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Lunar loo: Did Apollo astronauts' 96 bags of poop and urine seed the Moon with life?
During the six Apollo missions that landed on the moon between 1969 and 1972, astronauts left behin…
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Earth 2.0? Astronomers have discovered the nearest-yet potentially-habitable planet with Earth-like temperatures!
In our ongoing search for alien life, astronomers have scoured the cosmos, longing for a connection…
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We've just discovered the most distant supermassive black hole ever. And boy, is it one massive infant!
Utilizing data from the James Webb Space Telescope, it was revealed that this black hole emerged ju…
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New "fiery" exoplanet discovered, found to display volcanic activity like Jupiter's Io
In a known star system about 66 light years away from Sun, the astrophysicists discovered signal…
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A train on the Moon? NASA’s new space tech includes lunar railways, Martian rockets and more
NASA has set its sights on six mind-blowing tech concepts that seem ripped straight from science fi…
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An interplanetary collision might have shrunk Mercury to its current size, scientists think
Mercury, the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, has long captivated scientists with its extrem…
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NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices
Voyager 1 and 2 have traveled deeper into space than any human-made objects. NASA hopes they'll sta…
Jenny McGrath
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James Webb Space telescope captures striking view of Neptune's rings
US-based space agency NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has captured the clear…
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NASA’s Sun probe sheds new light on our star — here are 5 new secrets it uncovered
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Parker Solar Probe is on a mission to ge…
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The 'solar wind,' which the sun is constantly blasting over the planets, suddenly disappeared and created a void around Mars
A solar eruption left a void around Mars last year, causing the red planet's atmosphere to balloon …
Erin Snodgrass,Morgan McFall-…
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A bizarre galaxy NASA spotted at the edge of the universe could upend what we know about supermassive black holes
A very early galaxy puzzling scientists suggests supermassive black holes may not have come from de…
Marianne Guenot
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen
NASA's Webb telescope was able to spot an object, the smallest of its kind, from 1,000 light years …
Rupendra Brahambhatt
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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
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India's moon lander is the first to study the lunar south pole region up close. Here are 5 scientific discoveries it has already made.
India's Vikram lander and Pragyan rover have already discovered evidence of moonquakes and the pres…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope broke its own record to discover the oldest black hole yet, but it has astronomers even more confused about the beginning of the universe
Webb spotted the oldest black hole ever discovered, breaking its own record. But the black hole is …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The world's top alien hunters explain why a Harvard physicist's discovery of 'alien' tech is likely a false alarm
Scientists from top alien-hunting organizations SETI and METI don't think Harvard physicist, Avi Lo…
Adam Barnes
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ISRO's Chandrayaan 1 spots rusting on the Moon — NASA scientists believe Earth's atmosphere could be the reason why
Another sign that the Moon’s poles are home to water has emerged from the Chandrayaan 1’s data. …
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'Jekyll and Hyde' binary stars discovered by Indian-origin scientist
A binary star system just under 20,000 light-years from Earth is unlike the others. Armed with an a…