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Astronaut Spots Eye of Hurricane Dorian from Space StationHurricane Dorian is terrifying even from the International Space Station, where astronaut Luca Parmitano captured photos of the Category 5 storm.
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Something Weird Is Happening to the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky WayAstronomers have been watching the black hole at the center of our galaxy for 20 years, and in May, they saw something they'd never seen before.
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'Interplanetary Shock' Seen for 1st TimeA team of four NASA spacecraft finally caught sight of a phenomenon scientists have been hunting for years: an interplanetary shock.
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Skywatching Spider Photobombs Perseid Meteor ShowerHow do you spot a "shooting star"? Well, you don't look for eight legs; that's for sure.
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NASA Fed Apollo 11 Moon Rocks to Cockroaches (And Then Things Got Even Weirder)The rocks were also dumped into fishbowls. And injected into mice. No, really.
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This Strange Rock Formed on Mars Billions of Years Ago, Possibly from an Explosive EruptionThis is one of the most tangible pieces of evidence yet for the idea that explosive volcanism was more common on early Mars.
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How Do You Stop a Hypothetical Asteroid from Hitting Earth? NASA's On It.We'll have to deflect a space rock someday. It's just a question of when.
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This Asteroid Will Come Incredibly Close to Earth on Friday the 13th, 2029The space rock will give our planet a close shave, and scientists are pumped.
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Asteroid Bennu Goes Technicolor in 3-D NASA ViewA space rock called Bennu is getting its close-up: NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission to explore the asteroid has entered a new phase of detailed survey work.
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Saturn's Moon Titan May Have 'Phantom Lakes' and CavesThese "phantom lakes" may be evidence of seasonal changes on the moon.
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Japan Spacecraft Shoots Copper Bomb at AsteroidIt's still unclear how the dramatic operation went. But the hope is the explosive-packed bomb cut an artificial crater into Ryugu.
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Hubble Telescope Reveals What 200 Billion Stars Look LikeTwo incredible new images from the Hubble Space Telescope show galaxies in all their shining glory.
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The Asteroid Bennu Keeps Spinning Faster. And Scientists Aren't Sure WhyOn a distant space rock being explored by a NASA probe, days are slowly shortening — and scientists are still trying to figure out why.
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Here's Your Chance to Name 5 Jupiter Moons! (No Moon McMoonfaces, Please)Last summer, scientists announced the discovery of a dozen new moons orbiting Jupiter. But now comes the hard part: naming them.
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Meet Ripley, SpaceX's Dummy Astronaut Riding on Crew Dragon Test FlightSpaceX's famous "Starman" dummy onboard the inaugural Falcon Heavy launch is about to have some competition — from a new dummy, named Ripley, strapped into the company's first Crew Dragon capsule.
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Japan Just Shot a Fake Asteroid with a Space Bullet … for ScienceSay you need to prepare to shoot bullets into an asteroid and suck up the debris kicked up from the blast, then tuck it away for safekeeping.
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Astrophysicists Find New Clue in Search for Universe's Missing MatterAstronomers think they've found a new clue in their continuing quest to solve one of the most substantial mysteries of the cosmos: where about a third of the universe's matter is hiding.
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Mysterious Blobs Around These Small Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life -
Bizarre Space Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a Monstrous Corpse of Comet Dust'Oumuamua is long gone, but it's still leaving scientists guessing. A new explanation proposes that the strange object was a "monstrous fluffy dust aggregate" produced by a busted-up comet.
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China Tests World's 1st Robot Ship for Launching Small RocketsChina has built the world's first robotic, partially submersible boat for launching sounding rockets — a technology that will help meteorologists better understand the atmosphere over Earth's oceans.
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NASA Watched This Baby Island Burst From the South Pacific. And It Seems to Be Here to Stay.A NASA scientist has visited a four-year-old island that satellites watched rise out of the waters — a rare opportunity to see in person a new island that lasts more than a few months.
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Watch the Polar Vortex Cast Its Chill Over North America in This Satellite's-Eye ViewAmericans across the Midwest and Northeast can agree on one thing — it's really, really cold this week — and a NASA satellite monitoring air temperatures confirms the sentiment.
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Why Are the Northern and Southern Lights Different?
