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Astronomers announced this week they found a water-rich and relatively nearby planet that's similar in size to Earth.

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NASA details plans to pluck rock off asteroid, explore it
NASA is aiming to launch a rocket to an asteroid in five years and grab a boulder off of it — a stepping stone for an eventual trip sending humans to Mars. More
Russia charging NASA $70 million per rocket seat
NASA is blaming Congress for the need to pay $424 million more to Russia to get U.S. astronauts into space. More
One flight closer to space tourism
Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list
The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
New calls to rename Higgs boson
One of the scientists who developed the theory of the Higgs boson says the particle should be renamed to acknowledge the contributions of others involved in the work. More

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Scientists spot ‘glory effect’ on a world beyond our solar system for the first time
Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar system for the first time.
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Astronomers Discover Galaxy's Largest Stellar Black Hole 'Lurking Nearby'
Situated around 2,000 light years away from us, Gaia BH3 is the second-closest known black hole to our home solar system and leagues larger than the previous record-holder, Cygnus X-1, which was 21 ...
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Astronomers spot a massive ‘sleeping giant’ black hole less than 2,000 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole to date in the Milky Way galaxy, and it was all due to the wobble of the object’s companion star.
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We were very wrong about birds
A sticky piece of DNA is rewriting the story of avian evolution–and shaking up the family tree.
04/1/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
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