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Partial lunar eclipse of the Harvest Moon: Everything you need to know
The upcoming Full Harvest Moon on Sept. 17 will feature a partial lunar eclipse. Here's what to expect and how to see it.
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Elon Musk's pet dog inspires young girl's design for Polaris Dawn zero-g indicator
A privately-funded space crew aiming to set several records in orbit may not include the first child in space, but they have her hopes, wishes and furry spacesuit-clad creation aboard.
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A long-lost moon could explain Mars' weird shape and extreme terrain
A long-lost moon could explain why Mars is so different from the other rocky planets in the solar system.
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SpaceX's historic private Polaris Dawn astronaut launch lights up predawn sky (photos)
SpaceX launched the history-making Polaris Dawn mission early this morning, and the nighttime launch made for some incredible imagery.
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7 years ago today, the sun unleashed a record-breaking solar flare
As August 2024 set another 20-year high for sunspots, recent solar flares have yet to top two solar flares from September 2017 that still hold unbroken records.
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Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, has offered the best-yet estimates of how dark deep space truly is.
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China plans to build moon base at the lunar south pole by 2035
The first phase of China's moon base will be completed around 2035 near the lunar south pole, and an extended model will be built by about 2050, if all goes according to plan.
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SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt world's 1st-ever private spacewalk (video)
SpaceX launched the four-person Polaris Dawn mission to orbit on Tuesday (Sept. 10) to carry out the first spacewalk ever performed by private astronauts.
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NASA's Europa Clipper probe to icy Jupiter moon takes big step toward its Oct. 10 launch
NASA's Europa Clipper astrobiology probe passed a major technical review today (Sept. 9), keeping the highly anticipated mission on track for its planned Oct. 10 launch.
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Astronauts would have been fine on Boeing's Starliner during landing, NASA says
With Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is safely back on Earth, NASA says Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could have returned onboard.
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn astronauts will make a daring trek into Earth's Van Allen radiation belt
SpaceX's trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will make a daring trek into Earth orbit, one that will ferry the crew through belts of radiation wrapped around our planet.
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The moon might still have active volcanoes, China's Chang'e 5 sample-return probe reveals
The moon could still be volcanically active today, according to samples brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 mission in December 2020.
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'Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2' charges bravely onto PC and consoles today (video)
The highly anticipated "Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2" came out today (Sept. 9). Get hyped for the new game by checking out this brutal new launch trailer.
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Life on alien planets probably wouldn't experience day and night – here's how that may change evolution
Organisms on Earth living deep underground or at the bottom of the sea may give us an idea what alien life without a circadian rhythm could be like.
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How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures
"It's now a part of mainstream astrophysics."
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A particularly active 'aurora season' could be just weeks away
September could be a prime time to see vibrant auroras, thanks to a quirk of Earth's tilt that leads to more intense geomagnetic activity around the equinox.
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Best Transformers shows of all time
From the original series to the modern day, we've ranked all the Transformers animated TV series from worst to best.
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The biggest galaxies live in our universe's supercluster 'cities'
Machine learning algorithms analyzed millions of galaxies to reveal where the biggest ones are.
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Watch a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupt from the sun in this stunning video
Astrophotographer Mark Johnston got a front row seat to an epic fireworks show when he filmed a 100,000-mile-high tower of plasma erupting from the sun.
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'Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy' premieres this week. Watch epic 1st clip (video)
A new clip for the upcoming Disney+ miniseries, "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy," which premieres on Disney+ on Sept. 13.
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