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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets

James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets

The James Webb Space Telescope's new image spotlights dust grains in a distant protoplanetary disk, allowing astronomers to study how planets are formed in intricate detail....

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Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission

Private FLIP moon rover replaces NASA's cancelled VIPER on 2025 lunar south pole mission

Astrolab's FLIP moon rover has replaced NASA's VIPER vehicle on the first-ever mission of Astrobotic's Griffin lunar lander, which is scheduled to launch in late 2025....

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Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds

Temperamental stars could be ruining our view of thousands of exoplanets, Hubble Telescope finds

Using 20 years of data from the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers have discovered that turbulent stars could be corrupting observations of some exoplanets....

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The moon will be unusually high in the sky tomorrow. Here's why

The moon will be unusually high in the sky tomorrow. Here's why

Even to a casual viewer, the waxing gibbous moon of Feb. 7 will appear quite unusual, climbing so very high in the sky....

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'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart Pluto' festival

'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart Pluto' festival

Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' festival from Feb. 13-17....

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New 'Star Wars: The Mask of Fear' novel stars Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Saw Gerrera (interview)

New 'Star Wars: The Mask of Fear' novel stars Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, and Saw Gerrera (interview)

Acclaimed "Star Wars" author Alexander Freed discusses his new "Star Wars: The Mask of Fear" novel...

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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines

Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines

By tracing the corkscrew wobble of two stars as they move through the sky, the Gaia space mission has discovered one new giant "planet," plus a new brown dwarf....

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Astronomers unsure what caused 'weird explosion' seen by Einstein Probe's X-ray eye

Astronomers unsure what caused 'weird explosion' seen by Einstein Probe's X-ray eye

Was a powerful cosmic explosion seen by the Einstein Probe launched by a supermassive black hole snacking on a star, by a gamma-ray burst, or by something entirely new?...

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NASA just gave these 9 companies $24 million to dream up Artemis moon mission tech

NASA just gave these 9 companies $24 million to dream up Artemis moon mission tech

A bevy of space companies will lend a hand to NASA's moon goals under new contracts centered around the agency's upcoming Artemis missions....

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