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NASA’s Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Friday that will cap a fruitful 13-year mission that...
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Sky-gazers stood transfixed across North America Monday as the Sun vanished behind the Moon in a rare total eclipse that swept the continent coast-to-coast...
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Everyone who plans to look skyward when the solar eclipse sweeps across the United States on Monday should have the proper protective eyewear, or...
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Eclipse-chasers are a dedicated crew of scientists who travel the globe to catch a few moments in eerie darkness, and even after seeing dozens...
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The research and the naming of the object remains theoretical, for a synestia has never been observed. What has been put forwards is based...
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The possibility of frost on the Moon comes from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and subsequent analysis carried out at the Goddard Space Flight Center....
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Perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the...
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Perched spectacularly 2,000 metres up on a snowcapped peak in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, the Bilyi Slon observatory has stood empty and battered by the...
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An asteroid as big as the Rock of Gibraltar will streak past Earth on April 19 at a safe but uncomfortably close distance, according...
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NASA scientists regularly scan the Sun for magnetic fields, solar activity (which might damage satellite or solar equipment on Earth), and the star’s sunspots....