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Theta Eridani Has Faded From Being Among The Sky’s Brightest Stars. Now, We Might Know WhyWhen Johann Bayer made his star map of Eridanus, complete with drawings of it as a river, he showed Theta Eridani as an ordinary star, but centuries earlier it would have stood out.

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Theta Eridani Has Faded From Being Among The Sky’s Brightest Stars. Now, We Might Know WhyWhen Johann Bayer made his star map of Eridanus, complete with drawings of it as a river, he showed Theta Eridani as an ordinary star, but centuries earlier it would have stood out.
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Theta Eridani Has Faded From Being Among The Sky’s Brightest Stars. Now, We Might Know Why

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Marie Curie Died From Her Radioactivity Research, So How Did They Decontaminate Her Lab And Turn It Into A Museum?A picture of Marie Curies old lab, now turned into the Curie Museum.

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Marie Curie Died From Her Radioactivity Research, So How Did They Decontaminate Her Lab And Turn It Into A Museum?A picture of Marie Curies old lab, now turned into the Curie Museum.
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Marie Curie Died From Her Radioactivity Research, So How Did They Decontaminate Her Lab And Turn It Into A Museum?

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How The World's Largest Digital Camera Will Take A 10-Year-Long Movie Of The Night SkyIn this photo captured in February 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory observes the Chilean night sky above Cerro Pachón beneath the dazzling view of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and its largest companion galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.

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How The World's Largest Digital Camera Will Take A 10-Year-Long Movie Of The Night SkyIn this photo captured in February 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory observes the Chilean night sky above Cerro Pachón beneath the dazzling view of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and its largest companion galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds.
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How The World's Largest Digital Camera Will Take A 10-Year-Long Movie Of The Night Sky

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State Contractor Reports First Successful Launch And Recovery Of A Chinese Reusable Rocketa white thin rocket seconds after launch just about to pass its launch tower

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State Contractor Reports First Successful Launch And Recovery Of A Chinese Reusable Rocketa white thin rocket seconds after launch just about to pass its launch tower
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State Contractor Reports First Successful Launch And Recovery Of A Chinese Reusable Rocket

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FCC Approves Extremely Controversial Space Mirror Satellite That Could "Flash Blind" Drivers And Ruin AstronomyA person standing in the dark surrounded by stars, holding a torch up that is illuminating the darkness.

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FCC Approves Extremely Controversial Space Mirror Satellite That Could "Flash Blind" Drivers And Ruin AstronomyA person standing in the dark surrounded by stars, holding a torch up that is illuminating the darkness.
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FCC Approves Extremely Controversial Space Mirror Satellite That Could "Flash Blind" Drivers And Ruin Astronomy

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Want To Travel To Mars Without Leaving Earth? NASA Needs You!A digital image showing two astronauts on Mars. They erecting a small device and fastening to the ground. The astronaut on the right is kneeling. There are three silver boxes in front of them and, in the background, a shuttle is visible.

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Want To Travel To Mars Without Leaving Earth? NASA Needs You!A digital image showing two astronauts on Mars. They erecting a small device and fastening to the ground. The astronaut on the right is kneeling. There are three silver boxes in front of them and, in the background, a shuttle is visible.
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Want To Travel To Mars Without Leaving Earth? NASA Needs You!

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The Solar System Has Ejected Most Of Its Comets. Some Might Be Coming Backartist impression of a cigar-like asteroid coming near the Sun

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The Solar System Has Ejected Most Of Its Comets. Some Might Be Coming Backartist impression of a cigar-like asteroid coming near the Sun
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The Solar System Has Ejected Most Of Its Comets. Some Might Be Coming Back

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New Observations Place Exoplanet Among "Most Potentially Earth-like" Within 30 Light-Years. But Its Chances Of Having An Atmosphere Might Be At Riskthe impression show a world with large water ocean, aurorae, clouds, and continents.

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New Observations Place Exoplanet Among "Most Potentially Earth-like" Within 30 Light-Years. But Its Chances Of Having An Atmosphere Might Be At Riskthe impression show a world with large water ocean, aurorae, clouds, and continents.
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New Observations Place Exoplanet Among "Most Potentially Earth-like" Within 30 Light-Years. But Its Chances Of Having An Atmosphere Might Be At Risk

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YouTuber's Mini Golf Course Uses A Quirk Of Geometry To Make Hole-In-Ones Almost GuaranteedMini golf putters, balls, and a hole on a mini golf green.

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YouTuber's Mini Golf Course Uses A Quirk Of Geometry To Make Hole-In-Ones Almost GuaranteedMini golf putters, balls, and a hole on a mini golf green.
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YouTuber's Mini Golf Course Uses A Quirk Of Geometry To Make Hole-In-Ones Almost Guaranteed

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For A Few Short Minutes Today, 99 Percent Of Humanity Will Be Bathed In Sunlight. If You Miss It, You Will Get Another Chance Tomorrow.Artist impression of the Earth in space.

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For A Few Short Minutes Today, 99 Percent Of Humanity Will Be Bathed In Sunlight. If You Miss It, You Will Get Another Chance Tomorrow.Artist impression of the Earth in space.
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For A Few Short Minutes Today, 99 Percent Of Humanity Will Be Bathed In Sunlight. If You Miss It, You Will Get Another Chance Tomorrow.

clock-iconJuly 8, 2026

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A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In DecadesA white splodge on a black background; comet 10P/Tempel, imaged in 1925.

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A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In DecadesA white splodge on a black background; comet 10P/Tempel, imaged in 1925.
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A 10-Kilometer Comet Discovered In 1873 Is About To Make Its Best Return In Decades

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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest BeachA large metal sphere on an Australian beach.

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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest BeachA large metal sphere on an Australian beach.
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"Move Away And Contact Emergency Services" Australian Space Agency Warns, After Mystery Orbs Show Up On Forrest Beach

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China’s Tianwen-2 Probe Takes First Close-Up Image And Prepares To Collect Sample From Earth’s Quasi-Moon KamoʻoalewaA gray trapezoidal rock is visible in this image, although quite low resolution.

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China’s Tianwen-2 Probe Takes First Close-Up Image And Prepares To Collect Sample From Earth’s Quasi-Moon KamoʻoalewaA gray trapezoidal rock is visible in this image, although quite low resolution.
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China’s Tianwen-2 Probe Takes First Close-Up Image And Prepares To Collect Sample From Earth’s Quasi-Moon Kamoʻoalewa

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Around A Star Unlike Our Sun – Telling Us Something About Planet Formation In The Distant PastInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as photographed by ESO's VLT on January 18, 2026.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Around A Star Unlike Our Sun – Telling Us Something About Planet Formation In The Distant PastInterstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as photographed by ESO's VLT on January 18, 2026.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Formed Around A Star Unlike Our Sun – Telling Us Something About Planet Formation In The Distant Past

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This Year You Can See Comet 2P/Encke Approach Earth. It Will Never Look As Cool As It Did On April 20, 2007.Comet 2P/Encke inside a trail of its own debris.

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This Year You Can See Comet 2P/Encke Approach Earth. It Will Never Look As Cool As It Did On April 20, 2007.Comet 2P/Encke inside a trail of its own debris.
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This Year You Can See Comet 2P/Encke Approach Earth. It Will Never Look As Cool As It Did On April 20, 2007.

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