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'Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:' 3 Climate records broken in 2024

2024 has been another challenging year for Earth's climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace of global warming.

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Ireland's lost Apollo 11 moon rock traced from basement to fire in documents

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples.

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NASA's Orion crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis 1 − an aerospace expert weighs in (op-ed)

Issues with the Orion spacecraft's heat shield on Artemis 1 have delayed the next mission, Artemis 2. So what happened?

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Auroras, solar eclipse, Starship – 3 space stories make Google's Breakout Searches of 2024 (video)

Google's "Year in Search 2024" compilation is out, and three space stories this year made the list.

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'Star Bound' serves up a 'snarky approach to space history' and the American space program (exclusive)

An interview with celebrated author Bruce McCandless III for his new NASA book, "Star Bound"

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'Galaxy Quest' at 25: the 'Star Trek' spoof that has its cake and eats it

Never give up, never surrender… As the classic sci-fi comedy clocks up a quarter-century, we look back at a movie that wholeheartedly embraces its source material

Space

'Silo' Season 2 Episode 7: Juliette takes a plunge and Lukas views the vault of human history

A recap of "Silo" Season 2 episode 7, "The Dive"

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Eclipses, meteor showers and more: The must-see skywatching events of 2025

A rundown of some of the exciting sky events — including meteor showers and the first total lunar eclipse for the U.S. since 2022 — that will take place this year.

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Was 2024 the year we finally started to understand dark energy?

2024 was a big year for the study of the universe's most troubling and mysterious "ingredient," dark energy. Here's what scientists found.

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Will 2025 be the year of Starship? SpaceX's megarocket is growing up.

SpaceX could make serious strides with its Starship vehicle in 2025, perhaps launching 25 test flights of the fully reusable megarocket.

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Sci-fi movies and TV shows to be excited for in 2025

From 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' to superheroes and clones, it's set to be a busy 2025 on screens both big and small.

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Get ready for the 'New Year Comet': What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3

Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 could be set to wow sky-watchers at the beginning of 2025.

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Aurora alert: Powerful geomagnetic storm could spark northern lights as far south as Illinois tonight and tomorrow

Aurora chasers are on high alert for powerful geomagnetic storm conditions on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 with northern lights possible deep into mid-latitudes.

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'Mathematically perfect' star system discovered 105 light-years from Earth may still be in its infancy. Could that change its prospects for life?

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 billion years old, new research suggests.

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New flexible 'metamaterial' inspired by nature could help us build shapeshifting space habitats and telescopes

Researchers have designed a flexible material that could pave the way for the development of adaptable space structures.

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What has to happen in 2025 to move the UAP story forward?

What should happen in 2025 to move the UAP/UFO story forward? Are we at a dead-end? Conversely, is the coming year one of "full disclosure?"

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David Lynch's 'Dune' at 40: David Lynch's 1984 adaptation is a true spice oddity

Squeezing Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel into a two-hour movie was always doomed to misfire.

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The top 7 black hole discoveries from 2024

2024 was a big year for black hole science, and Space.com was on duty all year to bring you every major development in our understanding of the universe's most fascinating entities.

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Former US President Jimmy Carter dies at 100, but his voice continues 'into the cosmos'

The longest-lived president in United States’ history, Jimmy Carter’s voice will continue to extend “into the cosmos” beyond his death at 100.

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'Dune: Prophecy's' Faoileann Cunningham talks about Sister Jen's harrowing series journey (exclusive)

An exclusive interview with "Dune: Prophecy's" Sister Jen, actress Faoileann Cunningham

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India launches 2 SpaDeX satellites on ambitious space docking test for future moon mission, space station

The SpaDeX mission will attempt India's first-ever autonomous docking in space.

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SpaceX's last launch of 2024 puts Starlink satellites into orbit (video)

SpaceX launched its last mission of 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on New Year's Eve.

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Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)

The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.

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Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video

Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.

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Who are the Covenant? The Halo universe's alien alliance explained

In the Halo universe, the biggest threat is an alien hegemony called the Covenant. Who are they and what do they want?

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