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‘We’re pushing the limits:’ Artemis 2 backup astronaut on 2025 round-the-moon mission (exclusive)

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‘We’re pushing the limits:’ Artemis 2 backup astronaut on 2025 round-the-moon mission (exclusive)

Space.com July 25, 2024

Artemis 2 is making progress towards its lunar liftoff, but a newly named backup astronaut notes there...

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James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet

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James Webb Space Telescope directly images its coldest exoplanet target yet

Space.com July 25, 2024

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have investigated a new “super-Jupiter” planet that is one...

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Earth-based telescope sees Boeing’s Starliner approach the ISS in broad daylight (photo)

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Earth-based telescope sees Boeing’s Starliner approach the ISS in broad daylight (photo)

Space.com July 25, 2024

Telescopes scanning the skies during the day watched as Boeing’s first crewed Starliner spacecraft approached the International...

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Jupiter’s surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA’s Juno probe (photo)

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Jupiter’s surreal clouds swirl in new van Gogh-esque view from NASA’s Juno probe (photo)

Space.com July 25, 2024

Vivid clouds swirl across Jupiter’s skies like colorful brushstrokes across a painting in a new photo from...

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Where do the moon’s weird swirls come from? Scientists are trying to find out

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Where do the moon’s weird swirls come from? Scientists are trying to find out

Space.com July 25, 2024

The mystery of the weird, bright patterns on the moon called lunar swirls has moved a step...

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How NASA’s Nicole Stott taught ‘Space Cadet’ actors what astronauts ‘are really all about’ (exclusive)

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How NASA’s Nicole Stott taught ‘Space Cadet’ actors what astronauts ‘are really all about’ (exclusive)

Space.com July 24, 2024

“Space Cadet” is a charming new space-based comedy on Prime Video that offers up the fantasy-like tale...

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Scientists waited ages to find a ‘missing link’ black hole — then stumbled upon 2

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Scientists waited ages to find a ‘missing link’ black hole — then stumbled upon 2

Space.com July 24, 2024

For decades, astronomers have searched without much joy for signs of “missing link” black holes, aka black...

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Alien weather report: James Webb Space Telescope detects hot, sandy wind on 2 brown dwarfs

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Alien weather report: James Webb Space Telescope detects hot, sandy wind on 2 brown dwarfs

Space.com July 24, 2024

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered stormy weather in the sky of two brown dwarfs...

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21 ‘one-in-a-million’ extreme dead stars found hiding around sun-like stars

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21 ‘one-in-a-million’ extreme dead stars found hiding around sun-like stars

Space.com July 24, 2024

Astronomers have discovered 21 “one in a million” binary systems in which sun-like stars orbit a hidden...

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Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory

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Happy 25th anniversary, Chandra! NASA celebrates with 25 breathtaking images from flagship X-ray observatory

Space.com July 24, 2024

It really is the summer of cosmic anniversaries. Following the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and...

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