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04 Apr

Colors will look different during the April 8 solar eclipse. Here’s why

Sitting in the grass of a Tennessee state park, Tracy Gregg felt the air grow cold as the late afternoon light she'd been bathing i...

04 Apr

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Western US residents report the most UFO sightings — what are they actually seeing?

Those of us in the western U.S. who enjoy vast open spaces may also be more likely to report UFO sightings, a new study suggests.An...

03 Apr

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NASA picks 3 companies to design lunar rover for Artemis astronauts to drive on the moon

NASA's next moon car is starting to take shape.The agency has selected three private teams — led by the companies Intuitive Machine...

03 Apr

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‘Star Trek’s’ Sonequa Martin-Green says goodbye to ‘Discovery’ (exclusive interview excerpt)

"Star Trek: Discovery" touches down on Paramount Plus for its fifth and final season on April 4.The season features an interstellar...

03 Apr

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James Webb Space Telescope gets to the heart of a smoking starburst galaxy (images)

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has zoomed in to the heart of the Cigar Galaxy, a region of space that is ablaze with an expl...

03 Apr

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The world’s largest digital camera is ready to investigate the dark universe

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will soon begin its decade-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time, or LSST, monitoring the entire sky o...

03 Apr

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Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth?

Mars' rusty red surface may have given it its famous "Red Planet" status, but it would also appear that thousands of white rocks ar...

03 Apr

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James Webb Space Telescope spots hints of exomoons forming in infant star system

Three definitely isn't a crowd for planets around a distant infant star. Astronomers had already discovered two planets forming in ...

02 Apr

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ISS astronauts ready to watch the solar eclipse from space on April 8

NASA astronauts and weather satellites will watch next week's solar eclipse from space.SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts on the Internationa...

02 Apr

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An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses

Many people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to witness nearly four minutes of a total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024, ...