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Right after launching, a bunch of satellites heading to join the megaconstellation looks like a string of moving stars going ...

But from 260 miles above in space, he saw no trace of humanity — just desolation: a seemingly endless view of pure white ice.

Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades, which knocked the country's atomic clocks ...

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Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...

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