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Solar farms could help find dangerous asteroids, scientist says
By Victoria Corless published
By transforming idle heliostats into asteroid detectors, scientists aim to develop a cost-effective method for spotting faint, fast-moving space rocks.

We gave this star projector five stars in our review, and now it's at its joint-lowest price ever on Amazon
By Alexander Cox published
Deals You can save 20% on the Hommkiety Galaxy Projector on Amazon, which we praised for its build quality and high-end projections.

Night sky for tonight: Visible planets, stars and more in this evening's sky
By Jamie Carter last updated
Find out what you can see in the night sky for tonight, from planets and stars to dazzling meteor showers.

Northern lights forecasts, alerts, and geomagnetic storm warnings - live updates
By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated
The latest aurora forecast for tonight help you make sure you're in the right place at the right time to see the northern lights.

Mysterious boost to Earth's spin will make today one of the shortest days on record
By Jamie Carter last updated
A strange shift in Earth's rotation is making our days milliseconds shorter — and scientists are racing to understand why.

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese radar satellite to orbit from New Zealand
By Mike Wall last updated
Rocket Lab launched its fifth mission for the Japanese Earth-imaging company iQPS early Tuesday morning (Aug. 5), sending a synthetic aperture radar satellite to orbit.

James Webb Space Telescope revisits a classic Hubble image of over 2,500 galaxies
By Keith Cooper published
The image reveals over 2,500 galaxies, many of which are seen as they were during the first billion years of cosmic history.

'Predator: Badlands' looks like it's taking inspiration from an unlikely ancestor — a terrible 20-year-old video game
By Fran Ruiz published
A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more than a few things in common with Predator: Badlands.
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