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The moment just before totality during the Aug. 12, 2026 total solar eclipse, captured from Scoresby Sund...
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On Aug. 13, 2014, a company called DigitalGlobe launched what was then the sharpest-eyed satellite of all...
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MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD! ANYONE YET TO WATCH "A CASE OF CHIAROSCURO" SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION TO AVOID...
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Yesterday (Aug.12), millions of people enjoyed a total solar eclipse as it swept across parts of Greenland,...
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Satellites high above Earth may soon have fewer places to hide.San Francisco-based company Astranis announced today (Aug....
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For the generation that grew up in the 1980s, the release of the recent big-budget "Masters of...
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And just like that, it's over.Total solar eclipses are incredible moments in time, but they are fleeting....
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The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing incredible...
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A radiation-shielding vest might one day protect astronauts from dangerous, random outbursts from the sun, a new...
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The most distant 'black hole star' yet found, existing in the universe less than 660 million years...
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On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission lifted off...
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Comet 220P/McNaught soaring over Namibia on August 8, 2026. (Image credit: Gerald Rhemann and Michael Jäger)What a...
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The Perseid meteor shower, one of the most prolific and impressive meteor showers of the year, peaks...
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Just over 12 hours after its first liftoff of the day out of Florida's Space Coast, SpaceX...
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Today (Aug. 12), millions of people across Greenland, Iceland and Spain will witness a total solar eclipse...
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SpaceX isn't a launch company anymore.SpaceX is famous for launching, and landing, its Falcon 9 and Falcon...
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Astronomers have released the largest two-dimensional map of the universe ever created, offering a sweeping new view...
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Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources, offering the most comprehensive public view...
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Season 4 of Paramount+'s "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" is off to a roaring start with episodes...
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A newly found Mars meteorite is revealing the secrets of a previously hidden time period of Red...