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Solar storm could supercharge northern lights as far south as New York

(Arterra/Getty Images)

After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma, or superheated gas, toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch farther south than usual as Earth's atmosphere absorbs the material.

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See a sunrise on Mars in stunning views from NASA's InSight lander

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

If you think sunrises on Earth are amazing, wait until you see one on Mars. This stunning view comes from NASA's InSight Mars lander, which snapped images of the Martian sunrise on April 10.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces record-breaking 25th flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity just flew farther and faster than it ever has before. The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity aced its 25th flight on the Red Planet on April 8, setting new personal bests for speed and distance.

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Spaceflight

Microscopic Apollo 11 moon dust sells for $500K at Bonhams auction

(Bonhams)

A minuscule amount of microscopic moon dust has sold for half a million dollars after NASA determined that the particles are part of the first lunar sample collected by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong.

Europe halts moon exploration with Russia, will replace Ukraine-built rocket engines

The development is part of ESA's effort to disentangle itself from a web of partnerships with Russia in the wake of the latter's invasion of neighboring Ukraine.

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Putin says Russia has big plans for its space program despite sanctions

Russia's space program will power through the "difficulties" that have followed the nation's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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Science & Astronomy

Final James Webb Space Telescope instrument reaches super-cold temperature

(Pixabay)

The successful cooling ensures that the observatory will be able to probe cosmic objects in infrared light, according to a Wednesday statement from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

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Curiosity Mars rover dodges dangerous 'gator-back' rocks (photos)

Curiosity, one of NASA's intrepid Mars rovers, has unexpectedly changed its course to avoid hazardous "gator-back" terrain. The strange terrain is something its seen before.

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SpaceX

Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion

(NASA/Kim Shiflett)

The billionaire founder and CEO of SpaceX, who also runs Tesla, announced his bid to buy the social media company Thursday (April 14) - on the Twitter platform itself.

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French court revokes SpaceX's Starlink internet license

The highest administrative court in France revoked SpaceX's license to provide internet services in the country via its Starlink megaconstellation, citing monopolization concerns due to the size and scale of the company's operations.

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Technology

How Russia's GPS satellite signal jamming works (and what we can do about it)

(Lockheed Martin and U.S. Space Force)

Russia's satellite signal jamming trucks are so large they show up easily in satellite imagery. And the country has been jamming GPS signals in Ukraine since 2014.

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Ukrainian startup Promin Aerospace tests engine for self-devouring' rocket

Despite the events unfolding in Ukraine, Ukrainian companies continue to work and develop space technologies. Promin Aerospace is one such company overcoming the unprecedented disruption to normal life.

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Entertainment

Barbie launches to space station for first time

(Mattel)

After almost 60 years of dressing up like an astronaut, Barbie has launched into space for real. Two of the iconic fashion dolls are now on board the International Space Station (ISS), where they are part of "Mission DreamStar," an outreach project to inspire girls to consider careers in aerospace and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. A

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Purging the (extremely) unclean in Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

(Complex Games/Frontier Foundry)

In "Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters," you take command of a squad of Grey Knights, a secretive chapter of space marines charged with fighting daemons. Facing off against our heroes* are the bubonic Death Guard, a legion of Chaos Space Marines dedicated to Nurgle, the god of decay.

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Telescopes & Binoculars

Save $300 on this powerful Unistellar eVscope eQuinox telescope

(Unistellar)

It's no secret that prices are rising all around these days so it makes these savings even better. We've found two different types of telescope that will both guarantee you the night sky views you're after, the Unistellar eVscope eQuinox reflector telescope and the Celestron StarSense Explorer DX 102AZ refractor telescope.

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