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Exoplanet with iron rain has violent winds 'like something out of science fiction'

Astronomers have discovered a powerful jet stream raging through the atmosphere of an ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanet ravaged by liquid iron rains.

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Imagine Dragons 'Starfield' video game anthem will beam to Earth from the moon

Imagine Dragons' song 'Children of the Sky' will be beamed to Earth from a lunar data center as part of the private IM-2 moon mission launching as early as Feb. 26 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9.

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3D-printed 'hydrogels' could be future space radiation shields for astronaut trips to Mars

Technology we already use everyday might be the future of space radiation shielding.

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James Webb Space Telescope reveals how a cosmic 'Phoenix' cools off to birth stars

Like its mythological namesake, the Phoenix Cluster burns with blisteringly hot gas, which cools to birth stars. The James Webb Space Telescope has now learned how this galaxy cluster does it.

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'Star Trek: Section 31' got us thinking... Should you have to do your homework before you watch a movie?

The latest 'Star Trek' movie assumes plenty of prior knowledge of a vast franchise — and it's not alone.

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Scientists accidentally discover Earth's inner core is less solid than expected

Researchers discovered that Earth's inner core is surprisingly viscous.

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The Winter Triangle meets the 'Mars Triangle' in the night sky this month

For the next few weeks, the planet Mars will form an isosceles triangle with the two bright stars marking the heads of the Gemini Twins, Pollux and Castor.

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Does the moon look smaller tonight? Here's why a 'micromoon' rises

The moon reaches its farthest point from Earth tonight, known as apogee, making it appear ever so slightly smaller in the night sky.

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Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite

A space-based telescope has captured new images of the sun that showcase one of our star's fiery outbursts — and Mercury is in the picture.

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Some planet-forming stars never 'grow up' and lose their 'Peter Pan' disks

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to study a planet-forming disk around a low-mass star, finding it contains chemical signatures never seen before in such a disk.

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Astronomers realize mysterious TV signal in their data bounced off an airplane

By tracking the TV signal back to the plane that was reflecting it towards the Murchison Wide-field Array, astronomers will be able to learn how to remove it from their data.

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'City-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

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'Sailing' satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

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The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1950s

A list of 10 influential science fiction TV series from the '50s

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 148 — Clavius Base

On Episode 148 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik speak with Dr. Pascal Lee about why Clavius may be the ideal place to build our first lunar base.

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The force is strong with this JEDI

The force will be strong with this next-generation imager; JEDI will be a featured instrument on the Vigil space mission set to launch in 2031.

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Tom Hanks' 'The Moonwalkers' makes US premiere at Space Center Houston

It is not unusual to see a Saturn V launch while viewing a film at Space Center Houston. Now, with "The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks," that spectacle stretches beyond the center's screen.

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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites on record-setting 26th flight (video, photos)

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for the 26th time this morning (Feb. 15), setting a new reuse record for the company.

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Boeing Starliner astronauts on the ISS set the story straight: 'We don't feel stranded'

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore say they aren't stranded aboard the space station. They'll be happy to come home but sad when their spaceflight journey comes to an end.

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin laying off 1,000 employees: reports

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is laying off about 1,000 employees, according to media reports. That's about 10% of the aerospace company's workforce.

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What the asteroid with a 1-in-48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 looks like (images)

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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Welcome to the moon! Firefly's Blue Ghost lander reaches lunar orbit (video, photos)

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander reached lunar orbit on Thursday (Feb. 13) and snapped some photos to commemorate the milestone.

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How Sen's 4K live cameras on the ISS offer a new perspective from space (op-ed)

Sen aims to use the story-telling power of video to inspire, empowering everyone to witness planetary change and humanity's exploration of space.

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Astronomers have brought you a space Valentine: The Tarantula of the cosmos

As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.

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7 romantic sci-fi movies to cuddle up with on Valentine's Day

Here’s our list of the best cinematic sci-fi romance stories to prove that love is the one thing we're capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.

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