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'Chappie' is 10 years old, and Blomkamp's flawed humanist take on robots and AI is more relevant than ever
By Fran Ruiz published
Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.

Watch 1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil early on March 29
By Josh Dinner last updated
Isar Aerospace is set to launch its new Spectrum rocket from Europe's first orbit-capable spaceport facility in Norway.

Solar eclipse US weather forecast: Best places to see the moon 'bite' the sun tomorrow
By Joe Rao published
A partial solar eclipse is coming this weekend, but weather could be an issue for many hoping to get a glimpse of the moon "taking a bite" out of the sun.

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.
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