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Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir

Vivid green blooms form, drift, and fade in Hartbeespoortdam reservoir over the course of a year.

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Algae Swirls Across a South African Reservoir

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Hubble Telescope spies 'wake' of supergiant Beutelgeuse's hidden companion star

Using new observations from the Hubble Space Telescope and observatories on Earth, scientists have confirmed the existence of Betelgeuse's elusive companion star, named Siwarha.

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Hubble Telescope spies 'wake' of supergiant Beutelgeuse's hidden companion star

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Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making

A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades. Kepler’s Supernova Remnant, named after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, was first spotted in the night sky in 1604. Today, astronomers ...

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Supernova Remnant Video From NASA's Chandra Is Decades in Making

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NASA Awards Launch Range Contract for Wallops Flight Facility

NASA has selected ARES Technical Services Corporation of McLean, Virginia, to provide launch range operations support at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Wallops Range Contract has a total potential value of $339.8 million with a one-year base period expected to begin Tuesday, ...

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NASA Awards Launch Range Contract for Wallops Flight Facility

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Saros: Release date, trailers, and everything we know about PlayStation's next sci-fi adventure

Roguelite structure, mysterious narrative, and breakneck third-person shooter action come together once again in Housemarque's Saros.

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Saros: Release date, trailers, and everything we know about PlayStation's next sci-fi adventure

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Hubble telescope discovers a new type of cosmic object and astronomers are on 'Cloud 9'

"This is a tale of a failed galaxy."

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Hubble telescope discovers a new type of cosmic object and astronomers are on 'Cloud 9'

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NASA Marshall Prepares for Demolition of Historic Test, Simulation Facilities

NASA is preparing for the demolition of three iconic structures at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Crews began demolition in mid-December at the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator, a facility built in the late 1960s that once enabled NASA astronauts and researchers to experience ...

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NASA Marshall Prepares for Demolition of Historic Test, Simulation Facilities

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NASA may be 1 month away from historic Artemis 2 astronaut launch around the moon

Artemis 2, NASA's next astronaut mission to the moon, is gearing up for a launch that could occur as soon as Feb. 6.

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NASA may be 1 month away from historic Artemis 2 astronaut launch around the moon

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Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope

After combing through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s archive of sweeping extragalactic cosmic fields, a small team of astronomers at the University of Missouri says they have identified a sample of galaxies that have a previously unseen combination of features. Principal investigator Haojing ...

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Scientists Identify ‘Astronomy’s Platypus’ with NASA’s Webb Telescope

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NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have spotted two rare kinds of dust in the dwarf galaxy Sextans A, one of the most chemically primitive galaxies near the Milky Way. The finding of metallic iron dust and silicon carbide (SiC) produced by aging stars, along with tiny clumps of carbon-based ...

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NASA Webb Finds Early-Universe Analog’s Unexpected Talent for Making Dust

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Venus reaches superior solar conjunction today: What does it mean and can you see it?

A solar conjunction occurs as Venus' orbit carries it into alignment with the sun and Earth.

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Venus reaches superior solar conjunction today: What does it mean and can you see it?

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This Canadian crater looks like marbled meat | Space photo of the day for Jan. 6, 2026

The reservoir seen in this image is sometimes referred to as the "eye of Quebec."

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This Canadian crater looks like marbled meat | Space photo of the day for Jan. 6, 2026

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Expedition 74 Gears Up for First Spacewalk of 2026

The Expedition 74 crew is gearing up for the first spacewalk of 2026 this week that will see two astronauts prepare the International Space Station for a new set of roll-out solar arrays. The orbital residents also had time on Monday to conduct microgravity research, pack a U.S. cargo craft, and maintain ...

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Expedition 74 Gears Up for First Spacewalk of 2026