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Stunning galaxy Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon
Mercury Retrograde Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there's a catch.

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NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination
How long is a light-year? Here are some ways to think about it.
SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight successful despite abandoning booster catch
The space station has a risky leak. How bad is it?
The U.S. Army Polar Research and Development Center building tunnels at Camp Century in Greenland in 1959. NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base.
An artist's conception of a super-Earth in another solar system. NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth.
A close-up telescope image of star WOH G64 No one had seen a close-up of a star outside the Milky Way — until now
The sprawling "Guitar Nebula" in deep space. Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space
Sen's SpaceTV-1 camera system captured footage of SpaceX's Starship launching into space on Nov. 19, 2024. Space camera films footage of giant Starship rocket launching to space

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Airplane turbulence is getting worse. Scientists explain why.
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A Google sign outside a Nebraska data center. Google's former CEO: AI advances more important than climate conservation
A photo of Bill Nye smiling, surrounded by illustrations of the earth, flames, and a person's silhouette as they take a selfie. Bill Nye will only take a selfie with you if you're voting pro-climate
A man stares out at a piece of land full of debris, including the rubble of a home and a destroyed RV. Displaced Hurricane Helene victims can get temporary housing hosted by Airbnb
On July 22, Earth experienced the warmest daily global temperature ever recorded. NASA says Earth just had the hottest day ever recorded

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NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
Scientists film footage of alien, shimmering creature in the remote ocean
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A deep sea expedition is filming jaw-dropping footage
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The powerful mid-latitude cyclone spinning off the West Coast of the U.S. on Nov. 19, 2024. The bomb cyclone looks monstrous from space
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It took 150 sightings over 20 years and genetic testing to identify this new deep sea species. Scientists discover mysterious deep sea creature. It hunts with a hood.
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