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The 2024 total solar eclipse is 1 week away. Here's what you need to know.
With just one week until a total solar eclipse is visible across North America here's what you need to know for a memorable experience.
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Pluto TV will rally to make Pluto a planet again on April 1 (it's no joke)
Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear.
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Hubble Space Telescope finds bucket of cosmic Easter eggs — 500 blue and red stars
Observations for the ULLYSES program, the Hubble Telescope's largest operation yet, are now completed. Scientists are now diving into some cosmic Easter treats.
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'Everything is interrelated.' For the Navajo Nation, the April 8 solar eclipse is a spiritual experience
While many Americans are deciding where to go and how to experience the total solar eclipse on April 8, Navajo (Diné) astronomers explain the vast differences in how their culture views these celestial events.
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NASA's mini moon rovers go for a test drive ahead of 2025 private lunar launch (photos)
NASA's CADRE mini rovers have been test driven across the agency's "Mars Yard" and subjected to various other tests to confirm they are ready to launch to the moon.
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Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes astrobiology mission to Saturn ocean moon
The future European Space Agency mission could include an orbiting spacecraft as well as a lander, both of which would sample ocean material in Enceladus' plumes.
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We asked over 50 women space leaders for words of inspiration. Here's what they told us
Current leaders across the space industry share wisdom and advice as we reflect on the achievements of women in space during Women's History month.
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Dune: What the climate of Arrakis can tell us about the hunt for habitable exoplanets
Dune: What the climate of Arrakis can tell us about the hunt for habitable exoplanets
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 104 — The Artemis Accords, Ecuador, and You
On Episode 104 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with National Space Society chapter leader Robert Aillon about NASA's Artemis Accords.
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April 8 total solar eclipse: Why this eclipse repeats itself every 54 years
The total solar eclipse on April 8 is part of a repeating pattern of eclipses that last visited North America in 1970. Here’s why the same eclipse repeats every 54 years.
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Spaceflight doubleheader! SpaceX launches 2 rockets in 4-hour span (video)
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets today (March 30) from Florida less than five hours apart.
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Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case
New observations provide an intriguing window into what happens when a slumbering black hole awakens to devour a star.
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