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NASA just declared its MAVEN Mars orbiter dead after a dozen productive years circling the Red Planet....
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It’s a familiar annual question, that we’re already hearing as we enter into June. “What are those...
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A sonic boom shook Boston and the larger New England area with the force of 230 tons...
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A rainbow blanket of patchwork colors sprawls across South Africa in this new composite image created using...
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University of Florida researchers are exploring how lasers could help astronauts build structures on the moon using...
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In the region where the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will search for signs of life, clay deposits...
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'There’s a new world coming, and it's just around the bend.'
One of the earliest recorded eclipses is found in the Shijing, a collection of ancient poetry whose compilation is...
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Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as...
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SpaceX, the rockets-to-AI behemoth led by Elon Musk, aims to raise $75 billion in the biggest initial...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force...
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A rare meteorite recovered from the Sahara Desert contains evidence of a long-lost moon-size world that existed...
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Heads up aurora chasers! We could be in for a show! Multiple CMEs are en route and...
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SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 3: Juno stands...
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Austin Zwick, associate teaching professor in the College of Professional Studies and the Maxwell School of Citizenship...
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In our final installment in the series, we’ll examine all the close calls, possible candidates, and instances...
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A research team led by Professor Shuichi Hiraoka at the University of Tokyo and Professor Masanori Tachikawa...
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NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about how the early Earth may have acquired some elements necessary...
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Scientists at the SETI Institute recently searched for technological signals from 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object observed...