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This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.
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SpaceX rolls out rocket for historic Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles (photos)
SpaceX has rolled out the rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will launch the Fram2 astronaut mission on Monday night (March 31).
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ISS National Lab explores the future of space in new podcast 'Between a Rocket and a Hard Space'
The International Space Station National Laboratory just launched "Between a Rocket and a Hard Space," a brand-new podcast series that explores the future of space innovation.
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Earth's sea ice hits all-time low, NASA satellites reveal
Sea ice impacts storms and coastal erosion — and NASA says Earth's total sea ice content has hit an all-time low.
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European Space Agency launches competition to find its next commercial rocket by 2028
The European Space Agency has kicked off a competition to support the development of new launch vehicles and boost Europe's access to space.
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1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil falls to Earth and explodes seconds into flight
The first orbital rocket launch from European soil ended in an explosion when Isar Aerospace's rocket fell to Earth seconds after launching on March 30.
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SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut flight over Earth's poles will be the 1st to grow mushrooms in space
SpaceX's upcoming Fram2 astronaut mission will attempt to grow mushrooms in microgravity for the first time, as part of an experiment called Mission MushVroom.
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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 154 — The View From On High
On Episode 154 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Space TV director Liam Kennedy about bringing content and video from the International Space Station down to Earth.
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Partial solar eclipse delights skywatchers around the world (photos)
The partial solar eclipse of March 2025 did not disappoint as observers turned their eyes and cameras to the sky.
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X-rays, mushrooms and more: The science riding on SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission around Earth's poles
Here's a rundown of the science experiments that SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission will conduct while orbiting Earth's poles.
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A total solar eclipse from 2471 B.C. may have shaken Egypt's cult of the sun
"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens."
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Doom games in order: Chronological and release date
With Doom: The Dark Ages around the corner, now is the perfect time to chainsaw your way through all the Doom games in order.
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'Chappie' is 10 years old, and Blomkamp's flawed humanist take on robots and AI is more relevant than ever
Neill Blomkamp's Johannesburg-set riff on Short Circuit and RoboCop wasn't a winner by any means, but it's far from soulless.
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Solar eclipse US weather forecast: Best places to see the moon 'bite' the sun tomorrow
A partial solar eclipse is coming this weekend, but weather could be an issue for many hoping to get a glimpse of the moon "taking a bite" out of the sun.
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Surprise X-class solar flare from emerging sunspot triggers radio blackouts across the Americas
"Further strong activity is likely!"
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NASA astronaut who gave up seat for Starliner crew takes command of SpaceX Crew-11 flight to ISS
Zena Cardman,who was removed from an ISS launch to facilitate the return to Earth of Starliner's first crew, will command SpaceX's upcoming Crew-11 mission to the station.
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Last chance! 72% off Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus bundle means you can watch all Marvel movies and TV shows, including X-Men, for just $2.99 a month
Watch all Marvel content, including the Avengers movies and the X-Men movies from the 2000s, ahead of Avengers: Doomsday next year, with a 72% discount.
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.
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James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking 'cosmic lens': Space photo of the day
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.
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This spacecraft swarm could spot interstellar visitors zipping through our solar system
Hiroyasu Tsukamota has developed a deep-learning-based guidance and control framework called Neural-Rendezvous that could allow spacecraft to safely encounter interstellar objects.
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