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NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope spotted three galaxies forming when the universe was about only 4…
Lloyd Lee,Jessica Orwig
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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft isn't totally safe from the cost-cutting, KPI-focused company culture…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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China's hype video for its lunar base showed what looked like a NASA Space Shuttle lifting off, which it then realized and tried to fix
The CGI clip in the China National Space Administration was later blurred out in a state media vers…
Matthew Loh
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NASA is asking for help to retrieve Mars samples that could be the first evidence of alien life
NASA's Perseverance rover is collecting Mars rock and soil that could contain hints of ancient alie…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Check out stunning photos from the $2 billion space telescope that captures the invisible universe and that NASA plans to defund
Messier 74, nicknamed "the Phantom Galaxy" for its dimness, comes to life when Chandra revealed its…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's chief says China is being 'very, very secretive' and pretending its space projects aren't linked to the military
Nelson has regularly warned that the world may face dire consequences if China reaches the surface …
Matthew Loh
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NASA video shows the sun just blasted out 4 eruptions at the same time. The rare event may have sent plasma hurtling toward Earth.
The sun is near the peak of its power, which may explain four solar flares erupting at once. They'r…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Hannah Getahun
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NASA is investigating where a chunk of metal that smashed into a Florida house came from
Most space debris burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere, but a homeowner in Naples, Florida, wit…
Polly Thompson
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A mysterious hole on Mars could be a jackpot of scientific discoveries, from extraterrestrial life to where astronauts could live
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter imaged a hole on Mars in 2022 that recently resurfaced, reigniti…
Ellyn Lapointe,Jessica Orwig
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Sealing panel used aboard the Jupiter-bound Europa Clipper spacecraft to sport a message encoded in Hindi!
One side of this plate displays etchings of 103 waveforms, representing the word “water” in differe…
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A NASA astronaut, former SpaceX flight surgeon, and father of 2 says parenting is by far his hardest job
Anil Menon is a former SpaceX medical director, flight surgeon, and NASA astronaut. But his hardest…
Ellyn Lapointe
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A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form
Insight into coronal mass ejections provided by a NASA probe could help better predict solar explos…
Marianne Guenot
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'Once-in-a-lifetime' cosmic explosion set to light up the night sky, NASA says
Those hoping to see the nova display should look for the constellation Corona Borealis, or "Norther…
Cameron Manley
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NASA map shows where and when to see the total solar eclipse of April 2024, as the path of totality crosses the US
A total solar eclipse is crossing the US on April 8, 2024, giving more than 30 million people the r…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists built a 3-ton camera with a 5-foot-wide lens to discover hazardous asteroids that NASA can't see
A Menlo Park, California, lab built this camera to learn about dark energy and dark matter, flag ha…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A mysterious Jupiter-sized planet that shouldn't exist is as puffy as a marshmallow and astronomers finally think they know why
"Super puff" WASP 107b confused scientists for years. Now, two independent teams of astronomers thi…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Starship lands in the ocean with its engines firing for the first time, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to Mars
Starship already proved it could fly into space. Now it's shown the world it can come back in mostl…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Space elevators could get us to Mars in record time — and Japan is planning one for 2050
Space elevators are just theoretical at this point, but a Japanese company hopes to build one in th…
Jenny McGrath
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Boeing's long-delayed Starliner finally takes off with astronauts on board
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft finally took off on its crewed mission on Wednesday after being plagu…
Jessica Orwig,Paul Squire
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NASA space photo shows odd-looking sky holes near Florida
These sky holes can be seen from the ground and in space. They're called cavum clouds and have a sc…