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James Webb telescope finds one of our galaxy's rarest stars inside the 'Treasure Chest' globuleSpace Photo of the Week A dazzling new James Webb Space Telescope image reveals about 70 newborn stars buried inside a strangely shaped cloud in the Carina Nebula.
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Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the USWhen a New Glenn rocket blew apart at Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in May, it released ultra-low-frequency sound waves that reached as far as Texas. Researchers estimate that the blast was roughly equivalent to the Chernobyl reactor explosion of 1986.
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Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn's south poleThe Hubble Space Telescope spied a large atmospheric phenomenon on Saturn: a decagon surrounding the south pole.
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Something doesn't add up in the Chandelier Cluster, Hubble telescope findsSpace photo of the week A dazzling new Hubble image of NGC 6723 poses one of astronomy's biggest questions: How did the Milky Way's oldest star clusters form?
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NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch this weekend. When will we see its first photos?The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Sunday morning (Aug. 30). The state-of-the-art spacecraft will help astronomers study exoplanets, distant galaxies, dark matter and much more.
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Rare red northern lights may be visible alongside red moon during tonight's partial lunar eclipseModerate G1 and G2 geomagnetic storms are forecast during the Aug. 27-28 partial lunar eclipse, with the northern lights potentially visible across several northern U.S. states and parts of Canada alongside the reddened full moon.
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The moon is turning red tonight — here's why, and how to watchThe partial lunar eclipse on Aug. 27 will be the deepest lunar eclipse anywhere in the world until Dec. 31, 2028.
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I took a big risk for the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse — and the reward was gloriousOpinion On Wednesday, Aug. 12, Jamie Carter was on an expedition cruise ship, searching for clear skies just below Greenland's ice cap. Here's how his ninth totality unfolded.
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'Starry Night' telescope photo captures some of the oldest stars in the universeSpace photo of the week The Corona Australis Molecular Cloud shines in a stunning new image revealing glowing nebulae, newborn stars and the Chandelier Cluster.
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