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Is our universe trapped inside a black hole? This James Webb Space Telescope discovery might blow your mind

The James Webb Space Telescope has found perhaps its most profound discovery to date. The uncovered preferred direction for galaxies supports the idea that the universe was born in a black hole.

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SpaceX calls off Crew-10 astronaut launch for NASA due to hydraulics issue (video)

SpaceX scrubbed today's (March 12) planned launch of the Crew-10 astronaut mission for NASA due to a ground-system hydraulics issue.

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SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts depart for launch pad ahead of liftoff (video, photos)

The SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts have departed NASA's checkout facility at Kennedy Space Center and are bound for the launch pad ahead of their imminent liftoff.

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We found 6 Easter eggs in the 'Alien: Earth' shorts revealed at SXSW 2025... at least we hope they're just Easter eggs

From malevolent computers to Arcturian shore leave, here are all the callbacks and references we spotted in these short clips.

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What do lunar eclipses teach us about Earth?

For starters, they taught us that Earth is round

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Water in the universe may have formed closer to the Big Bang than previously thought

"We were surprised that water could actually form so early on — even before the birth of the first galaxies."

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Who is Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds? Exploring the big bad guy for Marvel's 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps'

Here's a planet-draining primer on Galactus, the new 'Fantastic Four' movie's larger-than-life villain.

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NASA's SPHEREx science probe heads to orbit | Space photo of the day March 12, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA science probes on March 11, 2025 in a spectacular nighttime liftoff from California after multiple delays.

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Wispy comet photobombs 'rare' planetary parade above Chile's Atacama Desert (photos)

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 are all visible at once in breathtaking new photos from the European Southern Observatory.

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Total lunar eclipse March 2025 livestreams: Where to watch the 'Blood Moon' online for free tonight

Here's how to watch all the total lunar eclipse action unfold live and online so you don't miss a second of the dramatic "Blood Moon" on March 13.

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Watch a SpaceX rocket launch Crew-10 relief mission tonight for NASA astronauts on ISS after delay (video)

SpaceX plans to launch the Crew-10 mission to relieve the current astronauts aboard the ISS on Friday (March 14), and you can watch the action live.

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Meet the SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts launching to the ISS on March 12

SpaceX's Crew-10 mission will send two NASA astronauts, a Japanese spaceflyer and a cosmonaut to the International Space Station.

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Astronomers crack the case of a mysterious deep space radio signal that repeats every 2 hours

Astronomers have traced a starnge blast of radiowaves that repeats every 2 hours back to a dead star white dwarf magnetically slamming its stellar companion.

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Scientists discover smallest galaxy ever seen: 'It's like having a perfectly functional human being that's the size of a grain of rice'

Astronomers have discovered the smallest dwarf galaxy ever seen. It is a mystery how the satellite galaxy of Andromeda survived the blistering conditions of the early universe.

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SpaceX rocket launches NASA SPHEREx space telescope and PUNCH solar probes (video)

The duo launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11 at 11:10 p.m. EST (0209 March 12 GMT).

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World's largest iceberg runs aground in South Atlantic after 1,200-mile journey (satellite photos)

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new satellite images show.

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Life on Mars? It probably looks like something you'd find in your stomach

Organisms known as extremophiles have been found inhabiting a range of extreme conditions on Earth, including inside our bodies. Could they be on Mars, too?

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SpaceX Dragon meets sunrise at launch pad for Crew-10 flight | Space photo of the day March 11, 2025

The Dragon capsule will launch atop a SpaceX rocket to carry 4 astronauts to space on March 12.

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The special effects in Netflix's 'The Electric State' look amazing, but we can't stop thinking about the animatronic Mr Peanut cameo (video)

Mr Peanut is in The Electric State (and my nightmares).

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Watch sparks fly as Blue Ghost lander drills into the moon (video)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander has beamed back video of its ongoing lunar science operations, including drilling into the surface of the moon.

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The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1960s

Return to the glory days of 'Star Trek' and 'The Outer Limits' in our special voyage down small screen's memory lane.

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The next ice age is coming in 10,000 years — unless climate change prevents it

Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have matched up specific points in those cycles to the timing of ice ages.

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Private mini rover aboard sideways Athena moon lander was ready to roll — but it couldn't get out

Data sent to Earth by its MAPP moon rover on Intuitive Machines' ill-fated IM-2 mission will help Colorado company Lunar Outpost prepare for future lunar voyages.

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Astronaut turned to AI to inspire design of SpaceX Crew-10 mission patch

In what might be a first in spaceflight history, the next crew to launch to the International Space Station has adopted a mission patch that began with ideas put forth by an AI.

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Does exoplanet K2-18b host alien life or not? Here's why the debate continues

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the puzzle continues — and some scientists are expressing doubt.

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