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Massive gravity theory modifies Einstein’s theory of general relativity to explain the universe's accelerating rate of expansion.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope probably won’t launch in March 2021, according to a new GAO report. Unforeseen technical problems are prolonging the process of finishing up the telescope, making it increasingly likely that the spacecraft will have to launch at a later date.
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'They're going to be colliding at an incredibly high speed'
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It is part of a fly’s brain, but other brains will follow
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That banana peel, turned into graphene, can help facilitate a massive reduction of the environmental impact of concrete and other building materials. While you're at it, toss in those plastic empties.
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A new species of carnivorous theropod dinosaur has been identified from the fossilized remains discovered in the 1990s in northeastern Utah and Wyoming, the United States.
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SpaceX called off the next launch for its Starlink megaconstellation of internet satellites due to bad weather Monday (Jan. 27), postponing the flight for 24 hours.
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SpaceX is poised to launch its first astronauts into space this spring: Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
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Here on Earth, we pay quite a lot of attention to the sun. It's visible to us, after all, and central to our lives. But it is only one of the billions of stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. It's also quite small compared to other stars – most are
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The Spitzer Space Telescope’s on-orbit operations will cease operation on Jan. 30, far beyond its 2.5-year initial primary mission schedule. Since its launch in 2003, the Spitzer Space Telescope has provided us an unprecedented view of the universe at infrared wavelengths, invisible to our human eyes. ...
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have completed a spacewalk to repair a dark matter detection instrument previously considered unserviceable. NASA's Andrew Morgan and European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano spent 6 hours and 16 minutes performing repairs to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
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A U.S. company called Spinlaunch has plans to use a high-tech mass accelerator to 'throw' a payload into space.
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NASA's Kepler space telescope is extremely good at spotting the subtle hints of distant exoplanets. It does this by detecting slight drops in the brightness of stars, signaling the presence of one or more planets hanging out in orbit.
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It took four years of planning, 20 new tools shipped by spacecraft and an unprecedented four-part repair job, but a $2 billion experiment on the International Space Station is all patched up after a spacewalk by astronauts Saturday (Jan. 25).
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NASA’s Curiosity rover had a little attitude problem earlier this week. The issue sidelined the rover for a brief time, but the golf cart-sized robot is back to roaming the red planet. In rover speak, “attitude” doesn’t mean Curiosity is being sassy, but rather it refers to the robot’s position in space. ...
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An enigma within a mystery, revealed an explanation to the peculiar emission lines seen in supernovae SN 2006gy as bright as an entire galaxy as well as clues to its previously unknown origin.
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Artists like to anthropomorphise stars as pretty ladies, but in truth, they can be violent bastards. And astronomers have found a particularly bloodthirsty example in a binary star 3,000 light-years away, in which a small dead star slowly and perio
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According to legend, the devil once took a walk down the side of a volcano in southern Italy, each step preserved forever in solid rock.
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In the scorching atmosphere of exoplanet KELT-9b, even molecules are torn to shreds.
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Taking mankind’s first steps on Mars will be a costly and risky endeavour for the first astronauts who will head to the red planet.
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