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This Hubble Space Telescope portrait reveals the gaseous remains of an exploded massive star that erupted approximately 1,700 years ago.

This is the remnant of a star that exploded 1,700 years ago

When a supernova explodes, it creates a remnant which can persist for thousands of years. Hubble scientists have estimated the age of one such remnant.
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Testing Mars exploration drones on Icelandic lava flows

How do you test a machine that's designed to operate on another planet? Using the lava flow fields of Iceland to test out drones and rovers to explore Mars.
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This photo shows a phenomenon known as zodiacal light.

Our galaxy is lonelier than we thought, New Horizons data shows

It was previously thought that there were trillions of galaxies in our universe, but new research using NASA's Deep Horizons mission questions that figure.
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This illustration shows the planet KOI-5Ab transiting across the face of a Sun-like star, which is part of a triple-star system located 1,800 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation.

This strange planet has three suns and orbits at a funky angle

Researchers have discovered a planet with three suns and an unusual kink in its orbit.
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The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a hot fire test Jan. 16, 2021, at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

NASA test fires the world’s largest rocket core stage

NASA put its Space Launch System through a hot fire test, firing the core stage's engines for over a minute and generating 1.6 million pounds of thrust.
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Artist’s rendition of TOI-561, one of the oldest, most metal-poor planetary systems discovered yet in the Milky Way galaxy.

Scientists discover ancient rocky Super-Earth where a year lasts just 11 hours

Researchers have identified one of the oldest planetary systems ever discovered, and it's a strange one.
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In this artist's concept of NASA's InSight lander on Mars, layers of the planet's subsurface can be seen below, and dust devils can be seen in the background.

Time has run out for InSight to bury its heat probe in the Martian soil

NASA has announced it is giving up on getting the InSight lander's heat probe buried into the Martian soil.
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FAA authorizes autonomous drone flight without an operator nearby

You could soon be able to operate your own autonomous drone, thanks to the first approval FAA of a drone that can operate without a human pilot onsite.
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The Apple Watch SE is worn on a wrist with apps showing on the display.

Apple Watch could be used to detect coronavirus infections

A study by researchers at New York's Mount Sinai hospital shows how Apple Watches could spot a coronavirus infection before a diagnosis.
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SpaceX needs to swap two engines out of Starship prototype before test flight

Elon Musk has revealed SpaceX needs to swap out two engines from its Starship prototype before moving on to its big test in which the rocket takes to the air.
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Sony built a drone that’s beefy enough to carry an Alpha series DSLR

Sony is arriving at CES 2021 with a bang, unveiling its first-ever drone: The Airpeak, which is capable of carrying one of its DSLR Alpha cameras.
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Hubble gallery of galaxies smashing together shows star clusters forming

To celebrate the new year, the Hubble team has released a gallery of six images of such galaxy mergers, where stars are formed in dramatic conditions.
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In 2020, astronomers added a new member to an exclusive family of exotic objects with the discovery of a magnetar. New observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory help support the idea that it is also a pulsar, meaning it emits regular pulses of light.

Super magnetic neutron star spins faster than any discovered before

To date, only 30 magnetars have been discovered, but recently a 31st was identified -- and it turns out to be even more unusual than its brethren.
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As neutron stars collide, some of the debris blasts away in particle jets moving at nearly the speed of light, producing a brief burst of gamma rays.

NASA wants to use small satellites to unlock the secrets of the universe

NASA could soon be launching four new small-scale projects which aim to unpick the mysteries of the cosmos on a relatively tiny budget.
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How to watch the conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury, and Saturn tonight

Something special is happening in the sky tonight: The planets Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn will all appear near to each other in a rare triple conjunction.
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Google Play store on a smartphone in someone's hand.

Lawmaker calls for preservation of riot evidence as apps removed, users banned

Several technology companies decided to remove apps or ban users to prevent the spread of violence, but will they preserve evidence to be used in prosecutions?
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This concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars.

Scientists discover method for making rocket fuel on Mars

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have come up with a way to make methane-based rocket fuel from resources available on Mars.
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This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.

NASA extends Juno and InSight missions, will continue exploring Jupiter and Mars

NASA has announced it is extending the missions of two of its spacecraft: the Juno spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter and the InSight lander located on Mars.
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Elon Musk advises people to ditch Facebook and use Signal

Tech CEO Elon Musk has urged his almost 42 million Twitter followers to use secure messaging app Signal instead of Facebook.
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SpaceX’s new Cargo Dragon splashdown will deliver science cargo faster than ever

SpaceX's newly upgraded Cargo Dragon capsule will soon be returning from the International Space Station, carrying the results of scientific experiments.
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Why are we going to the moon again? NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren explains

NASA has plans to send astronauts to the moon again. But why? What's the goal? We spoke with astronaut Kjell Lindgren to get a breakdown.
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Apple won’t remove controversially named Mac app from the App Store

Many have complained about Apple's inconsistent application of its policies on its app stores, and now that accusation is rearing its head once again.
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LG Display introduces world’s first 48-inch Bendable Cinematic Sound OLED display

LG will show off an enormous bendable OLED display at CES 2021

Move over foldable phone screens: LG Display will show off the world's first bendable OLED display at CES 2021 in a massive 48-inch size.
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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter approaches the International Space Station where the Canadarm2 robotic arm is poised to capture it for docking.

How to watch Cygnus spacecraft depart International Space Station on Wednesday

On Wednesday, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft will depart from the ISS, carrying various scientific experiments into orbit on an extended mission.
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Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi took samples of radish leaves grown aboard the International Space Station on November 20.

ISS Astronauts eat radishes grown in space for first time

At the end of 2020, astronauts on the ISS grew radishes in space for the first time. Now, they get to enjoy the fruits -- and veggies -- of their labor.
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An outburst of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in August 2009 in this time-lapse image.

How to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower tonight

This weekend marks the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, with between 60 and 200 meteors per hour whipping past at speeds of up to 25 mph.
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RIP Adobe Flash. Here’s how to uninstall it

Support for Adobe Flash officially ended on December 31, 2020, so that means it's time to uninstall Flash from your browser.
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In a demonstration of high-fidelity quantum teleportation at the Fermilab Quantum Network, fiber-optic cables connect off-the-shelf devices (shown above), as well as state-of-the-art R&D devices.

We’re one step closer to a communication network based on quantum teleportation

Researchers at Fermilab in Illinois were able to send quantum bits, called qubits, over 27 miles of fiber optic cables with fidelity of over 90%.
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From the International Space Station’s orbit 269 miles above the Indian Ocean southwest of Australia, this nighttime photograph captures the aurora australis, or "southern lights." Russia's Soyuz MS-12 crew ship is in the foreground and Progress 72 resupply ship in the background.

NASA is kicking off two missions to help understand space weather

Space weather can be beautiful, like the northern lights, but it can also cause problems for electronics and people in orbit. Two new missions will investigate.
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Earth is at its closest to the sun today: It’s perihelion day

Today, the Earth will be at its closest to the sun, coming within 91.5 million miles of our star.
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2020 was full of giant leaps for mankind’s return to crewed space missions

In 2020, humanity laid the foundation for an exciting new era. Thanks to these breakthroughs and major milestones, manned space travel is set for a comeback.
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A new use for satellites: Counting elephants from orbit

A surprising new technique may be able to help monitor elephant population numbers: Using satellites to count elephants from orbit.
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SwRI scientists studied the composition of a small shard of a meteoroid to determine that it likely originated from a previously unknown parent asteroid. This false-color micrograph of the meteoroid sample shows the unexpected amphibole crystals identified in orange.

There’s an asteroid the size of a small planet lurking in our solar system

Scientists studying a shard of meteorite have found evidence that it comes from a previously unknown asteroid that could be as large as the dwarf planet Ceres.
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The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR)

Artificial sun sets new record, running at 100 million degrees C for 20 seconds

An artificial sun built in Korea has set a new record for the longest operation, maintaining a temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius for 20 seconds.
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