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Hubble Telescope maps high-speed 'burps' from nearby feeding supermassive black hole for 1st time

Hubble has mapped the outflow "burps" of a nearby feeding supermassive black hole-powered quasar for the first time, measuring speeds of 6.5 million mph, around 8,500 times the speed of sound.

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Secrets of radioactive 'promethium' — a rare earth element with mysterious applications — uncovered after 80-year search

Scientists have revealed key properties of radioactive promethium, a rare earth element with poorly understood applications, using a groundbreaking new method.

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NASA calls off spacewalk at International Space Station due to 'spacesuit discomfort'

NASA has postponed a scheduled EVA today (June 13), as the two astronauts slated for the spacewalk were already putting on their suits.

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'No emergency situation' on International Space Station, NASA says after astronaut medical drill audio causes stir

It sounded like a nightmare scenario: An astronaut commander on the International Space Station in distress and a flight surgeon on Earth stuck in traffic. But it was all a simulation.

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Doctor Who 'Rogue': Who is the eponymous Rogue?

Who's the man who turns the Doctor's head in Regency England in "Doctor Who" episode 6 "Rogue"?

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Watch NASA astronauts collect microbe samples during ISS spacewalk today (livestream video)

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station today (June 13), and you can watch the action live.

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This action-packed 'Borderlands' sneak peek is a chaotic blizzard of bullets (video)

Watch a new clip from director Eli Roth's upcoming live-action video game adaptation, "Borderlands."

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'Star Wars: The Acolyte' episode 3: How do the Brendok witches use the Force?

The third episode of "The Acolyte" is a long flashback that adds more layers to both the story being told and the Star Wars universe as a whole.

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Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth 'technosignatures' aliens might see

By looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential sign of intelligent life.

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SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida June 13

SpaceX is scheduled to launch 22 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast on Thursday (June 13).

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Stoke Space test-fires engine for upcoming fully reusable rocket (photos)

Stoke Space has announced the first successful hot-fire engine test for its Nova launch vehicle, which the company calls the "most robust, fully and rapidly reusable medium-lift rocket in the world."

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Alaska's rivers are turning bright orange and as acidic as vinegar as toxic metal escapes from melting permafrost

Alaska's melting permafrost is dumping toxic metals into the state's rivers, turning them bright orange and making the water highly acidic. The contaminated rivers are so vibrant they can be seen from space, and the problem is likely to get much worse in the future.

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Hubble Telescope shares stunning galactic view despite recent hardware malfunction (photo)

A gorgeous new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope, which is down to two functioning gyroscopes, captures the barred spiral galaxy NGC 3059.

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Ed Stone, who led NASA's iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88

Ed Stone, who for 50 years served as the project scientist for NASA's iconic Voyager mission, died June 9 at the age of 88.

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'Needs more aliens': Lego designer on kids' view of space as an endless playground (exclusive)

In an exclusive interview with Space.com, Lego senior design manager Dan Meehan discusses the role 'space storytellers' have had on shaping the company's new space-themed sets.

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A star that exploded like a nuclear bomb is still raising questions half a century later

The nova caused HM Sge to brighten in our night sky by 250 times.

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'Starfield' unveils 1st look at 'Shattered Space' expansion (video)

Starfield might have disappointed some at launch, but in typical Bethesda fashion, it's continuing to expand and giving more power to the players.

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Chinese moon researchers gearing up for June 25 arrival of far side samples

More than 200 Chinese scientists gathered in Beijing recently for a seminar about the geology of the Chang'e 6 mission's landing area. Samples from the site are scheduled to arrive on Earth on June 25.

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'Supernova discovery machine' James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant star explosion on record

The JWST has proven itself to be a "supernova discovery machine" by finding 80 exploding stars in the infant universe, including the most distant and earliest supernova ever seen.

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Solar storm douses Mars in radiation as auroras flicker in the Red Planet sky (video)

NASA's fleet of robotic Martian explorers measured the effects of May's dramatic solar storms, experiencing the equivalent of undergoing about 30 chest X-rays all at once.

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India's Aditya-L1 solar probe snaps shots of our hyperactive sun during May outburst (photos)

India's Aditya-L1 spacecraft imaged the sun a week after it unleashed the rare G5 geomagnetic storm that sparked some of the strongest auroras in centuries.

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