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China's rover maps 1,000 feet of hidden 'structures' deep below the dark side of the moon

Scientists were able to visualize the upper 1,000 feet of the moon's surface for the first time. Their results reveal billions of years of previously hidden lunar history.

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Fountains of diamonds erupt from Earth's center as supercontinents break up

Researchers have discovered a pattern where diamonds spew from deep beneath Earth's surface in huge, explosive volcanic eruptions.

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NASA flew a modified U-2 spy plane into thunderstorms to study super-energetic gamma-rays

Researchers flew NASA's ER-2 aircraft as close to thunderclouds as safely possible and captured 'the most detailed' data of gamma-rays and thunderclouds ever recorded through airborne analysis.

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How many potentially dangerous asteroids narrowly miss Earth each year?

Last year Earth had more than 100 close encounters with large asteroids. What are the odds of a direct hit in the near future?

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Russia's Luna-25 moon lander prepares for historic touchdown

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander may arrive on the moon as soon as Aug. 21. The mission aims to carry the baton from a previous series of Soviet landers, at the moon's south pole.

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NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite is ready to hunt for water on the moon

The final instrument has been added to NASA's Lunar Trailblazer probe, enabling it to hunt for water on the moon's surface when it launches in early 2024.

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Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffers 'emergency situation' in lunar orbit

Russia's Luna-25 moon lander suffered 'an emergency situation' during a maneuver in lunar orbit today (Aug. 19), putting the fate of the landmark mission in doubt.

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Karol 'Bo' Bobko, former NASA astronaut who flew three shuttle missions, dies at 85

Karol 'Bo' Bobko, who was the only NASA astronaut to fly on the first launch of two space shuttle orbiters, has died at the age of 85. In total, Bobko logged 16 days, 2 hours and 3 minutes in space.

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Legacy Effects wizard J. Alan Scott on creating the Gorn for 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' (exclusive)

An interview with Legacy Effects' J. Alan Scott about his work on 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.'

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Odds of 'strong' El Niño now over 95%, with ocean temperatures to 'substantially exceed' last big warming event

Sizzling ocean temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific throughout July indicate there is a good chance El Niño conditions will remain strong for the next six months.

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See Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket come together at Florida space coast factory (photo)

Social media post provides rare insight into Blue Origin's work and progress on its New Glenn rocket.

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This Canadian satellite was supposed to last 2 years in space. It's now celebrating 20

The Canadian Space Agency's Scisat is a valuable hunter of climate change evidence, producing big-name publications in Nature and Science recently despite its advanced age.

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I flew weightlessly on a parabolic flight to see incredible student science soar

Every year, a few Canadian students climb and fall in mid-air for a few precious research moments in microgravity. This is what it's like to fly along.

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Hubble images a museum of galaxies, and some are gravitationally warped (photo)

A new image released by NASA shows-off the galaxies of Abell 3322.

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SpaceX shows off newly modified Starship Super Heavy booster (photos)

SpaceX has installed a new heat shield and 'vented interstage' on its latest Starship Super Heavy booster, which is being prepped for flight in the near future.

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'Foundation' space advisor on keeping Asimov's fictional galaxy realistic (exclusive)

NASA planetary scientist and "Foundation" space advisor Kevin Hand tells Space.com how the series stays rooted in as much actual science and astrophysics as possible.

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A nearby supernova could reveal the secret lives of ghostly neutrinos. Here's how.

By modeling the neutrinos from a supernova as an exotic kind of fluid moving at nearly the speed of light, researchers are searching for signs of how neutrinos can interact with each other.

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Bakery 'Kochs up' kolache to honor moon-bound Artemis astronaut

NASA astronaut Christina Koch's assignment to fly around the moon has already given launch to a tasty treat. Good Dough, a bakery in Galveston, Texas, has created the 'Koch it to the Moon' kolache.

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Satellites watch powerful Hurricane Hilary swirl above the Pacific Ocean (video)

Satellites watched as an innocent-looking tropical depression exploded into the powerful Hurricane Hilary in just two days off the Pacific Coast of Central America.

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Bright cluster packed with stars shines in gorgeous new infrared image

ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) snapped a new photo of the globular cluster NGC 6723 containing hundreds of thousands of gravitationally-bound stars.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 snaps close-up photos of moon ahead of landing try (video)

India's Chandrayaan-3 probe has captured more amazing imagery of the moon ahead of its historic touchdown try, which is just a few days away.

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