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Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas
By Daisy Dobrijevic published
"Further strong activity is likely!"

NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS
By Mike Wall published
Zena Cardman, who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.

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By Alexander Cox published
Deals Watch all Marvel content, including the Avengers movies and the X-Men movies from the 2000s, ahead of Avengers: Doomsday next year, with a 72% discount.

Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
By Robert Lea published
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.

This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system
By Stefanie Waldek published
Hiroyasu Tsukamota has developed a deep-learning-based guidance and control framework called Neural-Rendezvous that could allow spacecraft to safely encounter interstellar objects.

Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles
By Julian Dossett published
The crew of SpaceX's pioneering Fram2 mission includes a polar explorer, a marine technology scientist, a filmmaker and a bitcoin magnate.

On this day in space! March 28, 1963: Last test flight of NASA's Saturn 1 rocket booster
By Hanneke Weitering last updated
On March 28, 1963, NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight.
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