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Best binoculars for long distance viewing 2024
The best binoculars for long distance viewing have high magnification, quality optics and excel for stargazing or wildlife observation — here are our favorites.
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Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
Modeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine with intense radiation bombardment and strip away their atmospheres.
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Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
Astronomers have found that one of the lightest exoplanets ever seen, the young 'cotton candy' world V1298 Tau b, may be shrinking from the size of Jupiter to the width of a super-Earth.
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Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects
For years, physicists have been looking to prove that black holes are more complex than they seem. And a newly approved European space mission called LISA will help us with this hunt.
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Space mysteries: Do all planets have magnetic fields?
How do scientists know if a planet has a magnetic field?
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Right again, Einstein! Scientists find where matter 'waterfalls' into black holes
Einstein was right! Scientists found the first-ever evidence of "plunging regions" of spacetime where matter inexorably falls into black holes, as predicted by general relativity.
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The James Webb Space Telescope may have solved a puffy planet mystery. Here's how
A surprisingly low amount of methane explains how WASP-107 b grew into the inflated world we see today.
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Something strange is happening with Earth's magnetic field tail
Scientists are diving into the mystery of the missing storm in Earth's magnetotail, which refers to our planet's magnetic field tail.
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SpaceX fuels up Starship megarocket ahead of 4th test flight (photos)
SpaceX just fueled up its giant Starship rocket, checking another box ahead of the vehicle's fourth test flight.
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We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years
The auroral displays that wowed observers around the world two weekends ago may have been among the strongest such light shows since record-keeping began.
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Perseverance rover's Mars rock sample may contain best evidence of possible ancient life
These samples are uniquely important for return to Earth for further study.
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'This was a life-changing experience:' 1st Black astronaut candidate exults after suborbital launch (video)
Ninety-year-old Ed Dwight got to live out his long-delayed spaceflight dream with a suborbital launch this weekend. Here's what he had to say about it.
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Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle
An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.
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Blue Origin launches 1st Black astronaut candidate, age 90, and 5 space tourists on New Shepard rocket (video)
Blue Origin sent six people to the final frontier today (May 19) on the company's first crewed spaceflight since August 2022.
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'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' at 25: Who are the angels on the moons of Iego?
An examination of the angels of the moons of Iego from "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" on the iconic film's 25th anniversary.
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Everything we know about 'A Quiet Place: Day One'
A Quiet Place is expanding its universe with an ambitious prequel.
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Bright green fireball lights up the skies over Portugal and Spain (photos)
On the evening of Saturday (May 18) a bright fireball lit up the skies over Portugal and Spain in stunning green and blue as it streaked through Earth's atmosphere.
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Why a giant 'cold spot' in the cosmic microwave background has long perplexed astronomers
Leftover light from the young universe has a major flaw, and we don't know how to fix it. It's the cold spot. It's just way too big and way too cold.
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NASA-funded pulsed plasma rocket concept aims to send astronauts to Mars in 2 months
NASA is studying innovative rocket system developed by Howe Industries that could reducing travel time to the Red Planet to just a few months.
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NASA's PREFIRE mission is ready to unlock the mysteries of Earth's poles
A pair of cubesats will measure far-infrared radiation from Earth's poles to improve climate predictions.
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