The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
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Parker Solar Probe takes images close to the Sun as primary mission winds down
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NASA's Parker Solar probe captures the closest-ever images of the Sun
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Parker Solar Probe captures closest-ever photos of the sun during record-breaking flight
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SpaceX launches mystery satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (video)
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Robotic Survey Camera at Caltech Observatory Spots “Interstellar Visitor”
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Everything We Know About the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Our solar system has a new mysterious visitor—what is it?
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3I/Atlas: Mystery interstellar object could be the oldest known comet
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Astronomers Have Traced Our New Interstellar Comet's Origin, And It's a First
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Axiom-4 mission: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla set to return from space; what's next for him; how he’ll cop
NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Station
Watch Coverage of Ax-4 Crew Departure from the International Space Station
Private Ax-4 astronauts heading back to Earth early July 14: Watch it live
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Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla prepares to head back home
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Starbase is Elon Musk's city in Texas for SpaceX employees. Here's everything you need to know.
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What’s Going on With Elon Musk’s Texas Town?
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'Pebble' beaches around young stars join together to form planets
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A Solar System Is Born: Planet-Forming “Pebbles” Detected Around Two Distant Young Stars
New clues revealed on how planets like ours begin to form
By Harriet Belderbos
“E-MERLIN is Showing What’s Possible”: UK Telescope Array Captures a Rare Look at Protoplanetary "Pebbles"
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Astronomers Witness Planets Being Born
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The Perseids are coming — here's how to watch the glorious meteor shower before the moon ruins the show
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The Crescent Moon And Mars Will Appear Side By Side This Month In A Rare Celestial Event — Visible From SoCal
By Sofia Delpueche
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Astronomers Discover Surprising Planet in Star System with Two Disks
By Lydia Amazouz
Planet Discovery Reveals Out-of-Sync Double Star System
A young giant planet orbits one star, while a planet-forming disk exists around same-aged companion star
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Direct Imaging Discovery Of A Young Giant Planet Orbiting On Solar System Scales
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Strange planet discovered that causes plasma explosions on its parent star
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Webb spots its first alien world, a Saturn-sized planet shaping a nearby star system
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“These Worlds Are No Longer Hidden”: James Webb Space Telescope Stuns Astronomers by Unveiling Its First-Ever Exoplanet in Groundbreaking Cosmic Milestone
Exo-Saturns and Exo-Jupiters Are Within JWST’s Reach
University of Minnesota professor weighs in on recent astronomical discoveries, advancements
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Astronomers capture the first direct images of hidden exoplanet using JWST
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New Simulations Reveal Dozens of Hidden Galaxies Orbiting the Milky Way
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Chinese satellites appear to dock in orbit for historic refuelling mission
By Phoebe Zhang
Experimental Chinese satellite turns up in unexpected orbit
By Andrew Jones
Chinese satellites complete groundbreaking mission 22,000 miles above Earth
By Sophia Compton
China Seeks an AI Advantage in Orbit
Big threat for India, as China prepares for space war, develops powerful Anti-satellite missile, plans 27000
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Firefly Aerospace files to go public
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Firefly Aerospace Files for IPO after Moon Landing and 6x Revenue Growth
By Ran Melamed
Rocket maker Firefly Aerospace files to go public under ticker FLY
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Firefly Aerospace Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Firefly Aerospace files for an IPO
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Feast your eyes on the shortlisted pics for the 2025 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year Awards (photos)
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Celestial Fish And Chips And A Solar Cataclysm Shortlisted For Astronomy Photographer Of The Year
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The ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 Shortlist Revels in Our Remarkable Solar System
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Discovery's Next Mission: Budget Bill Includes $85M to Relocate Historic Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston
By Moreno Aguiari
“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
By Robert Pearlman
DC's Air and Space Museum could lose famous Space Shuttle Discovery under new bill
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Smithsonian Fights Texas Grab For Space Shuttle Discovery
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Earth may have at least 6 'minimoons' at any given time. Where do they come from?
By Nola Taylor Tillman
Hubble Images Used to Create a Beautiful Portrait of the Abell 209 Galaxy Cluster
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Magnets Could Become the Next Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors
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Dark matter could create dark dwarfs at the center of the Milky Way
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California Desert Dunes Hold Keys to Understanding Mars' Shifting Sands
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Could asteroid mining actually work? Maybe if we start with impact sites on the moon
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China Could Beat US Back to the Moon, Former Astronaut Warns
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This company could save NASA’s doomed Martian Sample Return mission
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Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? Lockheed Martin proposes $3 billion plan to haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
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NASA Budget Cuts Could Have A Martian Silver Lining
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Lockheed Martin offers to rescue Mars mission from budget death
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Lockheed Martin Wants To Bring Mars Rover's Samples To Earth If NASA Can't
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Universe predicted to end in 20 billion years with a ‘Big Crunch’
By Yosef Shavit
Universe Will Start to Shrink in Just 7 Billion Years, Claims Study
Will a decrease in dark energy lead to a “big crunch” of the Universe?
By Oleksandr Burlaka
Universe May One Day Collapse as Expansion Reverses, Say Physicists
'Death date' of universe revealed as scientists predict when 'shrinking' will start before 'Big Crunch' wipes us all out
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NASA discovers a 'super-Earth' with possible oceans orbiting a nearby red dwarf star
Scientists discover a 'second Earth' twice the size of our planet near a red dwarf star, 154 light-years
Scientists find second Earth hidden near red dwarf, could this water world reshape our future
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Astronomers discover a new “super-Earth” near the Solar System
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SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission targets July 31 launch amid tight ISS schedule
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 to Support Health Studies for Deep Space Travel
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NASA, JAXA astronauts discuss upcoming Crew-11 launch to ISS
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NASA, SpaceX targeting July 31 for launch of Crew-11 astronaut mission to ISS
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NASA shares details for its next Space Station crew as its budget and staffing face new cuts
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James Webb Space Telescope Spots Stellar Death Shrouds
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Scientists Say Earth May Be Trapped Inside a Huge, Strange Void
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Echoes from the Big Bang suggest Earth is trapped inside a giant cosmic void, scientists claim
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Sound of The Big Bang Suggests Our Galaxy Floats Inside a Void
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Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, say scientists
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Are We in a Giant Void? That Would Help Explain the Hubble Tension
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Goodbye to missing matter in the universe — Strange, superhot hidden filaments finally found
“They Finally Found the Universe’s Missing Matter!”: Astronomers Stagger the Scientific World by Pinpointing Hidden Material in Colossal Cosmic Webs
It’s 20 times larger than Milky Way ― NASA finds gas at 10,000,000 ºC in the universe
Published research led by Lowell Observatory maps the alignment of galaxy clusters
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SpaceX Agrees to Invest $2 Billion into xAI
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Exclusive | SpaceX to Invest $2 Billion Into Elon Musk’s xAI
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Musk Suggests Tesla Shareholders Will Vote on xAI Investment
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Elon Musk's SpaceX to invest $2 billion into his xAI startup: report
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Russia Slaps a Satellite Dish on a Boat, Calls It a “Starlink Killer”—Analysts Say It’s 1990s Tech
By Ivan Khomenko
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“These Colossal Structures Defy Imagination”: Astronomers Confirm Quipu’s Staggering 1.3-Billion-Light-Year Width, Making It the Largest Known Entity in the Universe
By Eirwen Williams
At 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Quipu Is Officially The Biggest Thing in Our Universe
“We Can’t Explain This Wall”: Astronomers Stunned by 33-Billion-Light-Year Cosmic Structure That Defies All Known Physics
Superstructure 'Quipu' is officially the biggest thing in the Universe, stretching 1.3 billion light-years
By Sheetal Kumari
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NASA’s Webb Scratches Beyond Surface of Cat’s Paw for 3rd Anniversary
Webb telescope discovers stars forming in 'toe beans' of Cat's Paw Nebula
By Julia Jacobo
James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 3 years of science with dazzling 'toe beans' image of Cat's Paw Nebula
By Sharmila Kuthunur
James Webb Space Telescope marks 3rd anniversary: What to know about observatory
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