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Venus is 900 degrees. That’s surprisingly not why it’s bone-dry, study finds.
When Venus formed billions of years ago, the planet probably had about as much water as Earth. Thick carbon dioxide…
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Scientists found a colossal black hole near the dawn of time
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected the farthest supermassive black hole yet — a space vortex so far from…
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NASA Starliner launch livestream: Watch the human test flight
Two astronauts are getting ready to fly a new spaceship built by Boeing, making this only the sixth time in…
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The long, thorny history of Boeing’s Starliner spaceship
If someone had told NASA a decade ago that SpaceX would build a new ride for astronauts to get to…
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How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in 2024
It’s May and it’s getting warm (in the Northern Hemisphere). At a time like this, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower…
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Tiny shapeshifting stickers detect post-surgery complications
Innovative biocompatible stickers can now be placed on human organs during surgery, to monitor recovery. Developed by researchers led by…
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Voyager spacecraft gave us a scare. But NASA’s bringing it back to life.
Our farthest-away spacecraft isn’t finished yet. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, at over 15 billion miles away and hurtling ever-deeper into…
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NASA shows how it will talk to spacecraft over 15 billion miles away
We’re going to need a bigger antenna. For the first time, NASA’s Deep Space Network — which communicates with the…
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Astronomers just saw the famous Horsehead Nebula like never before
A favorite celestial target is getting the James Webb Space Telescope treatment. The Horsehead Nebula, a cosmic masterpiece about 1,300…
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NASA’s Voyager is in hostile territory. It’s ‘dodging bullets.’
NASA’s Voyager craft have ventured where no other human machines have ever gone — the space between the stars. But…
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