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ISS astronauts watch Russian cargo ship burn up in Earth’s atmosphere (photos)

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ISS astronauts watch Russian cargo ship burn up in Earth’s atmosphere (photos)

Space.com November 30, 2023

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station got a front-row seat to some rare atmospheric “fireworks.” On Wednesday...

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Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way for the 1st time — yes, they’re thrilled

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Scientists just found a planet-forming disk beyond our Milky Way for the 1st time — yes, they’re thrilled

Space.com November 29, 2023

Astronomers have discovered the first example of a swirling disk of material feeding a young star located...

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This rare exoplanet system has 6 ‘sub-Neptunes’ with mathematically perfect orbits

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This rare exoplanet system has 6 ‘sub-Neptunes’ with mathematically perfect orbits

Space.com November 29, 2023

Astronomers have discovered an uncommon star system located just 100 light-years away from us, with six planets...

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The National Park Service wants to plant sequoias: Environmentalists sue, say there’s no need to interfere

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The National Park Service wants to plant sequoias: Environmentalists sue, say there’s no need to interfere

Phys.org November 29, 2023

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High-intensity fires in 2020 and 2021 devastated the adult sequoia tree population globally,...

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Fascinating things about the moon you didn’t know

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Fascinating things about the moon you didn’t know

Mashable November 29, 2023

The first words uttered by a human standing on the moon are iconic. But so are the...

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How hot is the sun? It’s a tricky question, even for scientists.

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How hot is the sun? It’s a tricky question, even for scientists.

Mashable November 29, 2023

There’s a space joke so old you’re unlikely to find its provenance on the internet: If you...

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Strong auroras likely as powerful solar flare eruption hurls possible ‘cannibal CME’ toward Earth (video)

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Strong auroras likely as powerful solar flare eruption hurls possible ‘cannibal CME’ toward Earth (video)

Space.com November 29, 2023

A powerful M9.8-class solar flare erupted from the sun on Wednesday (Nov. 28) at 2:50 p.m. EST...

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Dark matter may be hiding in the Large Hadron Collider’s particle jets

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Dark matter may be hiding in the Large Hadron Collider’s particle jets

Space.com November 29, 2023

A new search for dark matter has turned up empty handed — but, in a silver lining,...

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Can a private space mission pierce Venus’s clouds?

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Can a private space mission pierce Venus’s clouds?

Space.com November 29, 2023

With the search for extraterrestrial life set to define much of 21st-century space science, one burning question...

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See November’s Full Beaver Moon light up the sky around the world (photos)

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See November’s Full Beaver Moon light up the sky around the world (photos)

Space.com November 29, 2023

The second to last full moon of 2023 has risen and set, brightening the November night skies...

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