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Massive, magnetic stars beyond the Milky Way detected for the 1st time
Astronomers have detected giant, magnetic stars outside the Milky Way for the first time. These infant stars in the Magellanic Clouds could reveal details of early stellar evolution.
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NASA's X-59 'quiet' supersonic jet passes key safety review ahead of 1st test flight
NASA's new X-59 supersonic jet has successfully completed its Flight Readiness Review, marking a pivotal step towards its first flight.
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China's Chang'e 6 probe to land on far side of the moon this weekend to return lunar samples to Earth
China's Chang'e 6 moon mission is studying landing sites on the lunar far side for accessibility ahead of a planned touchdown attempt this weekend.
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Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular review
There is an instant feel of quality in this rugged and easy-to-use Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 10X42 monocular.
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Elusive medium-size black holes may form in dense 'birthing nests'
A new simulation has shown elusive intermediate-mass black holes may form in dense globular clusters of millions of tightly packed stars, thanks to a chaotic collision chain.
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How NASA's OSIRIS-APEX asteroid probe survived its 1st close encounter with the sun
OSIRIS-APEX emerged unscathed from its first of six close brushes with the sun, thanks to some clever engineering.
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James Webb Space Telescope spots the most distant galaxy ever seen (image)
James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the two earliest and most distant galaxies ever seen. One, JADES-GS-z14-0, is a massive and bright galaxy that existed just 300 million years after the Big Bang.
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Boeing's Starliner rolls out to pad for June 1 astronaut launch (photos)
Boeing's Starliner capsule rolled out to the pad today (May 30) ahead of its first-ever astronaut launch, which is scheduled for June 1.
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Japan loses contact with Akatsuki, humanity's only active Venus probe
The Japanese space agency has lost contact with its intrepid Venus orbiter, Akatsuki.
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Solar Orbiter traces solar wind back to its mysterious source for 1st time
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has, for the first time, traced solar wind in space to a specific location on our sun's surface.
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Space debris from SpaceX Dragon capsule crashed in the North Carolina mountains. I had to go see it (video)
A large piece of debris was found on a mountainside in North Carolina last week, suspected to be left over from the reentry of SpaceX's Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station.
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See the moon and Saturn meet in the night sky early on May 31
Saturn will appear just above the third quarter moon in the sky in the early hours of Friday (May 31).
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Astronaut's diary found among fallen Columbia space shuttle debris added to National Library of Israel
The journal pages of Israel's first astronaut have been added to the country's national library, more than 20 years after they were found among the debris from the tragedy that claimed his life.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds a dusty skeleton in this starburst galaxy's closet
The James Webb Space Telescope caught the Magellanic-like galaxy NGC 4449 is undergoing an intense bout of star formation.
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The 'Star Trek: Discovery' series finale is a mixed bag (review)
The "Star Trek: Discovery" finale seems to serve chiefly as a launch vehicle for the forthcoming Section 31 TV movie and Starfleet Academy series — and then there's all the other stuff.
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If the Big Bang created miniature black holes, where are they?
Primordial black holes born from density fluctuations dating back to the Big Bang have been frustratingly elusive, but a new quantum clue has been discovered.
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Starliner capsule's 1st astronaut mission cleared for June 1 liftoff
The first-ever astronaut launch of Boeing's Starliner capsule, known as Crew Flight Test, is "go" for its planned June 1 launch, NASA announced today (May 29).
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SpaceX fuels Starship megarocket again to prep for test flight (photos)
SpaceX fueled up its Starship rocket again on Tuesday (May 28), continuing preparations for the giant vehicle's upcoming test flight.
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Russian Soyuz rocket launches tons of supplies to ISS on Progress 88 cargo ship (video)
Russia launched the robotic Progress 88 freighter toward the International Space Station early on Thursday (May 30).
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Watch Chinese company launch 4 satellites to orbit from ship at sea (video)
The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit on Wednesday (May 29) with the second sea launch of the Ceres-1 solid rocket.
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