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NASA estimates about 50 to 100 meteors can be seen per hour as the Earth passes through the dusty trail left behind by the comet Swift-Tuttle.
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NASA is facing a tight budget and wants to wrap up the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but astronomers don't want to see the 25-year-old X-ray space telescope mission go.
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The galaxies' fanciful names belie their actual ages: In this case of the Penguin and the Egg, it’s the Egg that came first.
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The Boeing Starliner launch was halted with just minutes to spare. The mission to the International Space Station was to carry two NASA astronauts. Starliner has already faced years of delays.
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This Great Attractor sits in the 'Zone of Avoidance,' an area of space that is blocked from view by the stars and gas of the Milky Way.
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People practicing in the spiritual realm believe the eclipse is a rare opportunity for personal growth — if one knows how to take advantage of it. Some said the impact is even greater if they’re in the path of totality.
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Reports of outages spiked around 3:30 a.m. ET, reaching more than 71,000 within a few hours. By midday, AT&T said it had restored about three-fourths of its cellphone network.
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A look at this week’s space headlines
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Scientists found water molecules in two out of four asteroids examined, which can help inform the distribution of water in our solar system and beyond.
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2023 was a banner year in science.