In 1971, NASA made history with the first moon cruise—and the relic remains
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Astronomy
A phenomenon that captured the imaginations of generations of bathers may be key to understanding planetary formation
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What scientists are learning from these dazzling samples
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Up to 100 tiny orphan galaxies may lurk in the shadows of our own Milky Way
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A sliver of space from the Vera Rubin Observatory
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The largest map of the universe reveals giants at the birth of the universe
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Vera Rubin overcame abundant obstacles to become a leading light in cosmology
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The answer is blowing in the (stellar) wind
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New data about dark energy is a reminder that cosmology is a never-ending story
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A small red dwarf seems to have birthed a hulking gas giant, upending prevailing theories of planet formation
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