Space & Spaceflight
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You Need to See This Bright New Comet Shine in the Night Sky This Month Before It Disappears for 1,000 Years
This year is a boom time for comets. Not only did we have the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS gracing our skies…
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‘Dead’ Star Caught Snacking on Pluto-Like Object
Nature can get brutal. On a cosmic scale, things get even more destructive—leaving behind carnage made of stellar dust the…
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Last-Minute Software Patch Saves Jupiter Probe Ahead of Critical Venus Flyby
An exceptionally heavy interplanetary probe is on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, using the gravity of Earth and Venus to…
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Solar-Powered Device Turns Moon Dirt Into Bricks, a Potential Breakthrough in Lunar Construction
Both the U.S. and China have set their sights on the Moon, aiming to break ground on permanent lunar bases…
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NASA Reveals First-Ever Full Image of Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Donaldjohanson
Scientists with NASA’s Lucy mission are finally wrapping up the process of refining the data gathered by the spacecraft’s April…
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Watch Live as NASA Astronauts Take On a Rare All-Woman Spacewalk Outside the ISS
Two astronauts are gearing up for some orbital maintenance work outside the International Space Station (ISS) during a rare all-woman…
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Saturn Secures Its Title as the ‘Moon King’ With Major Haul of New Moons
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The…
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Musk’s Plan to Kill the ISS Early Is a Selfish, Shortsighted Move
The immediate future of the International Space Station is suddenly in doubt thanks to a single tweet. Elon Musk, owner…
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