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Black holes can squash star formation, James Webb Space Telescope finds

"The Spiderweb protocluster is an ideal laboratory for investigating the relationship between black holes and star formation in detail."

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'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew' episode 6: The crew and their spaceship reveal their true selves

Skeleton Crew's sixth episode splits the team apart ahead of their much-desired return to At Attin and a final confrontation with Jod.

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James Webb telescope uncovers massive 'grand design' spiral galaxy in the early universe — and scientists can't explain how it got so big, so fast

Galaxies in the early universe tend to be clumpy, but the new JWST discovery of a "grand design" spiral galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang has scientists stumped.

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The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight! Don't miss the 1st 'shooting stars' of 2025

The 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower peaks overnight on Jan. 3, and could produce between 60 to 120 meteors per hour.

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Fall 2024 was Earth's warmest autumn ever

Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.

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Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy

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Space debris crash in Kenya village believed to be from leftover rocket hardware

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.

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Newly uncovered oxygen reaction could aid the search for alien life

A newly discovered way for oxygen to form in carbon-dioxide-rich atmospheres of exoplanets could help guide scientists' search for alien life.

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Strap on a VR headset like a Facehugger with 'Alien: Rogue Incursion' — the 1st-ever 'Alien' VR game

"Alien: Rogue Incursion" virtual reality game for PSVR and and PCVR available now

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe beams home 1st detailed update after record-breaking approach to the sun

This New Year's Day, NASA's Parker Solar Probe added to the festive cheer by sending home its first detailed telemetry data soon after its record-breaking closest-ever approach to the sun.

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Dead stars can celebrate 2 New Years every second with nearby cosmic fireworks

Celestial fireworks that erupt all year long but last a fraction of a second, fast radio bursts, may have traced them to the immediate surroundings of extreme and highly magnetic dead stars.

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Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?

An independent review team is delivering a final report to NASA leadership to determine if the agency's Mars Sample Return mission is salvageable after facing scrutiny for its $11 billion budget.

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Supercharged auroras possible this weekend as colossal 'hole' in the sun spews solar wind toward Earth

Aurora alert — a coronal hole is spewing fast solar wind toward Earth, potentially boosting geomagnetic activity and supercharging northern lights Jan. 4 to Jan. 5.

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Rare string of 'cosmic pearls' dance together in the universe

A rare group of aligned, star-birthing dwarf galaxies resemble a cosmic string of pearls.

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How to watch SpaceX launch its 1st Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight

SpaceX is targeting Friday, Jan. 3 for its first Falcon 9 mission of 2025 as it launches the Thuraya 4 communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

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Sun erupts with powerful X1.2 solar flare, causes radio blackouts (photo)

The sun fired off an X1.2-class solar flare on Friday (Jan. 3), triggering radio blackouts throughout parts of the South Atlantic ocean, Africa and South America.

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'Silo' Season 2: Steve Zahn sees his enigmatic character Solo as a 'curious, delightful kid' (exclusive)

Accomplished actor Steve Zahn lifts the layers of his Solo character, how he got the job on Silo, and what it's like working with Rebecca Ferguson.

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida early on Monday (Nov. 25)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Monday morning (Nov. 25).

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How a mini-team of NASA archivists is restoring astronomical history

Though data from all modern missions is digitized and properly archived, the same can't be said for missions prior to 1990.

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NASA tests cellphone-sized underwater robots for future ocean world missions (video)

Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory recently tested prototypes of miniature, self-propelled robots designed to explore the hidden oceans of distant moons like Europa, Jupiter's icy moon.

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Best Predator games of all time

If it bleeds, we can kill it. But what about donning the mask and playing as the alien hunter instead? These are the best Predator video games.

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