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Amazon's 3rd Gen. Echo Dot with Mandalorian The Child Stand is 35% off for Prime Day 2021, saving you $23.

This Star Wars Baby Yoda Amazon Echo Dot Stand and Bundle is still 35% off for Prime Day

By Alexander Cox

Right now you can save 35% on a Amazon Echo Dot device complete with Baby Yoda ears thanks to its Mandalorian The Child Stand for Prime Day.

The best Star Wars Prime Day deals and gifts for 2021

By Space.com Staff

We've been scouring the web for all the best Star Wars Prime Day gifts to give loved ones (including yourself of course).

Spaceflight

ESA scientists simulated the burn-up during the atmospheric reentry of one of the bulkiest items aboard a typical satellite.

Plasma wind tunnel annihilates satellite model in atmospheric reentry test

By Mindy Weisberger

Satellite parts that melt away during reentry reduce the risk of space debris impacts on Earth, a new video demonstrates.

Images like this from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show portions of the Martian surface in unprecedented detail. This one shows many channels from 1 meter to 10 meters (approximately 3 feet to 33 feet) wide on a scarp in the Hellas impact basin. On Earth we would call these gullies. Some larger channels on Mars that are sometimes called gullies are big enough to be called ravines on Earth.

On This Day in Space! June 22, 2000: Possible evidence of liquid water found on Mars

By Hanneke Weitering

On June 22, 2000, NASA announced possible evidence of present-day liquid water on Mars. See how it happened in our "On This Day In Space" series!

Science & Astronomy

Plasma wind tunnel annihilates satellite model in atmospheric reentry test

By Mindy Weisberger

Satellite parts that melt away during reentry reduce the risk of space debris impacts on Earth, a new video demonstrates.

The CHIME telescope is an impressive piece of construction. See the person there at the top?

Huge new catalog of ultrabright 'fast radio bursts' may shed light on the structure of the universe

By Doris Elin Urrutia

A big new sample of fast radio bursts is allowing scientists to ask big-picture questions about the cosmos.

Search For Life

This image looking west toward the Séítah geologic unit on Mars was taken from the height of 33 feet (10 meters) by NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter during its sixth flight, on May 22, 2021.

NASA's Perseverance rover begins 1st science campaign on Mars

By Mike Wall

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has kicked off its highly anticipated science campaign with a Red Planet road trip.

NASA announced in June 2021 that it will launch two missions to Venus in the 2028-2030 timeframe.

Why Venus is back in the exploration limelight

By Mike Wall

We may be witnessing the start of a bona fide Venus exploration campaign.

This still is from a U.S. Navy jet's video of a UFO sighting.

Report: NASA investigating UFO sightings, agency chief says

By Mike Wall

NASA chief Bill Nelson told CNN that he has asked agency researchers to look into the spate of UFO sightings that U.S. Navy pilots have reported over the past two decades.

Skywatching

Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 are 30% off for Prime Day 2021.

Save 30% on Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binoculars for Prime Day

By Space.com Staff

Snag Celestron's Nature DX 8x42 binoculars for just $102.99, or 30% off from the regular price of $146.95.

Views of best telescopes against a starmap background.

Best telescopes 2021: Top picks for beginners, viewing planets, astrophotography and all-arounders

By Gemma Lavender, All About Space magazine

Whatever your budget, experience in astronomy or targets that interest you most, there’s a great telescope out there just for you — we’ve rounded up the very best

Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ Newtonian Telescope is on sale for Prime Day.

Save 30% on Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ telescope for Prime Day

By Space.com Staff

Celestron's AstroMaster 130EQ telescope is on sale this Amazon Prime Day for $195.99, down 30% from the usual price of $279.96.

Entertainment

A rendition of NASA's Perseverance rover featured in the space game "Mars Horizon."

Perseverance Mars rover lands in huge 'Mars Horizon' space race game

By Elizabeth Howell

The NASA Perseverance rover, designed to look for signs of life on Mars, will land in a free June 22 update from the space race game "Mars Horizon," according to the game's development team.

This Star Wars Baby Yoda Amazon Echo Dot Stand and Bundle is still 35% off for Prime Day

By Alexander Cox

Right now you can save 35% on a Amazon Echo Dot device complete with Baby Yoda ears thanks to its Mandalorian The Child Stand for Prime Day.

Amazon's Fire TV Stick with Mandalorian Blue remote cover (complete with Mudhorn) is 32% off for Prime Day.

Save 32% on Amazon's Fire TV Stick in Star Wars Mandalorian Blue to stream your sci-fi this Prime Day

By Alexander Cox

Amazon Prime's new sci-fi blockbuster "The Tomorrow War" comes out this summer, and you save up to 36% to stream it when you buy an Amazon Fire TV Stick on Prime Day.

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