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What happens when a galaxy's supermassive black hole turns off? These dying radio galaxies could show us
21 August 2026Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unseen population of galaxies with fading radio lobes, revealing what happens to these vast outflows when their black hole engines stall.
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Trump signs new national space policy to enable 1,000 US rocket launches per year
21 August 2026The United States is updating its approach to managing spaceflights and reentries, with the goal of expanding the nation's capabilities to support more than 1,000 rocket launches per year by 2030.
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'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' cast talks losing sleep, living up to their character's legacy, and learning to ride a horse for season 4 (interview)
21 August 2026"We lose so much sleep, we have crazy hours, we say crazy things, we even look crazy."
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Trump to award NASA's Artemis II astronauts the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
21 August 2026The NASA astronauts who flew around the moon on the Artemis II mission will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor next Friday (Aug. 28).
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Japan unveils Mars moon sample-return spacecraft ahead of Oct. 19 launch (photos)
21 August 2026Japan recently gave the world a look at the spacecraft of its MMX mission, which will launch on Oct. 19 to grab pieces of the Mars moon Phobos and haul them back to Earth.
