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7 votes
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Finnish radio telescope aims to protect satellites from solar storms – Metsahovi Radio Observatory has been tracking the Sun's solar cycles for decades
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Small device ('MOXIE') currently on Mars is generating as much oxygen as a tree, scientists reveal
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Where are all the cool alien movies and TV shows?
After re-watching the absolute masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977), I was in awe. This got me thinking a lot about aliens, and it seems to me that that is an area...
After re-watching the absolute masterpiece Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Spielberg, 1977), I was in awe. This got me thinking a lot about aliens, and it seems to me that that is an area where movies and TV shows have been lacking in recent years.
When I say "aliens", I mean something truly alien, foreign, mind-bending, even terrifying (although I'm not very fond of horror) -- so not the tame, often humanoid extraterrestrials that we fully understand, like you usually see in Star Trek and Trek-like shows. But rather stories of contact that make us rethink the boundaries of existence.
A recent movie that touches on that was 2016's Arrival, which has more than one similarity with Close Encounters.... Another is Contact (Robert Zemeckis, 1997).
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Limit Theory (a cancelled space sim with procedural generation) releases its source code under a open source license
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Eve Online fans literally cheer Microsoft Excel features at annual Fanfest
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Meteorites could have brought all five genetic 'letters' of DNA to early Earth
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Vega Strike (an open source space trading and combat game) releases 0.8.0
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Depth of field
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SpaceX loses forty Starlink satellites to geomagnetic storm a day after launch
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Nerves run high ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch this Saturday
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Scientists just found a 'significant' volume of water inside Mars' grand canyon
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For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun
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Aliendscapes - Generative Parallax Landscapes
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NASA administrator statement on Russian ASAT test
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The stunning astronomical beadwork of Native artist Margaret Nazon
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Space-related applications of Forth (1998)
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When will space tourism be affordable?
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SpaceX’s Texas Starbase needs natural gas for a new power station and rocket fuel. But how will it get there?
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Cosmic concrete developed from space dust and astronaut blood
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Powering the lunar base
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NASA is recruiting for yearlong simulated Mars mission
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NASA has developed an interactive map so you can see exactly where the NASA Perseverance rover has been
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NASA has selected two new missions to study Venus, expected to launch in 2028 - 2030
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China’s Mars rover takes first drive on surface of the red planet
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Players in uproar over Elite Dangerous: Odyssey's bugs and poor performance
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China has landed its first rover on Mars — here’s what happens next
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SpaceX accepts Dogecoin as payment to launch ‘DOGE-1 mission to the Moon’ next year
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True limits of humanity – The final border we will never cross
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NASA’s Mars helicopter achieves first flight on another world
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This robot has applications to archaeology, space exploration, and search and rescue — with a simple elegant design inspired by a plant
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Elite Dangerous | Exo-Biology (Alpha)
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The Ingenuity helicopter, which arrived on Mars in February, may take to the skies as early as Wednesday
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Elite Dangerous: Odyssey just sent alpha players onto the surface
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Metric paper and everything in the Universe
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Blue Origin will upgrade New Shepard rocket with the ability to simulate lunar gravity
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360 degree panorama of the Martian night sky
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After years of prep, NASA's Perseverance rover is ready to land on Mars Thursday
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Perseverance Mars rover mission overview - four days left until landing
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Humans could soon live in a giant space station orbiting Ceres
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The Webb Telescope, NASA’s golden surfer, is almost ready, again
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Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite
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In Iceland, testing the drones that could be the future of Mars exploration
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Both sides claim victory in massive EVE Online battle
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The steampunk rover concept that could help explore Venus
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No, Mars is not a free planet, no matter what SpaceX says
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Hear audio from NASA's Perseverance rover as it travels through deep space on its way to Mars
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The Space Declaration - Rights and responsibilities of humanity in the universe
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Why we should think twice about colonizing space
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Can a moon base be safe for astronauts? Creating a sustainable human presence beyond low-Earth orbit requires a clear-eyed view of the risks—and rewards—inherent in spaceflight
10 votes