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The bulbous blue orb of Earth hangs from above. On its face, on the left, a giant white swirl of this cloud, a hurricane. On the bottom right, within the sliver of black space beneath the Earth, a white spacecraft is partially seen.

Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks

By Sharmila Kuthunur published

New York-based Near Space Labs has launched a new fleet of balloon-borne zero-emission robots to keep a supersharp eye on Earth.

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A white passenger jet is seen from above, flying to the right through a blue sky a white puffy clouds.

NASA awards $11.5 million to help design the aircraft of tomorrow

By Samantha Mathewson published

NASA has awarded $11.5 million to five organizations that will contribute to the study of new design concepts for more sustainable aircraft.

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Spaceflight

Project Mercury: America's 1st crewed space program

By Elizabeth Howell last updated

Project Mercury was NASA's program that launched the first American astronauts into space, completing a total of six crewed spaceflights.

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China's Tianzhou 7 spacecraft burns up in Earth's atmosphere to end cargo mission (video)

By Andrew Jones published

The Tianzhou 7 spacecraft undocked from China's Tiangong space station on Nov. 10 and reentered Earth's atmosphere at around 8:25 a.m. EST (1325 GMT) on Nov. 17.

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Science & Astronomy

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

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black and white images of terrain on earth, taken from space. Satellite images from 1974 of Iraq, later found as the location of the al-Qadisiyyah battle site

Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquest

By Sierra Bouchér published

Historical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah.

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Search For Life

green letters in an asian language fall vertically down a black screen.

Communicating with aliens one day could be much easier if we study the way AI agents speak with each other

By Olaf Lipinski published

Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many benefits.

Search for Life
An alien megastructure like a Dyson sphere doesn’t seem to be causing the weird dimming of one of the weirdest stars in our galaxy, Tabby's star.

The fastest-moving stars in the galaxy may be piloted by intelligent aliens, new paper suggests

By Paul Sutter published

To explore the galaxy and hunt for resources, intelligent aliens might need to turn their home stars into natural spaceships, a new paper suggests. A few known star systems might fit the bill.

Search for Life
A square shaped grey rock with a rough surface next to a silver pair of tweezers lifting a circular ring above a green square filled with irregular shapes

Japan's priceless asteroid Ryugu sample got 'rapidly colonized' by Earth bacteria

By Robert Lea published

A sample of the asteroid Ryugu returned to Earth by the Hayabusa2 mission was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, new research has revealed.

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Skywatching

Orzorz galaxy lite star projector on a multi-colored, stripey background with the space.com cyber monday logo in the top left corner

Call me crazy but I'd fall for this Cyber Monday star projector deal, even if it's fake

By Jase Parnell-Brookes published

Deals We gave this star projector five stars in our glowing review and it's currently on offer for Cyber Monday, except it's not a genuine deal, but I'd buy it anyway.

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New moon December 2024: A young moon passes Venus

By Jesse Emspak published

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Man uses one of the best telescopes and binoculars to look at the night sky as the sun sets and telescopes are on tripods around him

Best telescopes 2024: Stargazing galaxies, nebulas now cheaper this Black Friday weekend

By Gemma Lavender last updated

Buying Guide Here are the best telescopes for a range of different purposes and budgets — beginner to smart telescopes and everything in between. Keep your eyes peeled for Black Friday weekend deals.

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Entertainment

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The best camera deals we've spotted so far: Cyber Monday 2024

By Alexander Cox last updated

Deals Here's our roundup of the biggest savings and discounts on cameras as we approach Cyber Monday 2024.

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Get a year of Peacock for just $19.99 in this Cyber Monday streaming deal

By Rich Owen published

Save $60 on an annual Peacock Premium subscription or pay-as-you-watch for $1.99 a month.

Entertainment
A Sith woman with a red lightsaber battling a green alien bounty hunter in Star Wars: Hunters

Star Wars: Hunters is coming to PC in early 2025

By Fran Ruiz published

After making waves on Android, iOS, and Nintendo Switch, the online action game Star Wars: Hunters is coming to PC.

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References

What is the moon phase today? Lunar phases 2024

By Tariq Malik last updated

Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.

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two people fighting with lightsabers, there is one green and one red lightsaber.

Star Wars movies in order: Chronological and release

By Lauren O'Callaghan last updated

Reference Watch all the Star Wars movies in order and prove you’re strong with the Force.

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Still from the movie Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023). Here we see 5 Transformers standing together. From left to right, there is Optimus Prime (large blue and red robot that can turn into a truck), Optimus Primal (a robot gorilla with piercing green lights for eyes), and then the yellow Transformer Bumblebee. To the left there appear 2 other Transformers (a mechncialy bird in the sky and a blue blocky robot in the background.

Transformers movies in order: chronological & release order

By Fran Ruiz last updated

With Transformers One on the horizon, now is a prime time to put the existing Transformers movies in order, both chronological and by release date.

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