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Blue-whale-size asteroid to screech past Earth in close encounter on June 6

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• Science & Astronomy

Blue-whale-size asteroid to screech past Earth in close encounter on June 6

Space.com June 3, 2022

An asteroid up to three times larger than a blue whale will zoom past Earth on Monday...

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Pew pew! Perseverance rover on Mars picks its own prize rocks to shoot with laser

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• Technology

Pew pew! Perseverance rover on Mars picks its own prize rocks to shoot with laser

Space.com June 3, 2022

NASA is hailing the Perseverance rover’s improved ability to pick its own targets as a way of...

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Elon Musk tells SpaceX, Tesla workers they must be in office at least 40 hours a week: report

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• Policy & Politics

Elon Musk tells SpaceX, Tesla workers they must be in office at least 40 hours a week: report

Space.com June 3, 2022

It appears that fully remote work at SpaceX and Tesla is over. Elon Musk, the CEO of...

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NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX

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• Venture

NASA to buy 5 more astronaut missions from SpaceX

Space.com June 3, 2022

NASA plans to buy five more SpaceX crewed flights to the International Space Station. The agency announced...

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Monster black holes may have murdered their host galaxies in the early universe

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• Science & Astronomy

Monster black holes may have murdered their host galaxies in the early universe

Space.com June 3, 2022

Further evidence that some monster black holes have killed star formation in their galaxies has come to...

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Monument to NASA’s fallen Apollo 1 crew dedicated at national cemetery

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• Commercial

Monument to NASA’s fallen Apollo 1 crew dedicated at national cemetery

Space.com June 3, 2022

A monument now stands in memory of the first astronauts to die in their spacecraft, 55 years...

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Russia launches new Progress 81 cargo ship to International Space Station

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• Launch

Russia launches new Progress 81 cargo ship to International Space Station

Space.com June 3, 2022

Update: Russia’s Progress 81 cargo ship is chasing the International Space Station for a planned docking at...

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Dress to impress: US Space Force releases new grooming and uniform guidelines

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• Policy & Politics

Dress to impress: US Space Force releases new grooming and uniform guidelines

Space.com June 3, 2022

The U.S. Space Force aims to make sure its gallant Guardians are turned out in high style...

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New and improved satellites will help track storms this hurricane season

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• Satellites

New and improved satellites will help track storms this hurricane season

Space.com June 2, 2022

Atlantic hurricane season begins today (June 1), and several new weather satellites will collect valuable data to...

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Physicists just rewrote a foundational rule for nuclear fusion reactors that could unleash twice the power

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• Technology

Physicists just rewrote a foundational rule for nuclear fusion reactors that could unleash twice the power

Space.com June 2, 2022

Future fusion reactions inside tokamaks could produce much more energy than previously thought, thanks to groundbreaking new...

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