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Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Citizen scientists find remarkable exoplanet, name it after Harry Potter character

Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry Potter-inspired nickname....

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China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

China launches Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to moon's far side (video)

China continued its run of moon missions today (May 3), launching its bold Chang'e 6 sample-return effort to the lunar far side....

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2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

2 colossal solar flares explode from the sun and Earth is in the firing line (video)

Newly emerged sunspot fires off X-class and an M-class solar flares in relatively quick succession. Watch the striking video and read about the possible effects here....

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Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast

Happy National Space Day 2024! Here's how 8 lucky kids can win a trip to Florida's Space Coast

For National Space Day, SpaceKids Global announces a competition to send eight kids to Florida for an adventure at Blue Origin and NASA's Kennedy Space Center....

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The history of the Sith Order in Star Wars

The history of the Sith Order in Star Wars

A long, long, time ago in a galaxy far, far away began the ultimate battle of good and evil. Here is the full history of the Sith order....

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How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels

How the XRISM spacecraft can study the X-ray universe with only 36 pixels

It may have fewer pixels than the screen of a 1989 Game Boy, but the Resolve device on the XRISM space telescope will broaden our view of the cosmos....

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Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

Boeing drone dressed as 'Star Wars' X-wing lands at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

A Boeing CV2 Cargo Air Vehicle dressed like a "Star Wars" X-wing fighter has been donated to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum....

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Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.

Boeing's Starliner is ready to fly astronauts after years of delay. Here's what took so long.

Boeing's Starliner is finally ready to fly astronauts, after several years of delay. The capsule's designers put the extra time to good use, NASA and Boeing representatives say....

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Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler

Curious asteroid Selam, spotted by NASA's Lucy spacecraft, is a cosmic toddler

NASA's Lucy spacecraft serendipitously found a small moonlet orbiting the mission's asteroid target Dinkinesh. Scientists named it Selam, and have now learned that Selam is a cosmic toddler....

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