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Jupiter's "Stripes" Change Color. Now We Might Know Why
Astronomers are Searching for a Galaxy-Wide Transmitter Beacon at the Center of the Milky Way
Researchers with the SETI Institute have monitored the center of the Milky Way for possible transmissions from a galactic beacon.
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Betelgeuse is Almost 50% Brighter Than Normal. What's Going On?
Three New Astronauts Arrive at the Chinese Space Station, Including the Country's First Civilian
China's Shenzou-16 mission just delivered three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station, performing the most complicated docking maneuver ever attempted
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These New Computer Simulations of the Sun are Hypnotic
JWST Scans an Ultra-Hot Jupiter's Atmosphere
You Can Detect Tsunamis as They Push the Atmosphere Around
Exactly How Massive is the Milky Way?
What is the mass of the Milky Way? What do you get if you add up all the stars, gas, dust, black holes, planets, and dark matter? It's a tricky problem since we're embedded inside the Milky Way.
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If You're Going to Visit Venus, Why Not Include an Asteroid Flyby Too?
ESA is Testing How Iron Burns in Weightlessness
Here's How You Could Get Impossibly Large Galaxies in the Early Universe
A study by an Israeli team of astronomers offers a solution to the "impossibly massive" galaxies Webb observed.
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UFO Panelists Say NASA Needs Better Data — and Help From AI
A New Launch Complex Opens Up in the Ocean
The Spaceport Company successfully tested its prototype mobile sea platform, launching multiple rockets from the Gulf of Mexico
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The Kepler Mission's Final Three Planets?
There's a New Supernova in a Familiar Galaxy. You Can See it in a Small Telescope
Astronomers discover dozens of supernovae yearly, but seeing one bright and close is rare. If you have a small telescope and camera, you can take pictures of a supernova flaring in the famous Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).
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Robots in orbit are becoming even more popular. There are still many technical challenges ahead.
NASA's Mars Helicopter Went Silent for Six Agonizing Days
A Third of Planets Orbiting Red Dwarf Stars Could be in the Habitable Zone
This is How NASA Wanted to Rescue Space Shuttle Astronauts
A Sign from Space Simulates What it Would be Like to Get a Message from Aliens!
A Sign in Space project has simulated a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence and has involved the global community in decoding it.
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