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NASA sun probe captures 1st ever visible-light images of Venus

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In between its main mission, the Parker Solar Probe just made a novel contribution to Venusian science. New images from the sun-focused mission, captured during a close flyby of Venus, show the planet in visible light for the first time.

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Elon Musk to give update on SpaceX's giant Starship rocket tonight!

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Elon Musk will give a status update on SpaceX's huge Starship rocket tonight at 9 pm ET (0200 GMT) to reveal the latest design of the world's tallest rocket.

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Elon Musk shows off massive Starship, the world's tallest rocket

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Elon Musk's SpaceX has reassembled the tallest rocket on Earth ahead of a major update on the company's Starship program.

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Astra will launch a rocket from Florida for the 1st time today

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Liftoff is scheduled to take place during a three-hour window that opens at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT).

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Spaceflight

Solar geomagnetic storms could threaten more satellites after Elon Musk's Starlink

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Elon Musk's SpaceX will lose 40 Starlink satellites to a geomagnetic storm as solar activity ramps up. But does this spell disaster for the future of satellites in space?

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China's Tianwen 1 Mars mission marks 1st full year in orbit

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It's been a year since China's first-ever independent interplanetary mission reached Mars, and in that time, Tianwen 1 has made major achievements while also delivering a number of surprises.

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Arianespace launches 34 OneWeb satellites on Soyuz rocket in 1st launch of 2022

In its first mission of 2022, the European launch provider Arianespace launched 34 OneWeb internet satellites on Soyuz Flight VS27 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

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Science & Astronomy

Possible 3rd planet spotted around Proxima Centauri, the sun's nearest neighbor star

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Astronomers have found evidence of a third planet circling Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf star that lies a mere 4.2 light-years from our solar system. The candidate world, known as Proxima d, is estimated to be just 25% as massive as Earth.

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Massive methane leaks mapped from space

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Those satellite images revealed that plumes of methane emitted by oil and gas facilities during leaks or maintenance operations made up about 8% to 12% of all oil and gas methane emissions, according to a new study.

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Comet impact may have triggered decline of Ohio's Hopewell people 16 centuries ago

(Chris Schur)

Astronomy and anthropology have blended to help determine what might have triggered the decline of a major North American society 1,600 years ago.

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Technology

NASA asteroid detector 'looks up' to scan entire sky every 24 hours

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NASA's asteroid monitoring system has been upgraded so that it can scan the entire night sky once every 24 hours for potentially hazardous space rocks that are heading our way.

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Fusion experiment smashes record for generating energy

(UKAEA)

The Joint European Torus fusion reactor released a record-setting 59 megajoules of energy.

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Entertainment

Disney's New 'Lightyear' trailer unveils 1st look at Emperor Zurg

(Disney/Pixar)

"Lightyear" enters our orbit on June 17, 2022 and it's poised to be one of the most anticipated movies of the year, with its plot chronicling the heroic history behind the most famous Space Ranger in the "Toy Story" universe.

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