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Did China just detect signals from an alien civilization?

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The Launchpad

Perseverance rover finds weird snake-head rock on Mars

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NASA's Perseverance rover has rolled up to some odd and intriguing Martian terrain.

On June 12, the car-sized Perseverance snapped a photo that could be mistaken for a still from an "Indiana Jones" movie. At the left of the tableau, a boulder perches precariously atop a slab of gray rock. And at right-center, a formation that looks very much like an open-mouthed snake head juts from a layered reddish butte.

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Did China just detect signals from an alien civilization?

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The internet is abuzz with rumors that China may have picked up signals from an alien civilization. But don't get too excited, experts say.

The signal is almost certainly due to radio interference with a giant radio telescope.

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Evidence of alien structures on Venus' surface.

Traces of microbial poop in the atmosphere.

A large moon like Earth's to stabilize Venus.

Breathable air like the Earth's atmosphere.

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Spaceflight

Boeing reveals new Starliner spacesuit with replica made by Adam Savage

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A never-before-seen spacesuit is making its debut with the public opening of a new NASA exhibit, but its reveal is not the only surprise about the Boeing CST-100 Starliner astronaut outfit.

It was also made by Mythbuster Adam Savage.

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Science & Astronomy

China's new map of the moon captures lunar geologic features in incredible detail

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The detailed map was created using data primarily from China's Lunar Exploration Program collected over the past 15 years, and was supplemented by high-quality data from international exploration missions from the U.S., Japan and India.

It reveals geologic layers, structural features and a chronology of the moon's surface, and includes 12,341 impact craters, 81 impact basins, 17 rock types and 14 types of structures.

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SpaceX

Elon Musk says Starship will be ready for orbital flight soon

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SpaceX's massive Starship vehicle may start taking to the skies in earnest this summer.

"Starship will be ready to fly next month," Space's billionaire founder Elon Musk said June 14. "We will have a second Starship stack ready to fly in August and then monthly thereafter."

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Skywatching

See Mercury as it reaches 'greatest elongation' before dawn Thursday

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Mercury will briefly reveal itself at pre-dawn tomorrow (June 16) when the planet reaches its farthest separation from the sun as seen from Earth, also known as its greatest western elongation.

The elusive horizon-hugging planet will be joined by Venus, too.

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Telescopes at Best Buy: What's in stock and what's on sale

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Scoping out the best telescopes on Best Buy can be a little daunting at times, given the number of models available from the retailer. We've picked out the best models that we think are worth the money and put them in this handy guide.

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Entertainment

'Starfield' 1st gameplay reveals Mars rover Easter egg

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After sifting through a treasure of evocative concept art images and "Into The Starfield" making-of videos, Bethesda Game Studios has finally rewarded our patience and released the first gameplay footage for their epic sci-fi masterpiece, "Starfield."

Yes, it's amazing. But did you spot the Mars rover in this video?

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Star Trek

'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' episode 6 suffers from a story quality dip

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So far, "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" has shown signs of steadily improving, even if the episode titles seem to be getting longer.

This week it's "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach" and you try squeezing that into a two-deck headline. However, even an excessively long title can't save this episode from sadly being the weakest of Season 1 thus far, but then one of them had to be.

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