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Mirosław Hermaszewski, first Pole to fly into space, dies at 81

Mirosław Hermaszewski, first Pole to fly into space, dies...

Mirosław Hermaszewski, who was the first, and to date, only citizen of Poland to...

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'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' holds up 45 years later

'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' holds up 45 years...

It might be rapidly approaching 50 years old, but "Close Encounters of the Third...

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Major breakthrough in pursuit of nuclear fusion unveiled by US scientists

Major breakthrough in pursuit of nuclear fusion unveiled...

American researchers have achieved a major breakthrough paving the way toward nuclear...

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Boom! Watch an inflatable space station module explode on video

Boom! Watch an inflatable space station module explode...

Sierra Space performed a "burst pressure" test on a space station module prototype,...

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You can watch Arianespace launch 3 satellites on 1 rocket today. Here's how.

You can watch Arianespace launch 3 satellites on 1 rocket...

Arianespace plans to bring three satellites aloft from French Guiana on Tuesday...

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'America has achieved a tremendous scientific breakthrough'

'America has achieved a tremendous scientific breakthrough'

Fusion energy has long been a dream for scientists who say the technology will enable...

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Industry's big bet on chemical recycling is sparking policy fights across the country

Industry's big bet on chemical recycling is sparking policy...

How the U.S. decides to handle the technology will help determine the trajectory...

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What to know about DOE’s fusion ‘breakthrough’

What to know about DOE’s fusion ‘breakthrough’

Experiments at a U.S. government lab may have provided "proof that the physics work."...

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Amateur astronomers challenged to spot an asteroid for Christmas

Amateur astronomers challenged to spot an asteroid for...

On Thursday (Dec. 15), an asteroid that could be as large as the Great Pyramid of...

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Final frontier: 'Star Trek: Nemesis' marked the end of an era 20 years ago today

Final frontier: 'Star Trek: Nemesis' marked the end of...

2002's "Star Trek: Nemesis" blows out the candles on its big 20th birthday today.

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The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's how to see it

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's how to...

The Geminid meteor shower will peak overnight tonight (Dec. 13 and Dec. 14), producing...

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Arianespace targets triple satellite launch today

Arianespace targets triple satellite launch today

Arianespace plans to bring three satellites aloft from French Guiana on Tuesday...

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NASA's Mars Perseverance rover records 1st-ever audio of Red Planet dust devil

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover records 1st-ever audio of...

Perseverance has captured the sound of dust grains impacting the NASA rover, and...

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Washington’s new crypto shocker: Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest

Washington’s new crypto shocker: Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest

Bankman-Fried’s absence from Tuesday morning’s House Financial Services Committee...

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NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission was epic and you can relive it in this highlight video

NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission was epic and you can relive...

Ride to space and back again in the Artemis 1 footage, which showcases views of...

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NASA's retired flying telescope heads to museum

NASA's retired flying telescope heads to museum

After eight years of science missions, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared...