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Still live! Prime Day streaming deal: 21% off Roku Ultra

By Alexander Cox last updated

Deals The Roku Ultra is the manufacturer's fastest streaming box to date and is still 21% off this Prime Day, but hurry as this is a limited-time deal.

Deals
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Space calendar 2024: Rocket launches, skywatching events, missions & more!

By Space.com last updated

Reference Keep up with all the rocket launches, astronomical events and mission milestones for 2024 with our space calendar.

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On this day in space! Oct. 10, 1967: The Outer Space Treaty is born

By Hanneke Weitering last updated

On Oct. 10, 1967, the international Outer Space Treaty was ratified.

Space Shuttle
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James Webb Space Telescope watches a frozen, comet-like object shooting jets of gas

By Keith Cooper published

Jets of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide gas were seen coming from a centaur, but what drives them is a big mystery.

James Webb Space Telescope
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Gateway gift: Northrop Grumman delivers lunar-orbit hab for Space Center Houston display

By Robert Z. Pearlman published

A full-scale mockup of the astronaut accommodations for a small space station orbiting the moon has arrived at Space Center Houston. Northrop Grumman has donated its prototype for the Gateway HALO.

Artemis
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Forget Amazon Prime Day: Our favorite MacBook is now $250 cheaper at BestBuy

By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published

Deals Save big on this fantastic MacBook Air laptop deal in this anti-Prime Day deal with a 20% discount at BestBuy, perfect as an early Christmas gift for yourself.

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Artist's illustration of a Dyson sphere very close to a glowing star.

Why haven't we found intelligent alien civilizations? There may be a 'universal limit to technological development’

By Conor Feehly published

Why haven’t we found signs of advanced alien life? Scientists ponder the heavy question.

Search for Life
The HTC VIVE Pro 2 full system with dark blue controllers and a black headset and base station on an orange planet background with a space.com logo in the top left.

Prime Day VR deal still live: Best high-resolution model at its lowest price

By Alexander Cox last updated

Deals The HTC VIVE Pro 2 VR headset, the best high-resolution model, is a massive 42% off this Prime Day and is now at its lowest-ever price and still live as of Oct 9.

Deals
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These space tech spinoffs are helping scientists fight climate change

By Samantha Mathewson published

Innovations in satellite, telescope and spacecraft technology are not only essential to space exploration, but are also helping to better monitor and mitigate climate change on Earth.

Tech
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Dragon's-eye view: Astronaut captures amazing shots of Hurricane Milton from space (photos, video)

By Mike Wall published

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick snapped striking photos of the powerful Hurricane Milton through the window of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which is docked to the ISS.

Human Spaceflight
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