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Right now, the Sun is far more active than predicted - and small satellites are paying the price

Three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's …

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A 3-billion-year-old meteorite might have sparked life on Earth, study asserts

A massive meteorite impact 3.26 billion years ago may have triggered environmental changes that hel…

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Diamonds in the Sky: Scientists want to inject diamonds into our atmosphere to cool the planet!

Scientists propose using synthetic diamond dust to reflect sunlight and reduce global temperatures.…

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Mini-moons like the one Earth just captured could be huge business opportunities

Asteroids are ripe for mining. Some contain gold or platinum. Others could help make rocket fuel. W…

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Here's why astronauts age slower than the rest of us here on Earth

Astronauts on the International Space Station age slightly slower than the rest of us on Earth due …

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How to see Comet A3, which could be the best comet in a decade. Neanderthals walked the Earth last time it flew by.

Comet A3 hasn't been past Earth since the Neanderthals. It'll be visible across the Northern Hemisp…

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting international Space Station

Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history w…

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Earth is about to get a 2nd moon, for 57 days only. Here's what you need to know.

A moonlet from the Arjuna asteroid belt is set to fall into Earth's orbit for 57 days. The school-b…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth victorious, making huge gains in Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars

The Polaris missions are helping fast-track Elon Musk's Mars city, from testing spacesuits and a sp…

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ISRO's final developmental flight lifts off from Sriharikota spaceport

ISRO successfully launched its third and final developmental flight, SSLV-D3, carrying Earth Observ…

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Scientists have created the world’s thinnest spaghetti 200 times thinner than hair that overcooks in a second! Here’s why

Scientists have created the world's thinnest 'spaghetti,' 200 times thinner than human hair, using …

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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.

China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…

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WATCH: A NASA animation shows gigantic plumes of carbon dioxide emissions swirling over India

It’s one thing to read about climate change and carbon emissions in an article, and quite another t…

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Why NASA is taking so long to get Boeing's 2 in-limbo astronauts back to Earth

NASA and SpaceX have been working on a backup plan to bring the astronauts home, but it has its own…

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Oxygen is disappearing from Earth’s water; this endangers marine life and human society!

Oceanic oxygen loss may seem small at 2% since 1960, but due to the ocean's vast volume, this trans…

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What Trump's second term means for space and why one expert is 'hugely optimistic'

The Trump and Musk alliance could speed up the next human moon landing and Starship's first mission…

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Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.

Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…

Jenny McGrath   


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NASA is putting an 'artificial star' in orbit around Earth

NASA plans to launch a mini satellite into Earth's orbit that could revolutionize astronomy as we k…

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A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared

A huge earthquake and tsunami will someday hit the Pacific Northwest. Predictions of the "Big One" …

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Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why

A new study offers compelling evidence that Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing do…

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