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Astrophotographers outline the 3 mistakes you're making when snapping photos of the moon and how to fix it
Hoping to snap a photo of Tuesday's supermoon? Astrophotographers give some tips on how to capture …
Jenny McGrath
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See SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission: The daring 5-day spaceflight that's revolutionized the commercial space industry
Polaris Dawn finished its revolutionary spaceflight on Sunday when the four-member crew splashed do…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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The 2024 harvest moon is the 2nd supermoon and last lunar eclipse this year. Here's the best time to see it when it rises Tuesday.
September 17's full moon will be a supermoon and a harvest moon. A partial lunar eclipse will also …
Jenny McGrath,Jessica Orwig
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SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth victorious, making huge gains in Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars
The Polaris missions are helping fast-track Elon Musk's Mars city, from testing spacesuits and a sp…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A secretive, experimental Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth after 8 months. It's still a mystery what it was up to.
China's secret unmanned spacecraft returns to Earth after an eight-month mission, raising questions…
Mikhaila Friel
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The Indian government is taking steps to control rainfall and weather within five years — is it too risky of a move?
India's Mission Mausam aims to control weather phenomena like rainfall and hail within five years u…
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting international Space Station
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history w…
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A sinkhole in South Dakota is packed with mammoth fossils that experts have been digging up for half a century. Take a look.
"I never fail to be inspired when I walk into the museum," Chris Jass, the museum's director of res…
Jenny McGrath
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12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath the world's oceans
Winning photos were chosen out of 15,000 submissions across eight categories: Young Photographer, W…
Talia Lakritz
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CMFRI scientists crack genetic code of Asian green mussel
According to the scientists, the genome assembly of green mussels will emerge as a valuable tool fo…
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IISc scientists develop brain-inspired analog computing platform capable of storing, processing data
The team was able to recreate NASA's iconic "Pillars of Creation" image from the James Webb Space T…
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Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Watch live as SpaceX's commercial astronauts attempt mission's historic EVA
The Polaris Dawn mission attempts a historic spacewalk today. Watch live as SpaceX's commercial ast…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Einstein's 1939 letter, warning of atomic weapons, just sold at auction for $3.9 million
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen bought a copy of Einstein's infamous 1939 letter to Roosevelt in 20…
Jenny McGrath
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Yukon gold miners are unearthing mummified ancient creatures and truckloads of fossils from the Ice Age. Take a look.
Because most of Earth's water was trapped in those glaciers, sea levels were so low that they expos…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Meet SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew: The daring 4 who are in space on the most ambitious private space mission in history
The Polaris Dawn crew — Jared Isaacman, Scott Poteet, Sarah Gillis, and Anna Menon — is traveling d…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny M…
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How to pick the best cruises to see the northern lights, eclipses, and galaxies, according to an astrophysicist
Whether you want to see the northern lights or a meteor shower, astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi give…
Jenny McGrath
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Polaris Dawn's spacewalk will be historic — and risky. Here's everything to know.
The Polaris Dawn mission's historic EVA will be the astronauts' first, the first commercial spacewa…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Our ancestors bred with Neanderthals 50,000 years ago — here's where scientists think they did it
Scientists have pinpointed the Zagros Mountains as a key site where Homo sapiens and Neanderthals i…
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SpaceX launches 4 people, including a billionaire, on the most ambitious private human spaceflight yet
SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission lifted off with plans to attempt the first commercial spacewalk, in a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Mikhail…
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What's the difference between MSG and table salt? A chemist explains
Salt and MSG are two well-known food additives. Both contain sodium, but there are plenty of differ…
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Elon Musk: SpaceX to launch first Starships to Mars in two years
Elon Musk stated that these will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars.
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5 careers in the space industry that new grads should focus on, according to a VC
Various career paths can lead new grads to working in the space industry. Jobs on the rise include …