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Mars orbiter spies a tiny Earth and moon from the Red Planet (photos)

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Mars orbiter spies a tiny Earth and moon from the Red Planet (photos)

Space.com July 13, 2023

You’ve never seen Earth and the moon like this before. The Mars Express spacecraft recently celebrated 20...

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Exotic ‘stripped stars’ may be missing link on path to powerful kilonova explosions

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Exotic ‘stripped stars’ may be missing link on path to powerful kilonova explosions

Space.com July 12, 2023

Astronomers have discovered a population of stars that represent the “missing link” in the evolution of binary...

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Metal clouds turn scorching hot exoplanet into the universe’s largest mirror

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Metal clouds turn scorching hot exoplanet into the universe’s largest mirror

Space.com July 12, 2023

Astronomers have discovered the most reflective planet outside the solar system ever seen. The ultra-hot extrasolar planet,...

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NASA is celebrating 1 year of James Webb Space Telescope science on July 12. Here’s how to participate

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NASA is celebrating 1 year of James Webb Space Telescope science on July 12. Here’s how to participate

Space.com July 12, 2023

This week marks one year since NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shared its first science...

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The James Webb Space Telescope wraps 1st year peering across the universe. What has it discovered so far?

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The James Webb Space Telescope wraps 1st year peering across the universe. What has it discovered so far?

Space.com July 12, 2023

It’s been one year since we saw the first official images taken by the groundbreaking James Webb...

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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 1st year of science with jaw-dropping view of cosmic nursery (photo)

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James Webb Space Telescope celebrates 1st year of science with jaw-dropping view of cosmic nursery (photo)

Space.com July 12, 2023

To mark the one-year anniversary of James Webb Space Telescope observations on Wednesday (July 12), NASA has...

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Why is Earth’s day 24 hours long (and how did the sun keep it from being longer)?

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Why is Earth’s day 24 hours long (and how did the sun keep it from being longer)?

Space.com July 12, 2023

The length of Earth’s day is only 24 hours, rather than over 60 hours, thanks to a...

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See amazing images from James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st year gazing deep into the cosmos (photos)

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See amazing images from James Webb Space Telescope’s 1st year gazing deep into the cosmos (photos)

Space.com July 12, 2023

The universe has never looked this gorgeous. The first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)...

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Colliding black holes could hide in the light of superbright quasars

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Colliding black holes could hide in the light of superbright quasars

Space.com July 12, 2023

Collisions between stellar-mass black holes may occur in the violent environments created around their larger, feeding counterparts,...

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The 1st light to flood the universe can help unravel the history of the cosmos. Here’s how

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The 1st light to flood the universe can help unravel the history of the cosmos. Here’s how

Space.com July 11, 2023

Just as Charles Darwin once used the fossil record to tell the story of the evolution of...

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