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The final supermoon of 2024 rises Nov. 15 as November's Full Beaver Moon
The Full Beaver Moon of November 2024 will be the final of four consecutive supermoons this year, appearing slightly larger in the night sky on Friday (Nov. 15).
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Surprised Russian school kids discover Arctic island has vanished after comparing satellite images
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.
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'Snowball Earth:' Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago
New evidence found in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado supports the notion that Snowball Earth was indeed a global phenomenon.
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Galaxies get tangled up in 'the queen's hair' in new Hubble Telescope image
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured two tangled galaxies, whose interactions have caused knots to form in the constellation Coma Berenice, or the "queen's hair."
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NASA dealing with aging ISS and spacewalk hardware: 'None of our spacesuits are spring chickens'
Crew-8 commander Matthew Dominick says NASA is carefully making decisions for astronaut safety while the ISS deals with a leak, and spacesuit issues, related to aging hardware.
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Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the new Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to 'dismantle government bureaucracy.'
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA's chief center for planetary exploration, is conducting its second round of layoffs in 2024, reducing its workforce by another 5%.
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'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims (video)
NASA astronaut Suni Williams says her weight is stable aboard the International Space Station, rebutting tabloid claims that her orbital stay has made her emaciated.
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China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean
Data from China's Zhurong rover has revealed what appears to be an ancient shoreline streaking through Mars' northern hemisphere.
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Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time
A new analysis of Voyager 2 data reveals a fresh theory about Uranus's unique magnetosphere.
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SabersPro Vader lightsaber review: "An elegant replica that doesn't come cheap"
Is this ode to the Dark Lord of the Sith most impressive or does it choke on its own aspirations?
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'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth
Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, new research shows.
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Marvel superheroes explore strange timelines in new trailer for 'What If…?' Season 3 (video)
A new trailer for Marvel Animation's animated anthology "What If…?" Season 3 has landed
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Open Gateway: Step into mock lunar orbit habitat at Space Center Houston
The public can now step into the future of lunar exploration at Space Center Houston by entering an early mockup for Northrop Grumman's Gateway astronaut accommodations around the moon.
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Disney+ announces official 'Andor' Season 2 premiere date and teases TIE fighter heist
Disney+ announced an official premiere date for "Andor" Season 2, which will return to the streaming service on April 22, 2025.
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James Webb Space Telescope finds galaxies pointing toward a dark matter alternative
A new study suggests galaxies in the early universe appear much larger and brighter than expected, precisely as predicted by modified Newtonian dynamics, or MOND.
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China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station (video)
China has unveiled the design of a reusable winged shuttle to take cargo to and from the country's Tiangong space station.
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Good news everyone! 'The Art of Futurama' by Matt Groening crash lands today
Salute the animated sci-fi classic's 25th anniversary with the first-ever visual history of the animated sci-fi series in "The Art of Futurama" from series creator Matt Groening.
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Mysterious, city-size 'centaur' comet gets 300 times brighter after quadruple cold-volcanic eruption
The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually bright in the process. It is the most powerful outburst from the city-size oddball in more than three years.
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A black hole's secrets could hide in its dizzying light 'echoes'
Black hole light echoes are an extreme form of gravitational lensing.
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