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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was almost called 3I/Rubin, after researchers found that the giant survey telescope coincidentally spotted...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 15: A double...
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A SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft, C209, is seen atop a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex...
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Enigmatic crownlike surface formations on Venus hold keys to understanding our twin planet’s deep interior. Or so...
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A study led by UC Riverside physicist Hai-Bo Yu suggests that a new type of dark matter...
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We may be getting better images of the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole in the future. Astronomers...
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What the devil does the fashion industry in The Devil Wears Prada 2 have to do with...
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AI-generated slop has shown up everywhere, including in the peer-reviewed literature. Fake citations, unedited prompt responses, and...
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The world's leading space powers desperately want to know what the others are up to high above...
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There comes a point in many astrophotographers’ lives when we realize that our standard DSLR just isn’t...
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The Cylons are hot on the trail of a fleet of survivors, and rejoining the Battlestar Galactica...
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When the Sun reaches higher levels of activity, junk drifting in low Earth orbit loses altitude at...
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A study of NASA’s Black Marble data reveals a pattern of regional volatility in nighttime illumination across...
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Expert tester James Abbott rated the R5 Mark II with a flawless review, it produces impressive astrophotography...
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The galaxy cluster Abell 2029 is sometimes described as “the most relaxed cluster in the Universe.” This...
Stardust's mission was to collect samples of the comet in a material called aerogel that was lighter...
If there were an ocean big enough to hold it, Saturn would literally float.
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Welcome to Edition 8.41 of the Rocket Report! The stories of the world's two most powerful rockets...
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This week, a company called Casimir Inc. emerged from “stealth mode” to announce that it had raised...
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Earth has a group of cosmic stalkers. Known as “co-orbitals”, these small bits of rock have a...