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• Antares and your fellow.

  13-06-2014 18:08
  
  The post Antares and your fellow. appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
  
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• 10 must-have 'Star Wars' books and novels coming soon to your galaxy

  04-05-2025 18:07 via space.com
  
  Save up your credits and make room on your shelves for these tempting new 'Star Wars' titles.
  
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• This iconic 'Star Wars' Rebel pilot helmet from the Battle of Hoth could fetch $400K at auction

  04-05-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  Deep-pocket collectors can try to score this rare artifact from 'The Empire Strikes Back'.
  
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• 'Falcon' flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (photos)

  04-05-2025 15:32 via space.com
  
  Living up to its Star Wars' namesake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight again, delivering 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 —Star Wars Day.
  
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• Forget Darth Vader and the Emperor: The Empire has never been scarier than in 'Andor' season 2

  04-05-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  There's no lightsabers or planet-killing super-weapons (yet), but the latest season of the 'Rogue One' prequel shows what the Rebels are fighting against.
  
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• What would it be like living on Tatooine from 'Star Wars'? This exoplanet orbiting twin suns could tell us

  04-05-2025 12:00 via space.com
  
  Luke found life on Tatooine to be boring, but he should be glad, because as we have seen, binary stars have the potential to play all kinds of havoc on their orbiting circumbinary planets.
  
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• For Star Wars Day, May the 4th, you'll have to use all your Jedi powers to grab this Lego set — Jango Fett's Starship WILL sell out fast

  04-05-2025 09:00 via space.com
  
  Lego has launched the first new Lego Star Wars set of 2025, and it's an absolute beauty, packed with details and 2,970-pieces, Star Wars fans and collectors will need to use the Force to grab this one.
  
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• Get everybody's favorite droid at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day!

  04-05-2025 06:00 via space.com
  
  The 2314-piece collectible Lego Star Wars R2-D2 is 30% off at its lowest-ever price for Star Wars Day this May 4th!
  
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• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 159 — AI in Space!

  03-05-2025 16:12 via space.com
  
  On Episode 159 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by David Bell to talk about the current and future potential for AI to revolutionize space exploration.
  
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• Astrophotographer captures the moon and Jupiter suspended above one of Europe's oldest lakes (photo)

  03-05-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  Astrophotographer Riste Spiroski has captured a striking view of the moon and Jupiter in the sky over Lake Ohrid, one of Europe's deepest and most ancient lakes.
  
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• A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking near Earth, researchers say

  03-05-2025 12:00 via space.com
  
  The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden population of lunar fragments traveling near Earth.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope finds coldest exoplanet ever seen, and it orbits a dead star

  02-05-2025 23:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed the existence of the first known planet closely orbiting a dead star — offering new insights into how planets may evolve during the final stages of a star's life.
  
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• Will SpaceX's Starbase become a city? Voters will decide on May 3

  02-05-2025 22:30 via space.com
  
  People who live near SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas will vote on Saturday (May 3) to determine if the site becomes an incorporated city.
  
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• Ruko F11PRO 2 drone review

  02-05-2025 21:00 via space.com
  
  The Ruko F11PRO 2 is a small drone featuring easy operation and a host of useful features but the small sensor in the camera produces soft images.
  
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• Reshaping our return to the moon: Trump's 2026 budget gives Artemis a major facelift

  02-05-2025 20:23 via space.com
  
  The White House's proposed 2026 budget would reshape NASA's Artemis moon program, canceling the Gateway space station and retiring the SLS rocket and Orion capsule after two more flights.
  
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• Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in American history'

  02-05-2025 20:23 via space.com
  
  "It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%."
  
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• Look up! How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 peak overnight on May 5-6

  02-05-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Eta Aquarids are known for leaving glowing debris trails in their wake.
  
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• 'Borderlands 4' shows off new planet Kairos in gameplay deep dive, and it's coming a week earlier than we expected (video)

  02-05-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Gearbox is ready to talk about what's new in Borderlands 4, and the new entry in the iconic sci-fi FPS-RPG series looks like a blast.
  
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• Trump administration proposes slashing NASA budget by 24%

  02-05-2025 18:39 via space.com
  
  The White House's proposed 2026 budget cuts $6 billion in NASA funding and cancels Mars sample return and the Gateway moon-orbiting space station, among other projects.
  
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• Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies | Space photo of the day for May 2, 2025

  02-05-2025 18:30 via space.com
  
  Galaxy cluster Abell 1489, as imaged by the International Gemini Observatory, contains more than 200 of the gravitationally-bound systems of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust.
  
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• SpaceX fires up Starship spacecraft ahead of 9th test flight (photo)

  02-05-2025 18:00 via space.com
  
  SpaceX conducted a static fire test of a Starship upper-stage vehicle this week, continuing to gear up for the megarocket's ninth test flight.
  
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• New JWST observations of 'trans-Neptunian objects' could help reveal our solar system's past

  02-05-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life, including sugars — on trans-Neptunian objects.
  
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• DARPA wants a spacecraft to search for water on the moon

  02-05-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking for a private company to build spacecraft to orbit the moon and search for water.
  
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• New images of Soviet Venus lander falling to Earth suggest its parachute may be out

  02-05-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details.
  
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• NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026

  02-05-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  Orion, the next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon, has been delivered to NASA for prelaunch preparations ahead of Artemis 2's planned 2026 liftoff.
  
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• See the moon and Mars buzz a cosmic Beehive this weekend

  02-05-2025 12:00 via space.com
  
  The Red Planet will buzz the Beehive during May 4-5, with the moon joining the party on May 3.
  
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• This strange bacteria aligns to Earth's magnetic field and needs friends to survive

  02-05-2025 11:00 via space.com
  
  A unique type of bacteria appears to have social groups — left alone, they'd die.
  
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• SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (photos)

  02-05-2025 07:14 via space.com
  
  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday night (May 1), carrying 28 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit.
  
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• NASA still trying to revive silent Lunar Trailblazer moon orbiter

  01-05-2025 23:00 via space.com
  
  NASA will keep trying for another six weeks to revive its water-hunting Lunar Trailblazer moon probe, which went silent a day after its Feb. 26 launch.
  
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• Metroid games in order: Chronological and release

  01-05-2025 22:00 via space.com
  
  As we prepare for the arrival of Metroid Prime 4, here's the complete timeline of the entire Metroid series, in both chronological and release order.
  
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