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Spaceflight doubleheader! SpaceX launches 2 rockets in 4-hour span (video)
SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets today (March 30) from Florida less than five hours apart.
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Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case
New observations provide an intriguing window into what happens when a slumbering black hole awakens to devour a star.
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1st Boeing Starliner astronauts are ready to launch to the ISS for NASA (exclusive)
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore have been training on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for years. The team says they're ready for the first astronaut launch no earlier than May 1.
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Powerful X-class solar flare slams Earth, triggering radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean
On March 28, Earth was hit by an X-class solar flare that was strong enough to ionize part of the planet's atmosphere.
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Why low-level clouds vanish during a solar eclipse
Cumulus clouds rapidly dissipate as the land surface cools. This isn't just good news for eclipse chasers on April 8, but also has implications for sun-obscuring geoengineering efforts.
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'Them space drugs cooked real good:' Varda Space just made an HIV medicine in Earth orbit
Varda Space has written up the results of its groundbreaking W-1 mission, which successfully crystalized the metastable Form III of the antiviral drug ritonavir in space and returned it to Earth.
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Polar vortex is 'spinning backwards' above Arctic after major reversal event
Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has triggered a record-breaking "ozone spike" and could impact global weather patterns.
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Solar spacecraft 'SOHO' discovers its 5,000th comet
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory just hit a milestone with its 5,000th comet detection.
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Lego Star Wars Executor Super Star Destroyer review
This impressive Lego Star Wars ship packs in plenty of detail without breaking the bank.
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Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new
A small galaxy is bursting with star formation in a dazzling new image from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Most quasars are a ferocious force of nature, but not this one
A quasar over three billion light-years away was found to be rather gentle on its host galaxy, allowing its black hole to keep growing.
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How to earn a 'black belt' in solar eclipse chasing
We explore how eclipses repeat and what it takes to earn a 'black belt' in eclipse chasing, according to our skywatching columnist Joe Rao.
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NASA's 1st female chief engineer at Kennedy Space Center wants to put a space station around the moon (exclusive)
For Women's History Month, NASA's Teresa Kinney shared what she's learned in 40 years of working in agency circles, and how she's trying to help the next generation fly to space.
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Europe's upcoming Mars rover now has a detailed map to aid its search for ancient Red Planet life (video)
The European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin Mars rover now has a detailed map with which to help find its way around the Red Planet when it lands sometime in the next decade.
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NASA's Lucy asteroid-hopping spacecraft pins down ages of 1st asteroid targets
Scientists shared preliminary results from Lucy's encounter with Dinkinesh and Selam late last year.
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Life as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals
Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.
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Final launch of Delta IV Heavy rocket scrubbed late in countdown
ULA scrubbed the last planned liftoff of its Delta Heavy IV rocket on March 28 late in the countdown clock. The mission does not yet have a new launch date.
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Giant Mars asteroid impact creates vast field of destruction with 2 billion craters
An asteroid that slammed into Mars around 2.3 million years ago left one nine-mile wide crater and created 2 billion smaller craters.
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365 days of satellite images show Earth's seasons changing from space (video)
Satellite images taken daily for one year shows a stunning glimpse of what the change of seasons looked like from space.
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Still alive! Japan's SLIM moon lander survives its 2nd lunar night (photo)
The SLIM spacecraft, Japan's first successful moon lander, has survived its second long, cold lunar night.
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