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More Starlink satellites ride into orbit on predawn launch of Falcon 9 rocket – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off to begin the Starlink 4-17 mission. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a Falcon…
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Back garden astronomers contribute to real world science, including finding asteroids
Much like YouTube turned a generation of watchers into creators, new advances in telescope technology are allowing amateur sky watchers…
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Spontaneous Magnetic Reversal of Monster Black Hole Sparks Enigmatic Outburst
This illustration shows the accretion disk, corona (pale, conical swirls above the disk), and supermassive black hole of active galaxy…
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Scientists just found mountains of sugar hidden beneath the ocean
Many coastal areas around the world are home to lush green meadows — all thanks to seagrasses. As the only…
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Bilayer graphene inspires two-universe cosmological model
A curved and stretched sheet of graphene laying over another curved sheet creates a new pattern that impacts how electricity…
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Before There Were Birds or Bees, This Is How Trilobites Made Babies
The sturdy, calcite-infused exoskeletons of trilobites and their segmented shells are nearly ubiquitous in fossil deposits from the Cambrian Period…
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Inaugural Launch of NASA’s SLS Rocket Delayed to at Least August 2022
NASA’s SLS rocket as seen through the windows of Firing Room One in the Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center…
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Listen to eerie sounds from echoing black holes
Astronomers have been able to pin down the locations of eight rare pairings of black holes and the stars orbiting…
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SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on…
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Astronauts Have Distinct Brain Changes Even Months After They Return to Earth
Flung into freefall for months on end, our bodies adjust in ways that makes for a long list of health…
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