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Strange arrangement of Milky Way's groupie galaxies may undermine dark matter

Scientists may have explained the mysterious distribution of small satellite galaxies around our Milky Way that has long puzzled astronomers, but not everyone is in agreement.

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NASA's InSight lander on Mars goes silent as power runs low

NASA lost contact with its Mars InSight lander on Monday (Dec. 18) after the spacecraft failed to respond to communications from its control team.

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Shock wave from sun has opened up a crack in Earth's magnetic field, and it could trigger a geomagnetic storm

A mysterious shock wave in a gust of solar wind has sent a barrage of high-speed material smashing into Earth's magnetic field, opening up a crack in the magnetosphere.

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Salute Apollo 17's 50th anniversary with freshly restored moon mission shots

NASA restoration wizard Andy Saunders on Apollo 17's restored photos in his new book, "Apollo Remastered"

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Watch Europe's Vega C rocket launch its 2nd mission Tuesday night

Europe's Vega C rocket is scheduled to launch on its second-ever mission on Tuesday night (Dec. 20), and you can watch the action live.

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China picks 4 international payloads for historic sample-return mission to moon's far side

China has revealed that four international experiments will fly on its historic Chang'e 6 sample-return mission to the far side of the moon in 2025.

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Ursid meteor shower shines with ideal dark sky conditions this year

The moon will be at new moon phase on Dec. 23 when the Ursid meteor shower reaches its peak, meaning it won't provide any hindrance at all for meteor watching.

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Europa's icy crust may let more material into hidden ocean than thought

New research shows that even smaller impacts can warm and soften enough ice on Jupiter's moon Europa to send material sinking into the underlying ocean.

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Superdense neutron star likely has solid crust, NASA telescope finds

NASA's IXPE space telescope observed a neutron star with a powerful magnetic field in X-rays for the first time, finding polarization and a likely solid crust.

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This may be the last Mars photo from NASA's InSight lander before it dies on the Red Planet

This photo from NASA's InSight lander on Mars just may be its last as the power-starved lander approaches the end of its life on the Red Planet.

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Why haven't aliens contacted Earth? New Fermi Paradox analysis suggests we're not that interesting yet

We have absolutely no evidence for any extraterrestrial civilization, let alone life. This is Fermi's great paradox: If life can happen, it should be common, and if it's common, we should already know about it. But we don't.

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Hole spotted in leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft

An inspection of the leaky Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the International Space Station has revealed a small hole, though it's unclear if it was caused by a micrometeoroid strike.

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Boldly go: SpaceX to launch diversity tribute to 'Star Trek' creator Gene Roddenberry

A commitment to diversity honoring "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry will soon blast off to the final frontier.

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Under pressure! Watch a Lockheed Martin inflatable space habitat explode (video)

Lockheed Martin has been blowing up its in-development inflatable space habitat in more ways than one.

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Something weird is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, 40-year study shows

Something odd is happening in Jupiter's atmosphere, a new study has revealed.

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Megadrought on Earth affected gravity waves at the edge of space

An intense drought that has persisted on Earth for over two decades is now thought to have affected gravity wave activity where our planet's atmosphere meets outer space

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'Avatar: The Way of Water' is a striking sci-fi fantasia drowned in Hollywood cliches

James Cameron's "Avatar: The Way of Water" is technically brilliant and visually stunning, but it's overlong and riddled with cliches.

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North Korea launches test flight for planned 2023 spy satellite

North Korea launched a rocket to test ground stations ahead of a planned spy satellite launch into orbit by April 2023, according to the nation's state-run media.

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Meteoroid strike may have caused Soyuz spacecraft leak, Russian state news reports

The Russian space agency has not yet disclosed a cause for the leak that sprung on a Soyuz spacecraft Thursday (Dec. 15), although a state agency speculated it might be a meteor.

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Fujifilm X-T5 review

The Fujifilm X-T5 is by no means an astrophotography specialist, but it does perform well in low light and is a great all-rounder.

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Ancient Mexico's solar calendar in the mountains identified

Ancient Mexicans closely watching the sun from only a single location accurately tracked the seasons and operated a farming calendar that fed millions.

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