Space

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How NASA's Artemis II Mission Works—and Why It Matters Science

How NASA's Artemis II Mission Works—and Why It Matters

NASA's Artemis II will carry four astronauts around the Moon in 2026—the first crewed deep-space mission in more than 50 years. Here is how the missio...

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What Is the Migdal Effect and Why It Matters Science

What Is the Migdal Effect and Why It Matters

The Migdal effect is a quantum phenomenon predicted in 1939 that could unlock the detection of light dark matter — and scientists have only just confi...

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What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter Science

What Are Mars Boxwork Formations and Why They Matter

NASA's Curiosity rover has been exploring eerie spider-web-like rock structures on Mars called boxwork formations. Here's what they are, how they form...

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What Are Fast Radio Bursts and How Do They Work? Science

What Are Fast Radio Bursts and How Do They Work?

Fast radio bursts are millisecond-long flashes of radio energy so powerful they outshine entire galaxies—yet their exact cause remained a mystery for...

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Artemis II: Humans Head to the Moon for First Time Since 1972 Science

Artemis II: Humans Head to the Moon for First Time Since 1972

NASA has set April 1, 2026 as the launch date for Artemis II, sending four astronauts on a 10-day free-return journey around the Moon — the first crew...

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How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way Science

How the Sun Migrated Across the Milky Way

New research reveals the Sun traveled roughly 10,000 light-years outward from the Milky Way's dangerous inner core billions of years ago — a journey t...

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How Planetary Collisions Work and Why They Matter Science

How Planetary Collisions Work and Why They Matter

When two planets slam into each other, the results can reshape entire solar systems. Scientists now understand how these cataclysmic events work — and...

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Oval Orbit Reveals Exotic Neutron Star–Black Hole Merger Science

Oval Orbit Reveals Exotic Neutron Star–Black Hole Merger

For the first time, scientists have confirmed that a neutron star and a black hole spiraled into each other on an elliptical — not circular — orbit, o...

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How Water Ice Survives on the Moon and Why It Matters Science

How Water Ice Survives on the Moon and Why It Matters

The Moon looks bone-dry, yet billions of years of comet impacts and solar chemistry have deposited water ice inside permanently shadowed polar craters...

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How Gravitational Wave Detectors Work Science

How Gravitational Wave Detectors Work

Gravitational wave detectors like LIGO use laser beams split across 4-kilometer tunnels to sense ripples in spacetime a thousand times smaller than an...

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What Is a Magnetar? The Universe's Most Magnetic Star Science

What Is a Magnetar? The Universe's Most Magnetic Star

Magnetars are a rare type of neutron star with magnetic fields a trillion times stronger than Earth's — capable of releasing more energy in a fraction...

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What Are Interstellar Comets and How Do They Work? Science

What Are Interstellar Comets and How Do They Work?

Interstellar comets are icy visitors from other star systems that pass through our solar system on hyperbolic trajectories. Only three have ever been...

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