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The Lego Star Wars Darth Vader helmet is 20% off on Amazon and it comes with a display stand.

Science fiction author Frank Herbert is renowned for the richly-detailed worlds he created. None of his work is more well-known than “Dune,” which took him six years to complete. Like his other work, Dune is full of ...

Amazon aims to launch the first two prototype satellites for its huge Project Kuiper broadband constellation in 2022.

An astronaut declared the feast her "best space tacos yet."

New analyses of moon rocks delivered to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission confirm that volcanism occurred later than previously known, but also deepen the mysteries surrounding that activity.

Compact, lightweight and powerful in many ways, the DJI Air 2S is a small drone with big features

Amazon has signed a multi-launch deal with rocket developer ABL Space Systems, which plans to loft two prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper broadband megaconstellation next year. SpaceNews

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is announcing new leadership roles, as well as the merging of two offices into the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS), in support of Biden-Harris Administration priorities an...

Mynaric, a manufacturer of laser communications equipment, announced Nov. 1 it was selected by Northrop Grumman as a strategic supplier. SpaceNews

NASA has selected the CubeSat Imaging X-Ray Solar Spectrometer (CubIXSS), led by Southwest Research Institute, to measure the elemental composition of hot, multimillion-degree plasmas in the Sun's corona--its outermost a...

Astronomers from Austria and Northern Ireland have inspected a peculiar extreme helium supergiant star known as HD 144941. Results of the new study, published October 21 on the arXiv pre-print server, indicate that HD 14...

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The DJI Mavic 2 Pro is an easy-to-use prosumer drone offering excellent stills and video capabilities

Here's what would happen if the speed of light were orders of magnitude slower.

Opticron's Adventurer T WP 8x42 binoculars have great light-gathering power in a lightweight package, but lack either a bargain price or premium feel

An ultrabright, ultrafast explosion called the Camel lit up the sky for a month in 2020. Astronomers think it might have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.

We've got more information than ever on how the gas giant's cyclones and water operate, deep in the atmosphere.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) has kicked off in the Scottish city of Glasgow, welcoming world leaders, experts and activists to look for ways to slow down climate change.

Géraldine Naja took up duty as Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement (D/CIP), based at ESA Headquarters in Paris, on 1 November 2021.

ESA is poised to showcase how satellite data underpins global efforts to avert climate catastrophe at pivotal international talks held in the UK.

History books may have left out the wacky details about the Father of Evolution

The best lightsabers you can actually buy. Credits will do fine.