how engineers built a spacecraft that could survive touching the Sun and what it has revealed about stellar physics
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The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope, a New Tool for Finding Exoplanets
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Record-Setting Retreat of Hektoria Glacier
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Starwatch: Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts into the skies | Astronomy
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower bursts upon the skies this week, reaching its peak on the night of…
SpaceX will pay Elon Musk a bonus if he gets at least 1 million people to live on Mars — here’s the plan
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2026 May 3 – Trifid Pillars and Jets
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Hubble captures evolving star birth in the Trifid Nebula
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Scientists discover 27 potential new planets that orbit two stars in solar systems far, far away | Astronomy
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