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12 of the weirdest ‘Masters of the Universe’ characters

By the power of… what the hell is that? If you thought the patrons of the Mos Eisley Cantina were…

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AstroForge completes DeepSpace-2 spacecraft

Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has completed assembly of its latest spacecraft for launch later this year, incorporating lessons from a…

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Most exoplanets might be ‘soot factories,’ scientists say: ‘Like you have a natural diesel engine’

A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by…

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Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Image processing by Gary Eason © CC BY NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere…

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Delian Asparouhov and Philip Johnston on making the case for orbital data centers

This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews’ recent event on orbital data centers. There, Jeff Foust talks with talks…

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Cosmic Tryst: Venus Meets Jupiter at Dusk

It’s a familiar annual question, that we’re already hearing as we enter into June. “What are those two bright objects…

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NASA working to streamline development of nuclear electric propulsion demo mission

NASA is working on a streamlined management approach for a nuclear electric propulsion demonstration mission the agency wants to launch…

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China builds institutional framework for space computing push

China is establishing an industrial policy framework to support a push to build space-based computing infrastructure, with the emergence of…

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SpaceX to raise at least $75 billion in IPO

SpaceX plans to raise at least $75 billion in its initial public offering, valuing the company at more than $1.75…

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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4908-4912: Goodbye Campo Marte, It’s Been Fun!

Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…

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