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NASA to send a huge balloon into the stratosphere for deep-space research

NASA is planning to attach a telescope to a massive balloon before sending it into the stratosphere for a science mission with a range of goals.
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Tech CEOs’ antitrust showdown with Congress will reportedly be postponed

Monday's House Judiciary Committee antitrust hearing featuring Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Sundar Pichai will likely be postponed.
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China’s Tianwen-1 rover mission blasts off for Mars

China embarked on its first solo attempt at sending a rover to the red planet with the launch of the Tianwen-1 mission on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
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Watch Mars 2020 rover’s final preparations for July 30 liftoff

A week ahead of the launch, NASA has posted a video Perseverance’s cross-country trip to the launchpad, as well as the procedure for getting it onto the rocket.
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Twitter confirms DMs were accessed in last week’s major hack

Twitter has revealed more information about the Bitcoin scam that targeted dozens of high-profile accounts on its service on Wednesday, July 15.
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Watch SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule sail through its habitability test

NASA has completed a habitability assessment of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to confirm that the spacecraft is fit to carry more than two astronauts at a time.
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Twitter cracks down on QAnon accounts and related content

Twitter says it's taking strong action against content linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory, with around 150,000 accounts likely to be affected.
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Watch SpaceX catch both rocket fairing halves in huge nets for first time

SpaceX’s rocket launch on Monday, July 20, saw the company achieve a first when two ships caught both sections of the Falcon 9 rocket’s fairing.
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How to watch NASA’s milestone 300th spacewalk

In what was NASA's 300th spacewalk, two astronauts have completed work to upgrade the International Space Station’s power system. Here's how to watch it again.
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Amzon CEO Jeff Bezos’ fortune balloons by $13 billion in just one day

A jump in Amazon's share value saw Jeff Bezos' net worth increase by $13 billion in a single day, a new record. The Amazon boss is now worth $189 billion.
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Robot car startup Aurora navigates its way to Texas for testing

Autonomous-vehicle specialist Aurora is taking its autonomous minivans and huge Class 8 trucks to Fort Worth, Texas for testing on public roads.
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SpaceX’s latest rocket launch scored two big wins for the company

The company achieved the fastest turnaround time for the reuse of a rocket, and also managed to catch both parts of the rocket fairing for the first time.
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30 stunning spacewalk images to celebrate NASA’s 300th outing

On July 21, 2020, NASA will conduct its 300th spacewalk since 1965. To mark the occasion, we've gathered together 30 amazing images from some of those outings.
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First-ever interplanetary mission by Arab states blasts off

The UAE has made history with the successful launch of the Arab states’ first interplanetary mission. Its spacecraft, called Hope, is heading to Mars.
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Twitter says 130 accounts were targeted in massive Bitcoin hack

Around 130 accounts were targeted in Wednesday's epic Twitter breach, though the company said hackers could only tweet from "a small subset" of the accounts.
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James Webb Space Telescope hit by another launch delay

The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has been delayed by seven months due to the pandemic and other issues, with a new launch date set for October 2021.
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FBI moves in to investigate Twitter’s massive Bitcoin hack

The FBI is now examining the major hack that hit Twitter on Wednesday, July 17, in a bid to find out who was behind the incident.
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How to watch American astronauts’ spacewalk today

NASA astronauts Chris Cassidy and Bob Behnken are gearing up for a spacewalk on Thursday to upgrade batteries that power the orbiting outpost.
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Watch NASA’s video showing off its first-ever Mars aircraft

The small helicopter, called Ingenuity, will join the Perseverance rover on a journey to Mars lifting off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on July 30.
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Twitter reveals details about massive Bitcoin hack

Twitter said it believes hackers gained access to internal systems and tools in a ‘coordinated social engineering attack' on its platform on Wednesday.
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey calls it a ‘tough day’ after major hack

The boss of Twitter said it had been a "tough day" after numerous high-profile Twitter accounts were hacked in a Bitcoin scam on Wednesday, July 15.
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Elon Musk teases a quirky extra for Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tweeted an image of how the company's first European Gigafactory is likely to look. And it may also come with an unusual extra ...
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Tesla Cybertruck factory could land in Texas after more incentives offered

Lawmakers in Texas have approved tax breaks worth at least $14 million if Tesla selects the site it’s been looking at in Austin for its new Cybertruck plant.
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Spot the International Space Station passing overhead on Tuesday night

If the skies are clear tonight, folks in the U.S. will be able to enjoy the sight of the International Space Station passing overhead, 250 miles above Earth.
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MythBusters host Grant Imahara dead at 49

Former MythBusters host Grant Imahara has died at the age of 49. Imahara, a roboticist, died shortly after suffering a brain aneurysm, according to reports.
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Watch NASA’s Mars 2020 ‘movie trailer’ with Perseverance as the star

Ahead of its Mars 2020 launch from Cape Canaveral on July 30, NASA has released a movie trailer for the event, featuring its Perseverance rover as the star.
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Apple asks retail staff to work remotely as pandemic rumbles on

Concerned about significant wait times for some customers due to store closures prompted by the pandemic, Apple is asking more retail staff to work from home
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Concorde replacement from Boom Supersonic edges toward first flight

Boom Supersonic will show off its much-anticipated XB-1 demonstrator aircraft in the fall, with flight tests of the high-speed aircraft expected in 2021.
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The all-new Nissan Kidster is a cardboard car for children

Nissan has created a fun activity for children that shows them how to transform a cardbox into a toy car that they can climb into and "drive."
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NASA offers new ideas on how to avoid contaminating the moon and Mars

NASA has released information outlining suggested changes to rules on how we protect the moon and Mars from biological contamination during crewed missions.
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Space station astronaut speaks of the joy of photographing Earth

NASA astronaut Doug Hurley has spoken about what he loves most about photographing Earth from the International Space Station 250 miles up.
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Parallel parking never looked as cool as it does in these record-breaking stunts

Guinness World Records is celebrating some of the best parallel parking stunts in a new compilation video that will leave your jaw on the floor.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company plans ‘Not-a-Boring’ boring contest

With a plan to build underground transportation systems, the Boring Company needs tunneling machines that are quicker and more efficient than current designs.
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Get in the mood for Mars 2020 mission with this stirring NASA video

NASA has released a new video highlighting the upcoming Mars mission that's set to send the next rover and first aircraft to the Red Planet.
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