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Astronauts can no longer commit crimes on the moon, Canada decrees
The Canadian government is considering a measure that will make it illegal for Canadian astronauts to commit crimes in space.
May the 4th be with you: 7 wild 'Star Wars' technologies scientists are building right now
From warp drives to lightsabers to deadly battle droids, here are 7 futuristic Star Wars technologies that scientists are working on in real life.
The universe could stop expanding 'remarkably soon', study suggests
The universe may stop expanding in just 100 million years if dark energy decays over time, a new study suggests.
Ultra-rare black hole ancestor detected at the dawn of the universe
Scientists may have detected the first known 'transitioning red quasar' in the universe, dating to just 750 million years after the Big Bang.
Largest comet ever seen has a heart 'blacker than coal,' and it's headed this way
Astronomers gazed into the icy, black heart of comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein, and found it is more massive than any comet nucleus ever seen.
An interstellar object exploded over Earth in 2014, declassified government data reveal
A small meteor that crashed into Earth in 2014 has been verified as an interstellar object, a new U.S. government report reveals.
'Magnetic anomalies' may be protecting the moon's ice from melting
'Magnetic anomalies' may be shielding ice in the moon's pitch-black craters, new research suggests.
'Potentially hazardous' Apollo-class asteroid sails harmlessly past Earth
An asteroid the size of a skyscraper sailed harmlessly past Earth today at around 4:35 PM ET.
