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• Elon Musk's DOGE team given 'alarming degree' of access to NASA systems, House Democrats say

  11-04-2025 22:00 via space.com
  
  The latest in a series of letters from House Democrats to NASA officials claims that Elon Musk's DOGE staffers have been given "unrestricted physical access" to agency facilities. NASA has yet to respond.
  
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• The Fantastic Four suit up in awesome spacesuits in this sneak peek at 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'

  11-04-2025 21:53 via space.com
  
  Marvel's First Family is dressed for success against the Devourer of Worlds
  
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• "The Empire can not win" — A pair of explosive 'Andor' Season 2 teasers drop ahead of April 22 release (video)

  11-04-2025 21:00 via space.com
  
  We're less than two weeks out for Disney+'s rousing 'Rogue One' prequel series return!
  
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• Private probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission

  11-04-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astroscale and Orbit Fab are teaming up to refuel U.S. Space Force satellites in geostationary orbit high above Earth, demonstrating a capability that could reshape space operations.
  
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• Private Astroscale probe will refuel Space Force satellites high above Earth on landmark 2026 mission

  11-04-2025 20:00 via space.com
  
  Astroscale and Orbit Fab are teaming up to refuel U.S. Space Force satellites in geostationary orbit high above Earth, demonstrating a capability that could reshape space operations.
  
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• How to watch 'Doctor Who' season 2 online and from anywhere

  11-04-2025 19:30 via space.com
  
  There's a new companion in the TARDIS... Here's how to watch "Doctor Who" season 2 online on BBC iPlayer in the UK and on Disney Plus in the US.
  
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• A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud

  11-04-2025 18:00 via space.com
  
  The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are at war, with the larger of these dwarf galaxies ripping the other apart.
  
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• 14 Apr 2025 (3 days away): 136199 Eris at solar conjunction

  11-04-2025 17:44 via in-the-sky.org
  
  136199 Eris is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next.
  
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• 11 Apr 2025 (3 days ago): Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

  11-04-2025 17:06 via in-the-sky.org
  Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• 11 Apr 2025 (2 days ago): Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

  11-04-2025 17:06 via in-the-sky.org
  Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon

  11-04-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that's scarce in our solar system.
  
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• 5 Simon Stålenhag art books to check out after you've watched 'The Electric State' on Netflix

  11-04-2025 17:00 via space.com
  
  Behold the visionary creator’s catalog of sad dreams and technological nightmares.
  
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• What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King today?

  11-04-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here's how to watch it live.
  
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• What time is Blue Origin's New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King on April 14?

  11-04-2025 16:00 via space.com
  
  Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here's how to watch it live.
  
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• Watch April's Full Pink 'micromoon' rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream

  11-04-2025 15:00 via space.com
  
  The Full Pink Moon rises Saturday (April 12), marking the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year, and you can watch it live online.
  
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• What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer's guide

  11-04-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  Here's an observers' guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.
  
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• Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

  11-04-2025 14:00 via space.com
  
  Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.
  
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• NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays 'releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere'

  11-04-2025 11:00 via space.com
  
  Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA's Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.
  
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• Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope

  11-04-2025 10:41 via space.com
  
  Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events.
  
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• Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

  11-04-2025 02:00 via space.com
  
  For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): Omega Centauri is well placed

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The brightest globular cluster in the sky, Omega Centauri (mag 3.6) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (3 days away): Centaurus A is well placed

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Centaurus A (NGC 5128; mag 7.0) culminates at around midnight local time.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): The Moon at apogee

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): Lunar occultation of Spica

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon will pass in front of Spica (Alpha Virginis), creating a lunar occultation visible from Latin America and the Caribbean, Saint Helena, South Africa, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Bouvet Island and Grenada.
  
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• 13 Apr 2025 (2 days away): Full Moon

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night.
  
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• 11 Apr 2025 (Today): Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

  11-04-2025 01:41 via in-the-sky.org
  
  Mercury is bright and well placed in the dawn sky.
  
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• China to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar dirt in 2028 to pave way for future base (video)

  11-04-2025 00:00 via space.com
  
  China is getting ready to 3D-print bricks on the moon using lunar soil, in what could be a huge step toward building a base on the lunar surface.
  
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