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Scientists create weird pumpkin-shaped nucleus that vanishes in nanoseconds

A newly created isotope of the silvery metal lutetium has a strange squashed nucleus and a half-life of just a few hundred nanoseconds.

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Frosty Mars crater sparkles in new NASA photo

Frost extends across the surface of a southern crater on Mars in a new photo of the Red Planet.

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French court revokes SpaceX's Starlink internet license, citing monopolization concerns

France's highest court revoked SpaceX's license to provide internet services via its Starlink megaconstellation, citing monopolization concerns due to the size of the company's operations.

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Purging the (extremely) unclean in 'Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters'

We went hands-on with the upcoming 'Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters.' For the Emperor!

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Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for a reported $43 billion in cash

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter. The SpaceX and Tesla chief announced his bid to buy the social media company Thursday (April 14).

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How GPS satellite signal jamming works, and what we can do about it

The recent Russian signal attacks against Ukraine mark one of the first times we have seen this strategy 'in theater,' an analyst said.

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Ukrainian startup Promin Aerospace tests engine for new 'self-devouring' rocket

Over the past few months, Promin Aerospace has proven its concept of a unique self-burning rocket, an idea based on autophagic, or "self-devouring," technology.

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Trading dress-up for lift-off, Barbie flies on space station for first time

After almost 60 years of dressing up like an astronaut, Barbie has launched into space for real. Two of the iconic fashion dolls are now on the International Space Station for "Mission DreamStar."

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Solar storm could supercharge northern lights as far south as New York

After a dead sunspot hurled a ball of plasma toward Earth earlier this week, medium-sized auroras may stretch even farther south than usual.

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Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces record-breaking 25th flight

The 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) Ingenuity aced its 25th flight on the Red Planet last Friday (April 8), setting new personal bests for speed and distance.

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Most distant star to date spotted — but how much further back in time could we see?

Even though Earendel is 50 times the mass of the sun, and millions of times brighter, we would not normally be able to see it. We can see it due to an alignment of the star with a large galaxy cluster in front of it whose gravity bends the light from the star to make it brighter and more focused – essentially creating a lens.

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See a sunrise on Mars in this stunning view from NASA's InSight lander (photo)

This stunning sunrise on Mars comes courtesy of NASA's InSight Mars lander, which took the photo on April 10, 2022.

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Russia has big plans for its space program despite international sanctions

Russia's space program will power through the "difficulties" that have followed the nation's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

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Pink Moon 2022: April's full moon joins a line of planets

The full moon of April, called the Pink Moon, occurs Monday, April 26 at 11:32 p.m. EDT (0332 GMT on Tuesday, April 27). It will also be a "supermoon."

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Save up to $300 on this powerful Unistellar eVscope eQuinox telescope from B&H

You can save up to $300 on some pretty awesome telescopes when you get them from B&H.

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Scientists investigate supermassive black hole ancestor from universe's 'cosmic dawn'

Scientists are studying a "cosmic dawn" object born just 750 million years after the Big Bang.

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Microscopic Apollo 11 moon dust sells for $500K at Bonhams auction

A minuscule amount of microscopic moon dust sold for half a million dollars after NASA determined that the particles came from the first lunar sample collected by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong.

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SpaceX's Crew-4 astronaut mission delayed again, to April 23

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station have had their launch pushed back again, to April 23.

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Europe halts moon exploration partnership with Russia, looks to replace Ukraine-built rocket engines

The European Space Agency will discontinue its cooperation on Russia's Luna 25, Luna 26 and Luna 27 moon missions, ESA officials announced Wednesday (April 13)

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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover turns to avoid dangerous 'gator-back' rocks (photos)

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover unexpectedly changed its course up Mount Sharp to avoid hazardous "gator-back" terrain.

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Earth Day: What is it and why does it matter?

Earth Day occurs annually on April, 22. It began in 1970 and celebrates the environmental diversity of Earth and highlights ways of protecting it.

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