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10 hidden spots in Spain to see the rare sunset total solar eclipse on Aug. 12
From desert badlands to hilltop villages, these off-the-beaten-track locations offer clear views of Spain's rare sunset total solar eclipse.
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Scientists created one of the largest simulations of our universe ever — about the size of 500,000 HD movies
The FLAMINGO project helps scientists explore how galaxies, dark matter and cosmic structures evolved over billions of years.
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Get more for your credits with the best leftover Lego Star Wars Day deals
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Diagnostic dilemma: A woman turned black and blue weeks after starting a new medication
A woman's sudden hyperpigmentation was a side effect of a medicine she was taking.
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Solar activity makes space junk crash to Earth faster
Scientists studied how space junk moved in orbit over a 36-year span, finding that increased solar activity caused it to fall to Earth faster.
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Clean hydrogen created from plastic waste using battery acid from old cars and solar power
Researchers turned hard-to-recycle plastic into hydrogen using battery acid. This circular upcycling system tackles multiple problematic waste streams at once, the scientists claim.
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'Food insecurity is no longer just about low-income countries': Environmental economist explains how climate change is pushing agricultural systems to the brink
As a U.N. report warns that extreme temperature swings are disrupting crops and endangering agricultural workers, we spoke with environmental economist Shouro Dasgupta about farming in an overheating world.
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Both very low and very high heart rates may be linked to higher stroke risk, study says
Both unusually low and high resting heart rates may be linked to an increased stroke risk, though more research is needed to confirm a causal relationship.
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Mexico City is sinking up to 14 inches per year, satellite images show
Mexico City is one of the fastest subsiding cities in the world, dropping by up to 14 inches every year.
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Icy object beyond Pluto has an atmosphere that shouldn't exist, study suggests
Observations suggest there's a small, icy object with an atmosphere beyond Pluto, challenging assumptions about which bodies can sustain atmospheres.
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NASA just released 12,000 photos from Artemis 2. Here are our top picks
You could spend hours scrolling through the thousands of photos just released by NASA from the Artemis 2 moon mission.
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Watch SpaceX Starlink train circle Earth in amazing satellite video
A video captured by a newly launched SpaceX Starlink satellite shows us what it's like to zoom above our beautiful blue planet.
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A tiny 'plutino' world beyond Neptune has grown a mysterious atmosphere, and we don't know how
A trans-Neptunian object was found to possess a surprising thin atmosphere after astronomers witnessed the object occult a distant star.
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Moon lander preps for the lunar surface | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
Blue Origin's MK1 moon lander has passed its tests in the vacuum chamber as NASA continues to develop the hardware needed to return astronauts to the moon.
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'SOL Shogunate' is a samurai space opera set on the moon, but with an aerospace engineer making sure it's 'getting the science right'
Chaos Manufacturing CEO Guy Costantini and aerospace engineer Taylore McClurg tell us about the process of creating a believable but striking lunar adventure.
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'I was not looking for this': Scientist accidentally finds shortcut to Mars that could slash travel time in half
A new study suggests early asteroid trajectory data could help design faster Mars missions, potentially cutting round-trip travel time to under a year.
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These 2 companies want to start removing space junk from orbit in 2027
Two private companies are partnering up to establish a repeatable debris removal service for low Earth orbit, and they want to debut it in 2027.
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Forget the AT-ST, at 20% off this Lego Star Wars AT-TE is the king of Star Wars walkers
Want a Star Wars vehicle that can't be taken down with a bit of string? Loaded with extras, this imposing Clone Wars-era Lego Star Wars AT-TE Walker set is $28 off.
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Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over as CEO of Quantum Space
Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is the new CEO of Quantum Space, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft for use by the U.S. military and commercial operators.
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NASA is making a powerful new ion engine to send astronauts to Mars — and it just passed its 1st test
A prototype ion engine that uses lithium metal vapor as a propellant has aced its first tests, achieving 25 times more power than the ion engine on the Psyche mission.