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Can a digital replica of Earth save the world from climate disaster?A digital replica of Earth could help scientists better model the future of our planet and find solutions to problems wrought by climate change.
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This mysterious comet's super-bright outbursts have astronomers puzzledOne of the strangest comets in the solar system has been erupting with unpredictable bright outbursts since late September and nobody knows why.
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Scientists create most detailed map of Uranus' mysterious auroras -
Satellites capture reinvigorated La Palma volcanic eruptionSatellites have observed the intensifying eruption on the Spain-owned island of La Palma over the weekend as new streams of lava spilled out of the Cumbre Vieja volcano after its crater collapsed.
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Stinky 'mushball' hailstones on Uranus may explain an atmospheric anomaly thereA recent discovery of giant ammonia-rich hailstones, dubbed mushballs, on Jupiter might explain why Uranus and Neptune seem to have no ammonia in their atmospheres.
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La Palma volcano eruption's infernal beauty visible from space (Photos)New astronaut and satellite images of an active volcano on the island of La Palma reveal the frightening beauty of the eruption, as well as its dangerous proximity to humans.
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Distant 'Requiem' supernova will be visible again in 2037, astronomers predictA distant supernova previously imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope will be visible again from Earth and surrounding space in 2037, astronomers predict.
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Interstellar comets visit our solar system more frequently than thoughtComets from other star systems, such as 2019 Borisov, visit the sun's neighborhood more frequently than scientists had thought, a new study suggests.
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SpaceX Starlink satellites responsible for over half of close encounters in orbit, scientist saysSpaceX's Starlink satellites are involved in about 1,600 close encounters between two spacecraft in low Earth orbit every week, according to available data. That’s about 50% of all such incidents.
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Saturn's rippling rings point to massive, soupy core hidden insideScientists used Saturn's famous rings as a seismograph to study processes in the planet's interior. The researchers found its core is like a soup consisting of rocks, ices and metallic fluids.
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Solar Orbiter spacecraft sends postcard from Venus in flyby videoSun-exploring spacecraft Solar Orbiter has captured this video of a glowing crescent of Venus as it flew past the planet during a gravity-assist flyby on Monday (Aug 9).
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Powerful X-ray burst from black hole ripples through galactic dust in new NASA imageConcentric ripples in galactic dust clouds triggered by a powerful black-hole X-ray burst can be seen in a new image released by NASA.
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Most complete map of black holes captured by German X-ray space telescopeA German X-ray mission is mapping the distribution of black holes and neutron stars in the Universe, having discovered over two million such new objects in less than two years since its launch.
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Russia launches huge Nauka science module to space station after years of delaysRussia has launched its decades delayed Nauka module to the International Space Station, which will represent the largest addition to Russia’s segment of the orbital outpost in years.
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City-sized asteroids smacked ancient Earth 10 times more often than thoughtAsteroids as big as the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, or even bigger, used to strike ancient Earth ten times more often than previously believed, according to a new study.
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Repurposed communications satellites could help save humanity from an asteroid impactLarge telecommunication satellites used for TV broadcasting could be quickly and easily repurposed as anti-asteroid weapons according to European aerospace company Airbus.
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No hope for life in Venus cloudsLife in the clouds of Venus is impossible due to the extremely low amount of water despite last year's findings suggesting the presence of organic material.
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Earth is trapping twice as much heat as it did in 2005Planet Earth is now trapping twice as much heat as it did 14 years ago, according to findings of a new study, which raise concerns about the possible acceleration of climate change.
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Turkey aims to send a rocket to the moon in three years, land lunar rover by 2030Turkey plans to send a rover to the moon by the end of the decade using a domestically built rocket engine that will first fly to the moon in a test mission in 2023.
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The world needs space junk standards, G7 nations agreeThe western world's most advanced economies have agreed to take action against space debris at the G-7 Leaders' Summit in Cornwall, U.K.
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World's largest (and deepest) indoor pool to house new astronaut training centerA British company plans to build the world's largest swimming pool as part of a center that will house facilities for commercial astronaut training and the development of underwater robots.
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China's Mars rover Zhurong just snapped an epic self-portrait on the Red Planet (photos)China's Zhurong rover has sent a new batch of images to Earth — including a "family photo" of the rover with its rocket-powered landing platform posing for a camera on the rock-covered surface.
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Hubble telescope spies lopsided spiral galaxy deformed by gravityA galaxy considered by astronomers among the strangest in the known Universe has had its picture taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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Milky Way lights up Guiana spaceport in stunning time-lapse videoThe Milky Way galaxy glistens over the launchsite of Europe's new heavy-lift rocket in these stunning timelapse videos.
