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Dark skies above world's best astronomy sites could be ruined by new energy project
A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical sites by up to 35%
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Spring equinox 2025: Say goodbye to winter in the Northern Hemisphere today
Spring officially begins today (March 20) with the vernal equinox, bringing longer days and warmer temperatures to the Northern Hemisphere.
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Aliens abduct space-crazed kid in wild new trailer for Pixar's 'Elio' (video)
U.S. military makes 1st contact with aliens in 'Elio,' an intergalactic summertime treatfrom Pixar.
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The MacBook Pro is one of the best laptops for astronomers and it's just hit its lowest-ever price
Get the powerful 2024 MacBook Pro with the latest M4 chip with a huge $200 reduction in this Amazon deal.
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Alien life could survive on Earth-like planets circling dead stars, study suggests
New research suggests that life could have the time and energy to arise on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" around white dwarf stars.
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NASA still mulling options for Boeing's troubled Starliner astronaut capsule
NASA and Boeing are still working on the problems that cropped up during Starliner's first crewed flight, which launched more than nine months ago.
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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes than smaller worlds.
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What were Stephen Hawking's greatest contributions to science?
Famed physicist Stephen Hawking took gravity to its ultimate limits. In doing so, he made a number of significant advancements in our understanding of black holes, cosmology and quantum gravity.
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Solar viewing deals 2025: safely observe the sun for less
Save money and protect your eyes with these solar viewing deals.
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Hubble Telescope spies star-forming cocoons in neighboring galaxy (photo)
Young stars enveloped in a transformative cocoon of gas shine brightly in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Starliner and Crew-9 astronauts arrive home in Houston: Space photo of the day
After splashing down off the coast of Florida, the latest crew to return from the International Space Station arrived by jet in Houston.
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Save 28% in this early Amazon Spring Deal Days Lego Star Wars deal as Ahsoka Tano's T-6 Jedi Shuttle is heavily discounted
The 599-piece Lego Star Wars Ahsoka Tano T-6 Jedi Shuttle is 28% off and all but its lowest-ever price, just ahead of Amazon's Spring Deal Days event.
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How do spiral galaxies get 'feathers'? All it takes is a little gravity
For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies, which feature arms covered in a multitude of small-scale features known as feathers.
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Borderlands 4: Release date, trailers & everything we know
The Pandora saga might be over, but Borderlands is just evolving. Launching in 2025, this is everything we know about Borderlands 4.
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'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how
The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.
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Mars madness! Perfect NCAA tournament bracket wins you a trip to the Red Planet on SpaceX's Starship
If you have an otherworldly knack for picking the winners of college basketball games, you could get a free ride to Mars on SpaceX's Starship megarocket.
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Euclid space telescope's 1st results reveal 'a goldmine of data' in search for dark matter and dark energy (images, video)
The Euclid space telescope has dropped its first data and deep field observations showing millions of galaxies in great detail as it hunts for dark matter and dark energy clues.
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Dolphins welcome SpaceX's Crew-9 astronauts home after splashdown (video)
A pod of dolphins gave the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission a warm welcome after their capsule splashed down in the ocean on Tuesday afternoon (March 18).
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast (video, photos)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, from Florida this afternoon (March 18).
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Never-'stuck’ Starliner astronauts return to Earth at last with Crew-9 duo in SpaceX Dragon splashdown
The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.
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