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Watch SpaceX launch 46 Starlink satellites, land a rocket at sea early Wednesday

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NASA slams a spacecraft into an asteroid next month, here's how to watch

(NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

DART hopes to budge a space rock from its orbit in a safe planetary defense test Sept. 26.

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Former NASA chief criticizes 'schizophrenic' US space policy regarding Russia

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Russia has apparently been a frustrating spaceflight partner for at least a decade.

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Spectacular videos reveal 'Phantom Galaxy' views by James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble

(ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-JWST Team)

A sequence of videos compares the views of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, also known as M74, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope and its predecessor Hubble.

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Space Deals

UK Lego fans can save 33% on Lego International Space Station at Argos

(Lego)

If you're looking for an out-of-this-world deal on an awesome Lego set, Argos has just what you're looking for as you can save a third on the Lego International Space Station set.

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Science & Astronomy

Astronomers have detected one of the biggest black hole jets in the sky

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Spanning more than a million light years from end to end, the jet shoots away from a black hole with enormous energy, and at almost the speed of light. But in the vast expanses of space between galaxies, it doesn't always get its own way.

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Could a solar storm ever destroy Earth?

(NASA)

All life on Earth owes its existence to the sun's radiant heat. But what happens when that radiation surges out of control, and billions of tons of charged solar material suddenly barrel our way at thousands of miles a second?

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SpaceX

Watch SpaceX launch 46 Starlink satellites, land a rocket at sea early Wednesday

(SpaceX)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Wednesday (Aug. 31) at 1:40 a.m. EDT (0540 GMT), carrying 46 of the company's Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

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