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'Mass Effect' TV series is headed to Amazon Prime Video
By Fran Ruiz published
After more than a decade of waiting for a big-screen project that never materialized, Mass Effect is headed to Prime Video.
Star Wars is following in the MCU's footsteps, but is this the way?
By Fran Ruiz published
Is shaping Star Wars’ next live-action era after the tired Marvel Cinematic Universe the right path forward?
NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
By Victoria Corless published
The Roman Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will enable scientists to detect the faint light from planets beyond our solar system.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 136 — SpaceX Ascendant
By Space.com Staff published
On Episode 136 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist and author Eric Berger about the rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk's future in US politics and the market.
Where do fast radio bursts come from? Astronomers tie mysterious eruptions to massive galaxies
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Fast radio bursts — powerful and poorly understood cosmic eruptions — tend to occur in massive galaxies that host long-dead stars known as magnetars, a new study suggests.
China's space agency brought the 1st lunar far side samples to Earth this year — here's what's next
By Andrew Jones published
China has opened up the first round of applications for researchers who wish to use some of the Chang'e 6 lunar far side samples for research.
Australian company Gilmour Space gets country's 1st orbital launch license
By Josh Dinner published
Gilmour Space has received Australia's first orbital launch license for the test flight of its Eris rocket
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California (video)
By Mike Wall last updated
SpaceX launched 20 Starlink internet satellites, including 13 with direct-to-cell capability, from California early Saturday morning (Nov. 9).
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