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IM-2 moon lander Athena orbits the moon
Intuitive Machines is hoping for a moon-landing streak this week
NASA's Webb telescope threatened with budget cuts. They would hit hard.
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A view of lunar dust propelled into the air when Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft touched down on March 2, 2025. A U.S. spacecraft landed on the moon. You can watch the amazing footage.
Andromeda galaxy Hubble sees mini galaxies surrounding Andromeda are pretty wild
A total lunar eclipse seen from Auckland, New Zealand in 2015. An excellent reason not to miss the imminent total lunar eclipse

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A Google sign outside a Nebraska data center. Google's former CEO: AI advances more important than climate conservation
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A view of a lava fountain on Kilauea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Feb. 25, 2025.
Scientists film incredible footage of Hawaiian volcano erupting
Scientists just excavated an unprecedented specimen from Antarctica
Scientists reveal why the mighty Yellowstone isn't ready to blow
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A view captured from a plane passing over the summit crater of Alaska's Mount Spurr in early February 2025. Government plane swoops over fuming volcano, captures vivid footage
A collage shows penguins, seals, a satellite image and a a drone photo of the A23a iceberg. Visible from space, a mega iceberg could be on a collision course
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A sprawling expanse of solar panels in China's Kubuqi Desert as viewed by a U.S. Geological Survey Landsat satellite. U.S. satellites reveal China's solar dominance

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