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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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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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Scientists finally know why astronauts struggle to poop in space — and reveal a hidden risk of long-haul spaceflightA new NASA-backed study has pinpointed why astronauts often experience constipation in space and how that might affect their health on long-haul missions to Mars and beyond.
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'This is not the outcome we were working towards': $30 million mission to save NASA's Swift telescope failsNASA's Swift Observatory is set to come crashing down to Earth later this year after private rescue mission failure.
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Black hole star? Solar-system-size 'dot' from the early universe is our best evidence yet of a brand-new type of cosmic objectThe James Webb Space Telescope has identified the most promising candidate yet for a black hole star, lurking 660 million years after the Big Bang. The hypothetical entity, which shines 100 billion times brighter than a typical star, could shed light on the origins of the mysterious "little red dots."
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Out-of-control SpaceX rocket carved a 60-foot crater into the moon, NASA images revealNASA has finally revealed the enormous crater left on the moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage smashed into its surface on Aug. 5.
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