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This doomed alien planet has a year that lasts just 16 hours

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NASA spacecraft at the moon snaps photo of Saturn from lunar orbit

(NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University)

Just because a spacecraft is sent to study the moon doesn't mean it can't do a little extra skywatching now and then. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been circling the moon since 2009. But a new image NASA shared on Monday (Nov. 22) from the spacecraft shows a very different destination: Saturn, complete with the planet's stunning rings.

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This doomed alien planet has a year that lasts just 16 hours. It's only getting faster

Astronomers have broken yet another record, spotting a new gas giant with the shortest known orbit. The world takes just 16 hours to circle its star — but someday, the dance may come to an abrupt end.

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Spaceflight

Memorabilia dealer to fly diamonds, personal photos on space station

(The Space Collective via collectSPACE.com)

The Space Collective, a space memorabilia dealer that has previously launched clothing labels and name tags into Earth orbit, has announced its latest offering: "Space Diamonds."

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Astronaut Wang Yaping snaps Earth photos and more from Chinese space station

The first woman aboard China’s new space station has snapped some glorious shots of our homeworld during a six-month mission to space. Wang Yaping flew to the Tianhe core module in October aboard the Shenzhou 13 spacecraft along with her colleagues Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu.

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Science & Astronomy

Did astronomers see the light from two black holes colliding for the first time?

(Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC))

Scientists think they may have, for the first time, seen light from what could be the merger of two black holes. While black holes themselves are completely dark, there are theories that suggest that collisions, or mergers, between black holes could possibly produce a light signal through the material that surrounds them by causing matter to radiate, according to a statement from NASA. A team of astronomers using Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory in California thinks they may have detected such a light signal.

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Strange 'eggshell' exoplanets may have ultra-smooth surfaces

Strange, newly theorized "eggshell planets" may possess super-thin outer layers with ultra-smooth surfaces unlike those seen on any world to date, a new study reports. Astronomers may have already detected at least three eggshell planets, scientists noted.

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Technology

Elusive neutrino candidates detected in breakthrough physics experiment

(CERN)

For the first time ever, researchers have detected neutrino candidates produced by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzerland. In a major milestone in particle physics, researchers in a new study report observing six neutrino interactions during an experiment at the LHC. Neutrinos are subatomic particles that have a very small mass like an electron but have no electrical charge — a characteristic that has made them extremely challenging to detect.

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AI discovers over 300 unknown exoplanets in Kepler telescope data

A new artificial intelligence algorithm has discovered over 300 previously unknown exoplanets in data gathered by a now-defunct exoplanet-hunting telescope. The Kepler Space Telescope, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet hunter, has observed hundreds of thousands of stars in the search for potentially habitable worlds outside our solar system. The calatog of potential planets it had compiled continues generating new discoveries even after the telescope's demise. Human experts analyze the data for signs of exoplanets. But a new algorithm called ExoMiner can now mimic that procedure and scour the catalog faster and more efficiently.

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Entertainment

Will Robinson from Netflix's 'Lost in Space' wants to go to space for real

(Netflix)

Maxwell Jenkins, the young actor who has played the character Will Robinson in the Netflix reboot of "Lost in Space" since it premiered in 2018, is fascinated by real-life spaceflight. In an interview with Space.com ahead of the show's third and final season, which drops Dec. 1, Jenkins revealed his love for science and his desire to fly to space one day. "Personally, I would love to go to space," Jenkins told Space.com. "I want to go to space as soon as possible."

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'Rick and Morty' pays tribute to Dune, Star Wars and Logan's Run in crazy new comics for 2022 (exclusive)

Charging into 2022 with a fresh dose of interdimensional insanity are three new "Rick and Morty" tribute comics being delivered by Portland-based Oni Press — and Space.com is offering up a wacky sneak peek at all the crazy covers arriving next year. Here, the dysfunctional duo is serving up an interesting homage to Hollywood with spoofs of sci-fi's "Dune," "Star Wars" and "Logan's Run."

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Kate Mulgrew spills the beans on 'Star Trek: Prodigy' and bringing Captain Janeway back to TV

With latest entry into the Star Trek universe — "Star Trek: Prodigy" — warping into the unknown on Paramount Plus, Space.com got the chance to talk to one of its stars: none other than Kate Mulgrew, best known for playing Capt. Kathryn Janeway in "Star Trek: Voyager."

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