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An image showing dark matter distribution of galaxy clusters. This composite image shows the galaxy cluster 1E 0657-56, also known as the “bullet cluster.” This cluster was formed after the collision of two large clusters of galaxies, the most energetic …

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a white spacex dragon capsule is seen head-on with dark skies in the background. SpaceX rolls the Crew Dragon Endurance to the launch pad ahead of the planned Aug. 25, …

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SpaceX recently launched another batch of Starlink satellites to orbit. A Space X Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the company’s Launch Complex 40 (LC-40) on Wednesday (Aug. 16). The rocket carried 22 satellites to orbit, to add to the thousands already …

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The hardware that will fly SpaceX’s Crew-7 astronaut mission has made it to the launch pad. SpaceX rolled its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida overnight Sunday to Monday (Aug.

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Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to land around 8:34 a.m. EDT (1234 GMT and 18:04 India time) on Wednesday (Aug. 23). The spacecraft is targeting a landing site at 69.37 degrees south latitude and 32.35 degrees east longitude, near the lunar south pole.

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One might argue, however, that “planetary nebula” is a bit of a misleading term for this light-year-wide spectacle. It has nothing to do with planets, really. Planetary nebulas are basically regions of cosmic gas and dust formed from the outer shells of …

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In this image made from video released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, the Soyuz-2.1b rocket with the moon lander Luna-25 takes off from a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia on August 11.

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Late night rocket rumbles are in store for the Space Coast this week as SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and Kennedy Space Center prepare for not one but two Falcon 9 missions. SpaceX’s increased cadence of Starlink missions lifting …

Scientific American

When a nematode wriggles around a petri dish, what’s going on inside a tiny roundworm’s even tinier brain? Neuroscientists now have a more detailed answer to that question than ever before. As with any experimental animal, from a mouse to a monkey, …

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Scientists were able to visualize the upper 1,000 feet of the moon’s surface for the first time. Their results reveal billions of years of previously hidden lunar history. Comments (1). The farside of the moon, photographed by Apollo 13, …