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After a two-year hiatus, the Geek Meet resumed on Saturday. While geek hobbies may seem silly to some, this festival makes a big impact on Hawaii and its residents.

After a two-year hiatus, the Geek Meet resumed on Saturday. While geek hobbies may seem silly to some, this festival makes a big impact on Hawaii and its residents.

Stargazers in will have incredible views of Jupiter on Monday night when the largest planet in the solar system makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963, NASA says. This coincides with the gaseous giant's opposition, an astrological phenomenon that will allow Jupiter to be seen all night.

Mark T. Vande Hei did experiments, spacewalked, and even did house chores and worked out. He loved to meditate with Earth in full view.

The loudest sound in the universe, an epic "space roar", was detected in 2006 and scientists still dont know whats causing it.

The cosmonaut from Russia holds the record for the longest consecutive stay in space. Valery Polyakov, a cosmonaut from Soviet-era Russia who set the record for most consecutive days spent in space, has died at the age of 80.

The company was able to launch its Falcon 9 rocket after a five-day delay. SpaceX has finally got another batch of Starlink satellites in space. The popular spacecraft manufacturer has recently announced it has successfully launched and landed its Falcon 9 rocket for the sixth time, placing numerous Starlink broadband satellites in orbit in the process.

The US space agency has collaborated with Google to help local governments improve their monitoring and prediction of air quality.NASA and Google will develop advanced machine learning-based algorithms that link space data with Google Earth ...

From concerts to festivals

Ex-NASA deputy administrator Lori Garver introduced far greater collaboration with private companies. She says this has allowed us to plan a return to the moon – but that doesn’t mean we are going back for the right reasons