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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...
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For a franchise where the main hook is time travel, "Terminator" probably wishes it could take us...
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BOULDER, Colorado - Humans have been exploring outer space since April 1961 with the pioneering flight of...
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NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has captured evidence of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting another star through...
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A U.S. Space Force mission pitting two satellites against each other has been deemed a success, completing...
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Aside from fireworks, what better way to celebrate 250 years of independence than by launching your own...
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Welcome to Edition 9.01 of the Rocket Report! Back in January, I wrote about the 20 launches...
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A new paper by astronomers led by Z.L. Wen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences describes the...
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Astronomers reported that planets outside our solar system can possess magnetic fields akin to those of planets...
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Radio transients are short-lived sources of radio radiation that can occur near supermassive black holes in galaxy...