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Event Horizon Telescope spies a black hole powering a super bright monster object

Astronomers using the Event Horizon Telescope were able to see a supermassive blackhole powering a super bright quasar at the heart of a distant galaxy.

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Inside SyFy's 'The Ark': Creator Dean Devlin on his spirited new sci-fi survival series (exclusive)

An interview with showrunner, writer, and director Dean Devlin on his new sci-fi series, "The Ark"

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China to send 2 astronaut crews, 1 cargo ship to Tiangong space station this year

China plans to launch a pair of crewed missions to its new space station this year, with supplies also heading to orbit on a Tianzhou cargo ship.

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Hidden lights on the sun could help crack solar atmosphere mystery

NASA's NuSTAR telescope has spotted patches of high-energy X-rays radiation across the sun's surface that could explain why the star's atmosphere is mysteriously hot.

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Space debris apocalypse: 6 objects that could wreak havoc in Earth's orbit

Thousands of satellites and millions of out-of-control space debris fragments hurtle high above our heads, threatening to collide. Here are the objects that experts fear the most.

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Meet the SpaceX Crew-6 astronauts launching to the International Space Station on Feb. 26

The first long-duration astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will be among four crew members flying to the International Space Station on Feb. 26.

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Surprise! Colliding neutron stars create perfectly spherical 'kilonova' explosions

Kilonova explosions created when neutron stars collide and merge are perfectly spherical, not flattened discs as previously expected, a new study suggests.

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Chinese asteroid-detection system enters new phase of construction

The "China Compound Eye" radar array aims to track and characterize potentially threatening deep-space objects.

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Russian Progress cargo ship undocks from space station despite coolant leak

A robotic Russian cargo ship stricken by a coolant leak undocked from the International Space Station late Friday (Feb.17) while cosmonauts snapped photos of it looking for signs of damage.

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New auroras detected on Jupiter's four largest moons

The four largest moons of Jupiter - Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto - have newly discovered auroras that can be seen in visible light.

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Leonardo da Vinci's lost sketches show early experiments to understand gravity

Leonardo da Vinci's centuries-old sketches reveal he may have understood key aspects of gravity long before Galileo, Newton and Einstein.

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Sun unleashes massive X2-class solar flare during geomagnetic storm watch (video)

A massive solar flare erupted from the sun on Friday (Feb. 17) as the Earth was under a geomagnetic storm watch from flares earlier in the week.

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Instrument on NASA's Parker Solar Probe switches off unexpectedly

One of the instruments on NASA's Parker Solar Probe powered down unexpectedly last weekend, but the mission team expects it to come back online soon.

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Happy anniversary, Perseverance! NASA rover marks 2 years on Mars

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has accomplished a great deal during its first two years on the Red Planet, and the mission team has big plans for the future as well.

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Watch a comet make its 1st and final pass by the sun this weekend

The comet C/2022 A2 (Pan-STARRS) will pass close by the sun on Sunday (Feb. 19), making its first and likely final approach to our star.

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'Fantastic Voyage' and 'One Million Years B.C.' star Raquel Welch dies at 82

Actress Raquel Welch passed away at the age of 82 after a long and illustrious career that includes science fiction classics such as "Fantastic Voyage" and "One Million Years B.C."

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Rare red auroras explode over America's and Europe's north, and more are on their way

A stream of solar plasma arrived at Earth last night, triggering rare red aurora displays across Canada, northern U.S. and Europe. And more is on its way.

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Mystery object shot down over Yukon may have been harmless 'pico balloon'

The object blasted out of the sky over the Yukon on Feb. 11 may have been an amateur radio pico balloon — specifically, a 33-inch-wide one called K9YO-15.

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Doomsday Glacier melting in Antarctica means terrible news for global sea level rise

The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is melting in unexpected ways that could lead to its rapid collapse, a new study has revealed.

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The crescent moon meets up with Mercury tomorrow morning (Feb. 18)

The moon will meet up with the closest planet to the sun Mercury on Saturday, as the two celestial bodies meet in conjunction in the morning sky.

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SpaceX launches 51 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video)

SpaceX launched 51 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Friday (Feb. 17), acing the first of two orbital missions the company has planned for the day.

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