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Earth is the only planet we know of with buoyant, silica-rich continents. But, despite decades of research,...
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For the Aug. 12, 2026, total solar eclipse, Spain's great cities will be pulling in eclipse-chasers from...
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Astronomers have uncovered a pair of giant planets that are lighter than cotton candy—super-puffs the size of...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 4: A conjunction...
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After several quieter years, wildfires have returned to western Greenland.
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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists are using a solar wind forecasting method combined with analytic and numerical...
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The 1.7 million satellites that companies are aiming to launch into Earth’s orbit in the coming years...
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Happy Fourth of July, Space Fans! As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, we here at...
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On Episode 217 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the progression of...
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Humanity has likely dreamed of flight since the very beginning, marveling at birds soaring overhead and trying...
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Astronomers have spotted many “red and dead” galaxies in the early universe. These are massive systems that...
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On July 4, 1054, a supernova explosion occurred, marking the death of a star thought to be...
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent five years traversing Jezero Crater looking for the chemical leftovers of whatever...
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What did the evening sky look like for Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and their contemporaries on July...
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30 years on, “Independence Day” still proves the versatility of the original “The War of the Worlds”
"Independence Day" definitely isn't "The War of the Worlds". The characters are all new, the alien invaders...
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Watchdog cites growing costs for missile-warning satellites, digital engineering gaps and workforce reductions that could slow national...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 3: Glimpse the...
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A study led by the University of Bonn presents new data that questions the existence of Dark...
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A Pegasus XL launched a mission to reboost a NASA astrophysics spacecraft on what may be the...
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I used to think Uranus was the sort of planet you graduated into. Saturn and its rings...