RCA, Virgin, Warner Bros)

When you're out exploring the universe, what kind of music should you listen to? It's hard to pick favorites and even more difficult to build a list of suggestions, but we've done our best with this curated playlist to rock out in space.

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