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'We're not a competitor to fusion. We are fusion': Inside the race to harness unlimited solar power in space -
James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole -
See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaks
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The James Webb telescope is watching one of the earliest supernovas in the universe unfoldAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered a supernova erupting just 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang.
By Ivan Farkas Last updated
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See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaksThe Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight on Oct. 21-22. Here's how to see "shooting stars" from Halley's Comet.
By Jamie Carter Published
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This 850-year-old 'firework' supernova is full of mysterious knotsSpace Photo of the Week Pa 30, linked to a supernova seen in 1181, reveals chains of tiny gas knots in a new image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii.
By Jamie Carter Published
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Astronomers discover the first-ever green star, plus the reddest 'white dwarf' ever seenStellar remnants called white dwarfs appear to come in a rainbow of colors, according to a new study.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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'We're not a competitor to fusion. We are fusion': Inside the race to harness unlimited solar power in spaceFeature Space-based solar power has the potential to meet Earth's energy needs many times over. Will it see the light of day?
By Ben Turner Published
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'Swamp-like colors' on the moon: NASA report reveals strange sights from Artemis II missionSpace Photo of the Week Astronauts on NASA's Artemis II mission saw surprising "jaundiced yellow" and "swampy green" colors on the moon during their close lunar flyby, a new report reveals.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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James Webb telescope pinpoints the most distant 'fast radio burst' ever seenThe James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest "fast radio burst" ever seen, providing more clues about these mysterious explosions.
By Elizabeth Howell Last updated
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The Milky Way is one galaxy — but it used to be thousands, new simulations revealA new supercomputer simulation traces how thousands of small galaxies eventually became the Milky Way.
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
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1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on EarthNew simulations suggest that the perplexing Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud (AMEC) repeatedly emerges in the Red Planet's skies thanks to a never-before-seen meteorological process.
By Harry Baker Published
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