"I have looked farther into space than ever a human being did before me."

— William Herschel

Astronomy

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If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see?


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This was once a beach -- on ancient


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SuperCam Target on Maaz

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What's the sound of


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The Leo Trio

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This popular group leaps into the early evening sky around the


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The Solar Eclipse Analemma Project

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Recorded from 2024 March 10, to 2025 March 1, this


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Blue Ghost s Diamond Ring

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Blue Ghost s Diamond Ring


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What causes a blue band to cross the Moon during a lunar eclipse?


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Sharks aren’t silent after all

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 7:01pm
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet
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Fake pills ease PMS symptoms even when you know they're placebos

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:30pm
Women with premenstrual syndrome reported big improvements in their symptoms after taking placebo pills, despite knowing they did not contain any active ingredients
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"The monster will come for us all!” Mon Mothma rouses the rebels in new 'Andor' Season 2 trailer

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 6:00pm
The Death Star’s technological terror looms, and the Rebellion rises to meet the threat in this thrilling trailer for Andor Season 2.
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There are Space Tornadoes Surrounding the Core of the Milky Way

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:27pm

What happens when you mix clouds of gas and dust, strong outflows, and energetic shock waves at the core of the Milky Way Galaxy? Space tornadoes. At least, that's how researchers using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array in Chile to study the galaxy's heart described what they found.

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'Earth to Space' art festival set to launch at Kennedy Center this week

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 5:00pm
A nearly month-long mission is ready to lift off, with preparations being made at the Kennedy Center. To be clear, not NASA's Kennedy Space Center, but the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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New Insights Into Little Red Dots. An Early Phase of Black Hole Growth

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:41pm

The James Webb Space Telescope has given us a view of the earliest moments of galaxy formation in the Universe. It's also revealed a few surprises. One of these is the appearance of small, highly redshifted objects nicknamed "little red dots (LRDs)." We aren't entirely sure what they are, but a new study points to an answer.

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NASA’s Spirit Rover Gets Looked Over

NASA Image of the Day - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:36pm
This plaque commemorating the STS-107 space shuttle Columbia crew looks over the Mars landscape after the Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, landed and deployed onto the red planet on Jan. 4, 2004. The plaque, mounted on the high-gain antenna, is shown while the rover underwent final checkout March 28, 2003, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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NASA completes SLS core stage stacking for Artemis 2 moon mission (photos)

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 4:00pm
NASA's next moon rocket is coming together at the agency's Kennedy Space Center, as the SLS core stage gets its solid rocket boosters.
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10 things we want from the next Mass Effect game

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 3:00pm
BioWare's follow-up to the original Mass Effect trilogy is still a ways off, but we already have an extensive list of things we'd love to see happen.
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Rare moonbow shines below total lunar eclipse in stunning photo: 'This is definitely the first time I've tried something like this, but will not be the last'

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 2:00pm
"The respective sizes of the two arcs also create a great symbolic representation of the difference in scale between what we experience and deal with as humans on Earth and the vastness and grandeur of the scale of space and our closest neighbor"
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A New Theory Explains the Surprising Origin of the Planet Mercury

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 1:36pm

Compared to the other terrestrial planets, Mercury has always been a bit of a mysterious one. It’s internal structure is very different from its planetary siblings with its core accounting for 70% of its overall mass and an unusually thin mantle composed of silicates. One theory suggests a head-on collision between a larger proto-Mercury and a smaller object while another suggests Mercury sideswiped an Earth-mass object. It may be something completely different and a new paper suggests that a grazing collision between two similarly sized bodies led to the formation of the planet we see today.

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'It's coming!' New 'Alien: Earth' trailer is packed with nostalgia, a creepy android, and some very unfortunate humans (video)

Space.com - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 1:00pm
Retrofuturistic styling, synthetics with no regard for human life, and people being munched like popcorn — that's the Alien we know and love alright.
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Valkyrie: Exploring Venus With Multiple Small Landers

Universe Today - Tue, 03/25/2025 - 12:58pm

Shrouded in thick clouds, our erstwhile sister planet Venus is rife with mysteries. Among the Solar System's rocky planets, Venus is the one begging for more exploration. While potential habitability always catches people's attention, scientists crave more fundamental knowledge about Venus: its geology.

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