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A mystery object is dimming a distant star. Could it be a massive exoplanet, or a 'failed star'?
By Robert Lea published
A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet?

Has 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' just unleashed its very own Khan?
By Richard Edwards published
After an inauspicious debut, Paul Giamatti's space pirate has emerged as a villain to be reckoned with on 'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.'

Excited for The Mandalorian and Grogu later this year? Walmart is offering an Exclusive preorder price for the Lego New Republic X-Wing Starfighter set
By Alexander Cox published
Deals If you're a fan of Lego Star Wars and are excited for The Mandalorian and Grogu, you'll want to build Walmart's exclusive New Republic X-Wing Starfighter set.

Markiplier's 'Iron Lung' is a welcome return to grindhouse sci-fi films of the '90s
By Jeff Spry published
YouTube's superstar serves up a disturbing indie thriller bathed in blood for his directorial debut

Artemis 2 rocket photobombs SpaceX Crew-12 | Space photo of the day for Feb. 13, 2026
By Anthony Wood published
One to orbit, one to the moon.

On this day in space: Feb. 13, 2012: 1st Vega rocket launch
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On Feb. 13, 2012, the European Space Agency launched its brand-new Vega rocket on its maiden voyage.

If the Winter Olympics went interplanetary, where else could you ski in the solar system?
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
We take a look at the best (and worst) places to ski in the solar system, logistics aside.

Why solar and lunar eclipses come in pairs — and what an eclipse season really is
By Jamie Carter published
Eclipses don't happen at random — they arrive in pairs, on schedule, and 2026 brings two spectacular seasons to prove it.

SpaceX launches Crew-12 astronauts to short-staffed International Space Station. 'We have left the Earth, but the Earth has not left us.'
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX launched NASA's Crew-12 mission with a quartet of astronauts aboard Crew Dragon Freedom today (Feb. 13), bound for an eight-month stint on the International Space Station.
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