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Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth on Russian Soyuz

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Hubble telescope spots most distant single star ever seen

(NASA, ESA, B. Welch (JHU), D. Coe (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI))

Meet Earendel, a star 12.9 billion light-years from Earth. This most distant single star seen yet dates back to less than 1 billion years after the universe's birth in the Big Bang.

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Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth on Russian Soyuz capsule

(NASA TV)

A record-setting American astronaut and his two Russian crewmates have returned together from the International Space Station, showing that cooperation in space can continue even as tensions on the ground run high.

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Earth braces for solar storm, potential aurora displays

(NOAA)

A powerful solar storm is set to hit Earth on Thursday (March 31) with spectacular aurora displays accompanying it after the sun fired nearly 20 flares from a single sunspot in just two days.

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Spaceflight

The space industry has a big, ugly sexual harassment problem

(Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Humanity is making a giant leap back to the moon and to Mars. But one giant obstacle continues to plague the humans making this progress possible: sexual harassment.

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China's next moon mission needs precision landing to reach south pole ice

(CNSA/CLEP)

The Chang'e 7 lunar mission is planned to launch around 2024 and will survey the moon from orbit while also landing at and exploring the lunar south pole.

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Microscopic moon dust from first Apollo 11 lunar sample head to auction

(Bonhams)

The hard-to-see specks of suspected moon dust are anticipated to sell for $800,000 to $1.2 million.

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Science & Astronomy

Video: Sun erupts with 17 flares from single sunspot

(NASA/SDO)

At least 17 solar eruptions from a single sunspot on the sun have blasted into space in recent days, including some charged particles that may create a colorful sky show on Earth.

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James Webb Space Telescope's infrared detectors will open new astronomy vistas

(Pixabay)

The newest deep space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, will give us a deeper view into the infrared universe than the iconic Hubble.

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Strange new type of solar wave defies physics

(NASA/SDO)

The acoustic waves, called high-frequency retrograde (HFR) vorticity waves, were spotted rippling backward through the sun's plasma in the opposite direction of its rotation.

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Technology

Video: China's first modified Long March 6 rocket aces debut launch

(CCTV+)

A new type of Chinese rocket just aced its debut mission. The Long March 6 rocket featuring four solid strap-on boosters successfully launched two satellites to orbit on Tuesday.

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Search for Life

'Chaos' regions of Jupiter moon Europa may increase chance for life

(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

A fresh look at an older theory lends more weight to the idea that abundant oxygen might exist in Europa's sub-surface ocean, after drizzling from the Jupiter moon's icy shell.

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Entertainment

'The Paradox Hotel' by Rob Hart is a trippy time travel murder mystery (exclusive)

(Ballantine Books)

New York Times bestselling author Rob Hart is dipping his imagination into the temporal pool with "The Paradox Hotel," (Ballantine Books, 2022) where he introduces us to a mysterious lodging facility located beside a timeport that specifically caters to wayward time travelers.

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