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'We're not a competitor to fusion. We are fusion': Inside the race to harness unlimited solar power in space -
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See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaks
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Giant 'baby' planet is the youngest world scientists have ever seenAstronomers have confirmed a large exoplanet is forming in the cloud of debris around a young star. At less than a million years old, it's the youngest exoplanet found so far.
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Strange ringed object beyond Saturn looks even stranger in new James Webb telescope studyJames Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes.
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Are you worried about the US deploying weapons in space?Poll The U.S. has confirmed that it has weapons in orbit, raising new concerns about the future of military competition. Live Science asks our readers what they think about this latest development.
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US military confirms weapons in orbit: Why a space 'arms race' could be extremely hard to stopAnalysis Despite the U.S. announcing it has weapons in orbit, nuclear arms have been banned from space for nearly 60 years. A new detection method could help verify whether nations are keeping that promise.
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Haunting Hubble 'bubble' image captures cosmic cycle of destruction and creationSpace Photo of the Week A spectacular new Hubble Space Telescope image reveals almost 30,000 newborn stars around an enormous cavity carved into a stellar nursery in a neighboring galaxy.
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Why is Venus hotter than Mercury, when Mercury is closer to the sun?Despite being farther from the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, and the reason has little to do with proximity to a star.
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When does September's full Harvest Moon rise?When does the next full moon rise? Find out exactly when to see the full moons of 2026, including the full "Harvest Moon" in September.
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Fragments of ancient alien tech may litter the moon — and scientists have a plan to find themResearchers propose that tiny technological remnants left over from extinct alien civilizations could have landed on the moon after traveling through interstellar space. It may not take long to find them, the team claims.
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Mercury is shrinking more than we thought — and it's hiding the evidence from usMercury may be shrinking much faster than we thought — and that could reveal new clues about its violent origins.
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