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1 year since the Great North American Eclipse — Here’s how the 2026 total eclipse will compare

Submit on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 17:11

From America to Europe: How the 2026 total solar eclipse will differ from the great eclipse of 2024.

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What is dark matter made of? New study bolsters case for ‘primordial’ black holes

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In the early universe, primordial black holes could acquire a “dark charge,” giving them an unnaturally long lifetime, new research suggests. This makes them an interesting candidate for dark matter.

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NASA’s Jonny Kim and 2 cosmonauts arrive at ISS aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft

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The Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and his two cosmonaut colleagues arrived at the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (April 8).

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Navy SEAL-doctor-astronaut lifts off with cosmonauts on Russian flight to ISS

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A Navy SEAL, medical doctor and NASA astronaut lifted off for an eight-month stay on the International Space Station — and that was just one of the three crewmates on Soyuz MS-27.

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SpaceX launches 27 Starlink satellites on brand-new Falcon 9 rocket, aces Pacific Ocean landing (video)

Submit on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 07:11

A never-before-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a batch of Starlink satellites into orbit today (April 7) from the coast of California.

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A day on Uranus is actually longer than we thought, Hubble Telescope reveals

Submit on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 05:11

A fresh analysis of a decade’s worth of Hubble Space Telescope observations shows Uranus takes 17 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds to complete a full rotation — 28 seconds longer than the estimate provided by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft nearly 40 years ago.

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US Space Force awards $13.7 billion in launch contracts to SpaceX, ULA and Blue Origin

Submit on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 04:11

The U.S. Space Force has awarded $13.7 billion in national-security launch contracts to SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin for missions that will lift off between 2027 and 2032.

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Indian experiment module falls from space and crashes into ocean, but it’s all according to plan

Submit on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 04:11

India’s POEM-4 experiment module burned up and fell into the Indian Ocean to avoid becoming space debris.

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