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Webb telescope confirms planetary theory

A new study seems to confirm the existence of protoplanetary disks that eventually become planets

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SpaceX launches 30 satellites on Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 30 payloads as part of the Bandwagon-2 mission launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.

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Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

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La. DOH bans vaccine promotion

Higher-ups in the state quietly ordered over 6,500 employees to stop promoting vaccines against COVID and the flu

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The moon may be older than we thought

A new study suggests the moon is much older — here’s why

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Dreaming of a white Christmas? Snow is likely in these US states according to NOAA climate data

According to climate data from NOAA, you might not have to only dream about having a white Christmas this year in some parts of the United States.

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Abort! SpaceX calls off launch of 'MicroGEO' satellites at last second (video)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites each its engines just as an abort is called at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2024.

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Axiom's private space station is coming sooner than we thought

Axiom Space has decided to change up the method for assembling its commercial space station, meaning the outpost could be free-flying as soon as 2028.

Space

Watch NASA's Artemis Orion moon spacecraft blow its top during testing (video)

NASA's Orion spacecraft recently completed an 11-month test campaign, during which it was subjected to extreme conditions of a launch abort scenario and electromagnetic effects of lightning strikes.

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NASA Mars probe spies dusty, retired Insight lander from orbit (photo)

Photos of the dormant InSight lander captured from Mars orbit are providing researchers new data on how dust accumulates and evolves over time on the Red Planet.

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'Dark Lull' In German Energy Transition Sparks Political Debate

As Germany heads for February 23 elections the grey winter weather has become a hot campaign topic because of its impact on the country's shaky green energy transition.

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Rocket Lab scrubs Strix radar satellite launch for Synspective over 'sensor data'

A new exact launch date for the Strix satellite launch by Rocket Lab has yet to be announced.

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Hubble's 'impossible' planet explained? Gas giants may have formed fast in early universe

An ancient exoplanet dated at 12.7 billion years old could have formed over a long period in a giant disk of gas, according to new JWST observations.

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NASA's Hubble and Chandra telescopes discover a strange 'sideways' black hole in a cosmic crime scene (image)

Using the NASA space telescopes Hubble and Chandra astronomers have discovered a strange black hole that has been knocked on its side in a cosmic crime scene.

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Scientists stunned to find strange ‘alien plant’ that doesn’t belong to any known species

Findings point to lack of clarity on how diverse ecosystems were before they were lost to time, researchers say

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The Ursid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's what to expect from the final 'shooting stars' of 2024

The last meteor shower of the year peaks in the early morning hours of Dec. 22.

International Business Times

French Court To Issue Verdict In Teacher Beheading Trial

A French court on Friday was expected to deliver a verdict against eight people charged in connection with the jihadist beheading of schoolteacher Samuel Paty in 2020, a murder that horrified France.

Space

US Space Force 5 years later: What has it accomplished so far, and where does it go from here?

As the U.S. Space Force celebrates its fifth anniversary, the service's leadership looked back on its accomplishments so far while looking ahead to the future.

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Sudan civil war: Fueled by meth

Stimulants in warfare are nothing new, but now they're overheating Sudan's bloody internal conflict

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Scientists may have discovered the true purpose behind construction of Stonehenge

Blocks were brought to Salisbury Plain from all over the country in a grand project that would have taken about eight months – uniting people in the process

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Rocket Lab launches private Earth-imaging satellite to orbit on its final flight of 2024 (video)

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for the Earth-observation company Synspective to orbit today (Dec. 21) on its final mission of the year.

International Business Times

Japanese Inflation Jumps To 2.7% In November

Japanese inflation accelerated in November, with prices rising 2.7 percent on-year partly because of higher energy costs, government data showed Friday.

The Independent UK

Vegetarian piranha and Leonardo DiCaprio snake among new species named in 2024

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.

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Russian cosmonauts install X-ray detector, jettison trash on spacewalk outside ISS

Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner installed an X-ray detector and jettisoned trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

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SpaceX inks deal with Vast to launch 2 astronaut missions to the ISS

California-based company Vast Space has booked two crewed flights to the ISS with SpaceX, though the missions still must be approved by NASA.

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