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The recent photo of a black hole is something extraordinary. Here’s why.
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Could 16 Psyche make every person on Earth a billionaire? The space mining race is heating up.
The flying rotorcraft drone is set to land on Saturn’s largest moon in 2034.
If life exists on Mars, there’s a good chance it’s related to us, say researchers.
Gigantic explosions of light are reverberating across the universe.
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NASA JPL takes a first step toward a GPS for space.
An elegant, 400-year-old means of navigating the stars takes flight.
The periodic table was a lot simpler at the beginning of the universe.
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A surprise on the far side of the Moon.
We are hurtling through space. But where are we going?
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The massive Starlink satellite network from SpaceX is causing worries.
A new study looks at astronauts’ brains after they come back home.
Black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.
Mega-rich entrepreneurs are taking us where no human being has gone before.
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New research based on observational data from the Spitzer telescope provides clues as to how the universe first emerged from its dark age.
What if all planets were the same distance from Earth as the Moon?
Light exists outside of time.
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An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.
A space memorial company plans to launch the ashes of “Pikachu,” a well-loved Tabby, into space.
A new method promises to capture an elusive dark world particle.
There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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Artistic depictions of the atom have deceived us all.
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A new computer model solves a pair of Jovian riddles.
It’s one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
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“Here I want to remind all of you of a fact that the U.S. publicly defines outer space as a new battlefield,” a Chinese foreign minister said.
A NASA-led study suggests the stress of spaceflight seems to trigger various types of herpes to reactivate in astronauts.