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The sun just leaked a huge amount of helium-3 — the rare isotope scientists want to harvest on the moon

Submit on Friday, April 11th, 2025 22:11

The sun was caught bursting out a huge quantity of helium-3, an isotope that’s scarce in our solar system.

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What time is Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King on April 14?

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Blue Origin is set to launch its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission to suborbital space on April 14. Here’s how to watch it live.

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Watch April’s Full Pink ‘micromoon’ rise this weekend with a free telescope livestream

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The Full Pink Moon rises Saturday (April 12), marking the farthest, smallest and faintest full moon of the year, and you can watch it live online.

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Texas senators: Move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Houston

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Space shuttle Discovery may be removed from the Smithsonian and put on display at Space Center Houston, if two senators from Texas get their way.

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What to expect from the newfound Comet Swan: An observer’s guide

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Here’s an observers’ guide to the newly discovered Comet 2025 F2 (SWAN), which is visible in northern skies right now.

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Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope

Submit on Friday, April 11th, 2025 16:12

Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events.

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NASA spacecraft spots monster black hole bursting with X-rays ‘releasing a hundred times more energy than we have seen elsewhere’

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Astronomers have used space-based telescopes, including NASA’s Swift X-ray observatory, to watch a monster black hole spring to life with powerful X-ray eruptions.

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Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight urges women to shoot for the stars — but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

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For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women aboard. Blue Origin’s all-female crew includes pop star Katy Perry.

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