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Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire shortly after SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq.
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Could Earth have seeded Jupiter’s moon Europa with bacterial life, where it could have taken hold in...
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One of the hardest things to calculate for an asteroid is its mass—but it is such a...
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Travel deep into the Centauri Cluster to the planet Sang in this riveting sneak peek
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On June 16, 1963, 26-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman to...
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At the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Bielefeld University is looking for fans of all...
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched three of AST SpaceMobile's giant BlueBird direct-to-cell satellites early Wednesday morning...
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Astronomers have detected one of the most powerful ultra-fast outflows ever seen from a distant supermassive black...
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"With its unprecedented observational quality, JWST gives us the most detailed glimpses into distant planets to date."
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SpaceX shares shot 20% higher Monday as the company said it raised a record-breaking $85.7 billion.
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. June 15: Mercury at...
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A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth today (June 17), ending its monthlong mission to the...
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Technicians work on Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lander inside a cleanroom at the company’s facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on...
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Venus’ bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in...
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A new single-protein analysis technique gives researchers an unprecedented ability to study proteins called scramblases, which have...
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When stars like our sun age, they puff up into red giants. Their bubbling outer mass gradually...
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The aftermath of a supernova, a stellar explosion, is usually a slowly fading cloud of hot gas....
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Our search for technosignatures – clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth – takes many forms. Many...
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Caltech researchers have identified a novel chemical reaction that could explain the formation of the building blocks...
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If the Sun’s fusion shut off right now, you would not notice for a very long time....