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Viruses that evolved on the space station and were sent back to Earth were more effective at killing bacteria
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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet
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Some objects we thought were planets may actually be tiny black holes from the dawn of time
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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a supermassive black hole
By Ivan Farkas Published
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Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
By Matthew Williams Published
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NASA launches Pandora telescope, taking JWST's search for habitable worlds to a new level
By Daniel Apai Published
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Strange discovery offers 'missing link' in planet formation
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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Is there anything 'below' Earth in space?
By Jeff Moersch Published
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Science news this weekCrew-11 emergency return, Mars Sample Return cancellation, shrinking river deltas, and an ancient wolf mystery.
By Ben Turner Published
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Astronomy
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James Webb telescope reveals sharpest-ever look at the edge of a supermassive black hole
By Ivan Farkas Published
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Astronomers confirm earliest Milky Way-like galaxy in the universe, just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
By Matthew Williams Published
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Strange discovery offers 'missing link' in planet formation
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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James Webb telescope spots 'failed stars' in a breathtaking cluster near Earth — Space photo of the week
By Shreejaya Karantha Published
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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet
By Patrick Pester Published
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James Webb telescope saw black holes emerging from 'cocoons' near the dawn of time
By Skyler Ware Published
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'One of those rare 'wow' moments': Zombie star near Earth has a rainbow shockwave that 'shouldn't be there'
By Harry Baker Published
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Strange, 'starved' galaxy died 'a death of 1,000 cuts' in the ancient universe, JWST reveals
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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Some objects we thought were planets may actually be tiny black holes from the dawn of time
By Paul Sutter Published
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Extraterrestrial Life
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SETI scientists reveal 100 'signals of interest' from collapsed Arecibo Observatory
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Advanced alien civilizations could be communicating 'like fireflies' in plain sight, researchers suggest
By Harry Baker Published
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Scientists are debating a 70-year-old UFO mystery as new images come to light
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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Is it aliens? Here's why that's the least important question about 3I/ATLAS.
By Laura Nicole Driessen Published
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Chinese scientists hunt for alien radio signals in 'potentially habitable' TRAPPIST-1 system
By Mark Thompson Published
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Where could alien life exist in our solar system?
By Damien Pine Published
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Camera trap in Chile detects strange lights blazing through the wilderness. Researchers are scrambling to explain them.
By María de los Ángeles Orfila Published
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Will the James Webb telescope finally lead us to alien life?
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Cosmic rays could help support alien life on worlds outside the 'Goldilocks zone'
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Space Exploration
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Watch NASA roll its historic Artemis II moon rocket to the launch pad this weekend
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA's powerful new Roman Space Telescope is complete — and will soon begin mission to find 100,000 alien worlds
By Harry Baker Published
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NASA astronauts back on Earth after unprecedented medical emergency on ISS
By Patrick Pester Published
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Artemis 2 mission update: Rollout imminent as NASA prepares first crewed Artemis mission to the moon
By Patrick Pester Published
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NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
By Sascha Pare Last updated
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Orbiting satellites could start crashing into one another in less than 3 days, theoretical new 'CRASH Clock' reveals
By Harry Baker Published
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Should humans colonize other planets?
By Elise Poore Published
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Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem
By Harry Baker Published
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we 'intercept' it before it leaves us forever?
By Harry Baker Published
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Is there anything 'below' Earth in space?
By Jeff Moersch Published
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Watch NASA roll its historic Artemis II moon rocket to the launch pad this weekend
By Ben Turner Published
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NASA's Mars Sample Return is dead, leaving China to retrieve signs of life from the Red Planet
By Patrick Pester Published
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