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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket aced its first-ever landing last week — and even managed to stay pretty,…
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Our solar system appears to be moving through the universe far faster than standard cosmology says it should.…
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Comet 3I/ATLAS gallery: See NASA’s long-awaited images of interstellar visitor
NASA has released a treasure trove of comet 3I/ATLAS images, giving us some of the closest views yet…
“Very Old, Undisturbed Structure” May Have Been Discovered Beyond Neptune, Over 6 Billion Kilometers From The Sun
A team looking at the dynamics of objects in the Kuiper belt, the ring-shaped region of icy bodies…
Moss in space: spores survive nine-month ride on outside of ISS | Biology
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Is the universe’s expansion slowing down? Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel-winning theory
The universe’s expansion might not be accelerating but slowing down, a new study suggests. If confirmed, the finding…
A Red Dwarf Star’s Explosive Outburst Might Be the Death of Nearby Planets
This discovery marks the first confirmed observation of a CME beyond our solar system. It was made possible…
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1 As SpaceX ramps up production and testing of its Starship vehicles and engines, significant advancements are unfolding…
This Massive Sphere Buried Under a Mountain in China Just Caught ‘Ghost’ Particles Breaking Physics
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