Rocket Lab's secretive launch last month was a hypersonic test for the US military (photos)
Rocket Lab's pioneering suborbital launch last month conducted hypersonic tests for the U.S. military, the company has revealed.
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Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many benefits.
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To explore the galaxy and hunt for resources, intelligent aliens might need to turn their home stars into natural spaceships, a new paper suggests. A few known star systems might fit the bill.
By Miguel Claro published
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro of Portugal captured a stunning display of Geminid meteors in these spectacular time-lapse photos.
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A "bizarre" E-shaped aurora was recently photographed dancing in the sky above Alaska. The unusual light show was caused by rare black auroras, a.k.a. anti-auroras, which catapult charged particles from the sun back out of Earth's atmosphere and into space.
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Spend time over the holidays with Pike and Number One in this latest 'Star Trek' adventure, "Strange New Worlds: Asylum" from Una McCormack.
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Reference See what moon phase it is tonight and find out when you can see the rest of the moon phases for 2024.