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The world was much different in 1990 when NASA astronauts removed the Hubble Space Telescope from Space Shuttle Discovery’s cargo bay and placed it into orbit. The Cold War was ending, there were only 5.3 billion humans, and the World Wide Web had just come online. Now, the old Soviet…

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More Evidence for the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe

When Uranus and Neptune Migrated, Three Icy Objects Were Crashing Into Them Every Hour!

Astronomers Discover the Second-Lightest “Cotton Candy” Exoplanet to Date.

Did Earth’s Multicellular Life Depend on Plate Tectonics?

From tails to (umblical) arms

Hubble Sees a Brand New Triple Star System

The Venerable Hubble Space Telescope Keeps Delivering

The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury is Losing Power

Astronauts Could Deploy Extra Arms to Stay Stable on the Moon

Not All Black Holes are Ravenous Gluttons

Webb Sees Black Holes Merging Near the Beginning of Time

The Sun Hurls its Most Powerful Flare in a Decades

Juno Reveals Secrets About Europa’s Icy Surface

Scientists Test for Quantum Gravity

New Photos Show Jupiter’s Tiny Moon Amalthea

Linking Organic Molecules to Hydrothermal Vents on Enceladus

A Star Became 1,000 Times Brighter, and Now Astronomers Know Why

New Answers for Mars’ Methane Mystery

The ELT's M5 mirror blank is finalised

Three of the Oldest Stars in the Universe Found Circling the Milky Way

A Rotating Spacecraft Would Solve So Many Problems in Spaceflight

White Dwarfs are Often Polluted With Heavier Elements. Now We Know Why

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Isn’t Losing Mass Quickly Enough

Gravitational Lenses Could Pin Down Black Hole Mergers with Unprecedented Accuracy

TRAPPIST-1 Outer Planets Likely Have Water

Final design of the ELT's METIS instrument completed

'Challenger'

Perseverance Wraps Up Over 1,000 Days on Mars. Still Going Strong

Astronomers Try to Directly Observe Epsilon Eridani b. No Luck. Maybe Webb Can Find it?

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