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Bubble of galaxies spanning 1 billion light-years could be a fossil of the Big Bang

An immense bubble of galaxies, one billion light years wide and located 820 million light-years away, could be fossilized remains of the Big Bang.

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter soars past 100 minutes of total Mars flight time

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter flew for the 57th time on Sept. 3, a sortie that pushed the robot's total Red Planet air time over 100 minutes.

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'Star Trek: Lower Decks' drops a wild new Season 4 trailer and official poster (video)

Paramount+ released a new "Star Trek: Lower Decks" Season 4 trailer and official poster ahead of the season premiere on Thursday (Sept. 7).

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Hubble Space Telescope sees lonely galaxy looming in isolation (photo)

A distant galaxy sits isolated in a new photo from the powerful observatory.

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See the sun's atmosphere like never before thanks to a simple Solar Orbiter camera hack (video)

The European Solar Orbiter spacecraft has peered into yet unexplored parts of the sun's atmosphere thanks to a simple hack to its main camera.

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Orbiting debris trackers could be a game changer in space junk monitoring

Tiny devices on satellites could soon track small pieces of space debris that are invisible to existing space junk monitoring systems but capable of destroying spacecraft if they collide with it.

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Here's our last look at Europe's Aeolus satellite falling to its fiery death (photo)

ESA's wind-measuring Aeolus satellite was spotted before its flaming demise over Antarctica.

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Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our solar system's outer reaches?

A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet in the far reaches of our solar system could help explain the peculiar orbits of many trans-Neptunian objects.

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Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later

Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today.

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Earliest magnetic galaxy ever detected offers clues about Milky Way history

The magnetic field is a thousand times weaker than Earth’s, but is spread out across 16,000 light years.

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Eerie, ultra-detailed photo of a lightning 'sprite' exposes one of nature's least understood phenomena

An astronomer in Slovakia captured the rare luminous phenomenon as it briefly flashed in Earth's upper atmosphere during a thunderstorm.

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'Ahsoka' season 1 episode 4 review: Fateful encounters and a return

The fourth episode of Ahsoka is an excellent midpoint chapter packed with gorgeous duels and leads into an unpredictable second half of the season.

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Space junk in Earth orbit and on the moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up

There's a lot of trash on the moon right now – including nearly 100 bags of human waste. But whose responsibility is it to clean it up?

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See the half-lit last quarter moon ride the Bull tonight

The half-illuminated moon will have a close encounter with the Bull on Wednesday (Sept. 6) when the last quarter moon rises in Taurus just before midnight.

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Sleeping on the ISS isn't easy. This lamp for astronauts could help

To assist astronauts with their sleep schedules, scientists developed a lamp synchronized to their circadian rhythms.

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SpaceX stacks giant Starship rocket ahead of 2nd test flight (photos)

SpaceX has stacked its giant Starship vehicle on the launch pad in South Texas, a major milestone ahead of an impending test flight from the site.

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Australia launching moon rover on NASA Artemis mission as soon as 2026

Australia will launch its first moon rover as early as 2026, on one of NASA's Artemis missions. And you can help name the rover — if you're an Australian resident.

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Black holes keep 'burping up' stars they destroyed years earlier, and astronomers don't know why

Years after ripping stars to shreds, 24 black holes suddenly flared up with radio waves in inexplicable 'burping' bouts. Half of all star-killing black holes may experience the same.

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'Twisty' new theory of gravity says information can escape black holes after all

Einstein's theory of relativity say black holes are 'bald', but a new tweak to his research may give the mysterious objects their long-sought 'hair.'

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Tiny satellites use AI to sniff for methane leaks on the ground (photos)

This startup wants to take methane leak detection from space to the next level with the help of AI.

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Sex between space tourists will happen eventually. But are we ready for babies conceived off Earth?

Considering that space travel is no longer reserved for professional astronauts, the various motivations of space tourists and upcoming spacecraft developments, we concluded that in-space sex will probably happen within the next ten years.

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