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The Science of Christmas

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Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Space.com Top Stories

A Soviet Satellite Falls to Earth in 'The Walking Dead' Season 10. How Realistic Is It? October 13, 2019
The episode "Lines We Cross" ends with an old Soviet satellite crashing to Earth, sparking a new plot point for the show. But how realistic is it? We asked a scientist.
The Biggest Spacecraft Ever to Fall Uncontrolled From Space October 13, 2019
A rundown of some of the biggest spacecraft to smash into Earth beyond their operators' control.
On This Day in Space! Oct. 13, 1773: Charles Messier Discovers the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' October 13, 2019
On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the "Whirlpool Galaxy," also known as Messier 51, or M51. See how it happened in our On This Day in Space video series!
Brilliant Midnight Fireball Lights Up Sky Over Northeast China October 13, 2019
What appears to be a dazzling meteor lit up the sky over northeast China on Friday (Oct. 11), appearing as a brilliant fireball in surveillance video of the event.
The Story of 'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' Begins with 'Allegiance' October 13, 2019
Don't wait until the movie. The rise of "Rise of Skywalker" began last week in comic books.
'Cosmic Mudball Meteorite' Smells Like Brussels Sprouts, Finds New Home at Museum October 13, 2019
A new meteorite addition to the Field Museum's collection resembles a malodorous mud brick, but it holds important clues about the origins of life on Earth.
Boeing Aims to Launch Unpiloted Starliner Test Flight to Space Station in December October 13, 2019
Boeing has set a new launch date for the first orbital flight of its new commercial crew vehicle that will soon begin ferrying astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
UK's 1st Moon Rover to Launch in 2021 October 12, 2019
The United Kingdom is set to make its own giant leap soon, with a very small rover.
Pyramid-Size Asteroid to Hurtle Past Earth (Again) October 12, 2019
A fast-moving visitor is approaching our cosmic neighborhood. Dubbed 2019 SX5, this near-Earth object is about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
A Second Interstellar Visitor Has Arrived in Our Solar System. This Time, Astronomers Think They Know Where It Came From October 12, 2019
When 'Oumuamua passed through our solar system in 2017, no one could figure out where the object came from. But astronomers think they've worked out how Comet 2I/Borisov got here.
Frozen Earth in 'Snowpiercer' Is a Grim (and Possible) Future for Our Warming Planet October 12, 2019
The grim future of new TNT sci-fi series "Snowpiercer" began with climate change. Could our rapidly warming world undergo a global deep freeze?
Space Photos: The Most Amazing Images This Week! October 12, 2019
Here are our picks for the most amazing space photos of the week.
Top Space Stories of the Week! October 12, 2019
These are the top space stories this week from Space.com.
Astronauts Mourn Alexei Leonov, the World's 1st Spacewalker, While On a Spacewalk of Their Own October 11, 2019
Alexei Leonov, the world's first spacewalker, died in a Moscow hospital Friday (Oct. 11), but his legacy lives on aboard the International Space Station where the crew performed a spacewalk today.
Alexei Leonov: Spacewalk Pioneer October 11, 2019
Alexei Leonov was the first person to leave the relative safety of his spacecraft and experience the silence of space.
2019 Full Moon Calendar October 11, 2019
The full moon happens once a month. Find out when.
October Full Moon 2019: Hunter's Moon Is Smallest of the Year October 11, 2019
The full moon of October, called the Hunter's Moon, will grace the skies Oct. 13, as the smallest full moon of the year. Don't miss Jupiter and Saturn, too!
How the Universe Stopped Making Sense October 11, 2019
What's going on?
Playmobil Is Going Back to the Future in 2020! October 11, 2019
Dust off your DeLoreans, sci-fi fans because Playmobil will launch three new sets from the "Back to the Future" films in 2020 that will have you channeling your inner Marty McFly.
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Who Was First to Walk in Space, Dies at 85 October 11, 2019
Soviet-era cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who in 1965 became the first person to walk in space before co-leading the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the first joint mission between Russia and the United States, has died at the age of 85.

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That Other Rich Guy Who Is Also Space Crazy October 12, 2019
Jeff Bezos's Master Plan, The Atlantic "Bezos is unabashed in his fanaticism for Star Trek and its many spin-offs. He has a holding company called Zefram, which honors the character who invented warp drive. He persuaded the makers of the film Star Trek Beyond to give him a cameo as a Starfleet official. He named his dog Kamala, after a woman who ap […]
Doing Something Again For The First Time October 12, 2019
Keith's note: I first published this two years ago. Yesterday both Jim Bridenstine and Elon Musk noted that they were not alive when humans walked on the Moon - so they do not have memories of that event. Alas, so much of how NASA has conveyed the importance of Artemis - and the way that the media describes it - seems to harken back to events that my fe […]
MSFC's Impossible Propulsion Research October 11, 2019
NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics, New Scientist "Burns has worked on his design in private, without any sponsorship from NASA, and he admits his concept is massively inefficient. ... I know that it risks being right up there with the EM drive and cold fusion," he says. "But you have to be prepared […]
Sometimes Things Happen Exactly The Way They Should October 10, 2019
It speaks well of @ElonMusk & @JimBridenstine & @NASA / @SpaceX that they can have a difference in opinion & then work to quickly resolve those differences and do so with openness and transparency - and speak to common goals, values - & dreams for space exploration. More please. pic.twitter.com/RLiMpEyKCu— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 10, […]
Restructuring NASA's Planetary Research Program October 10, 2019
Restructuring NASA's Planetary Research Program For ROSES 2021 "In 2014, NASA announced the reorganization of the planetary research and data analysis programs to align them by subject area to Planetary Science Division strategic goals. A number of disparate programs were merged into the Solar System Workings program, creating a behemoth to which w […]
About That SpaceX/NASA Thing On Thursday October 10, 2019
Keith's 10 Oct update: I just got an answer from NASA PAO that there will be no media dial-in for offsite news media. It took them 3 days to respond. NASA Administrator to Visit SpaceX Headquarters "Following the tour, SpaceX will host a media availability with Bridenstine, SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, and NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug H […]
Hooray - Expensive Space Rides Are On The Way For The Rich October 9, 2019
With all the happy talk about cool personal spaceflight there are two things you almost certainly will not hear at #ISPCS20191. how much the tickets will cost 2. when the rest of us non-rich people will get to fly pic.twitter.com/gs9VpVleFP— NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) October 9, 2019 Keith's note: The ISPCS - International Symposium for Personal and Commer […]
NASA Just Can't Stop Doing Web Stuff Twice UPDATE: Three Times October 8, 2019
Keith's 7 October update: Today NASA JPL issued a press release "NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds an Ancient Oasis on Mars" It includes the text: "For more about NASA's Curiosity Mars rover mission, visit: https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/ https://nasa.gov/msl" JPL has the release posted here with the same text and imagery as is used […]
NASA's Confusing ICESAT-2 Websites October 6, 2019
Keith's note: If you go to the NASA GSFC website you will see this release "Laser Precision: NASA Flights, Satellite Align Over Sea Ice". In the release you will see this at the bottom: "For more information, visit: nasa.gov/icesat-2 or icesat-2.gsfc.nasa.gov". There's no HMTL for the links on this webpage thus making it more di […]
Making Pluto A "Planet" By Going Around Scientists October 6, 2019
Keith's note: The 'Pluto is a planet fan club' has been howling about the demotion of Pluto from a "planet" to "dwarf planet" status after an IAU vote for more than a decade. Despite their outrage no one has been willing or able to muster enough votes to reverse the IAU vote or to find another professional body willing to e […]

LiveScience.com – Top Stories

See the Full Hunter's Moon Shine Bright Tonight October 13, 2019
October's full moon, called the Hunter's Moon, will rise tonight (Oct. 13), reaching its peak fullness at 5:08 p.m. ET.
Yasemin Saplakoglu
Who Owns the Arctic? October 13, 2019
Several countries are launching claims to vast swathes of the Arctic seabed. But what does that mean for political and environmental stability in the region?
Emma Bryce
What's The Biggest Animal That a Snake Can Swallow? October 12, 2019
A complex network of skull bones, ligaments and muscles allows a snake to swallow prey with bodies much larger than the sinuous predator's own head.
Grant Currin
Why Is the Milky Way Galaxy Getting So Gassy? October 12, 2019
Using 10 years of data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the team of astronomers concluded that there is more gas coming into our galaxy than leaving it.
Chelsea Gohd
The Most Interesting Science News Articles of the Week October 12, 2019
Here are the most interesting, amazing and unusual things that happened in the world of science this week. A recap of Live Science's best.
Live Science Staff
Amazing Images: The Best Science Photos of the Week October 12, 2019
Here are the stories behind the most amazing images in the world of science this week. A recap of the coolest photos featured on Live Science.
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Bones Filled with Marrow Served as Prehistoric Humans' 'Cans of Soup' October 11, 2019
Around 400,000 years ago, humans set aside bones filled with tasty grease and marrow, storing them like canned soup for later meals.
Mindy Weisberger
A Man Heard 'Scratching' Noises in His Ear. It Was a Spider. October 11, 2019
A man who felt a tickling and scratching sensation in his ear soon discovered something horrifying: A spider had crawled into his ear.
Rachael Rettner
West Nile Virus: Causes, Symptoms and Prevention October 11, 2019
Most people bitten by a West Nile virus mosquito won't get sick, but in a small percentage of people, the virus invades the brain and spinal cord, which results in serious illness.
Cari Nierenberg
How the Universe Stopped Making Sense October 11, 2019
What's going on?
Rafi Letzter
Why Don't More Women Win Nobels in Science? October 11, 2019
Here's a look at why more women don't win more Nobel Prizes in science, an issue that involves women's exclusion from education and careers in science.
Mary K. Feeney
Nobel Peace Prize: 1901-Present October 11, 2019
Here's a look at all Nobel Peace Prize recipients, including Barack Obama, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.
Live Science Staff
2 Mummies Unearthed in Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Where King Tut and Other Royalty Were Buried October 11, 2019
Two mummies have been unearthed in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, the cemetery holding the tomb of King Tut and other Egyptian royalty.
Owen Jarus
Nobel Prize in Literature: 1901-Present October 11, 2019
The winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, including Toni Morrison, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and John Steinbeck.
Live Science Staff
Frozen Earth in 'Snowpiercer' Is a Grim (and Possible) Future for Our Warming Planet October 11, 2019
The grim future of new TNT sci-fi series "Snowpiercer" began with climate change. Could our rapidly warming world undergo a global deep freeze?
Mindy Weisberger
Da Vinci's Forgotten Design for the Longest Bridge in the World Proves What a Genius He Was October 10, 2019
Had da Vinci's bridge been built, the bridge would have been incredibly sturdy
Yasemin Saplakoglu
Vaping Outbreak Death Toll Climbs to More Than 2 Dozen October 10, 2019
More than two dozen people have died in connection with an outbreak of vaping-related lung illnesses across the U.S.
Rachael Rettner
What Is Mental Health? October 10, 2019
It's more than a buzzword — mental health impacts every aspect of our lives.
Nicoletta Lanese
Pyramid-Size Asteroid to Hurtle Past Earth (Again) October 10, 2019
A fast-moving visitor is approaching our cosmic neighborhood. Dubbed 2019 SX5, this near-Earth object is about the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Mindy Weisberger
Why Humans' Extinct 'Hobbit' Relatives Were So Small October 10, 2019
The diminutive size of the extinct human relative called the Hobbit, or Homo floresiensis, could come down to really fast evolution.
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

Discovery Space News

Huge Tsunamis May Have Ravaged Ancient Mars May 25, 2016
When Mars was a wet world, did its oceans experience powerful tsunamis spawned by meteorite impacts?
Collapsing Cosmic Clouds Birth Black Hole Monsters May 24, 2016
Supermassive black holes occupy all known galaxies, but astronomers have little idea how they formed. Now space telescopes have found a clue.
Mystery Plumes: Did the Sun Bruise Mars? May 24, 2016
Strange plumes have been spotted high in the Martian atmosphere that have, so far, defied explanation. Now scientists think space weather is to blame.
NASA Probe Tracks Object in Solar System's Badlands May 23, 2016
While coasting through the outer solar system, NASA's New Horizons is busying itself with astronomical observations of a distant Kuiper Belt Object.
Solar Superflares Set Stage for Life on Earth May 23, 2016
Earth could have grown warm enough for liquid water as far back as 4 billion years ago thanks to massive and frequent solar flares.
See the Red Planet with Your Own Eyes This Weekend May 21, 2016
Mars reaches opposition this weekend, making Saturday and Sunday (May 21 and 22) an opportune time to see the Red Planet with your own eyes.
Extreme Exoplanets Reveal Migration Mystery May 20, 2016
A star hosting 4 massive gas giant exoplanets has been spotted -- is this how our solar system looked in its ancient past?
How to Form Io's Mountains? Just Squeeze! May 20, 2016
On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains -- how did they form?
DNews: Meet a Black Hole 17 Billion Times the Sun's Mass May 20, 2016
DNews sits down with U.C. Berkeley astronomy professor Chung-Pei Ma to learn all about supermassive black holes, including one nearby that's just honking huge.
LHC Opens the Quantum Physics Floodgates May 20, 2016
As it restarts its mission to discover weird and exotic things about our universe, the Large Hadron Collider is about to become a firehose of quantum data.

SpaceRef

Revealing the Milky Way's Center October 14, 2019
The center of our Milky Way galaxy is hidden from the prying eyes of optical telescopes by clouds of obscuring dust and gas.
Keith Cowing
River Relic Spied By Mars Express October 11, 2019
Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar - such as this ancient, dried-up river system that stretches out for nearly 700 kilometres across the surface, making it one of the longest valley networks on the planet.
Keith Cowing
Ice On The Lunar South Pole May Have More Than One Source October 11, 2019
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon's south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no one is sure exactly when or how that ice got there.
Keith Cowing
Orbital View As Typhoon Hagibis Heads For Japan October 11, 2019
Typhoon Hagibis is headed towards Japan's main island of Honshu, where it is expected to make landfall over the weekend. Japan is bracing for potential damage from strong winds and torrential rain.
Keith Cowing
Milky Way Raids Intergalactic 'Bank Accounts' October 11, 2019
Our Milky Way is a frugal galaxy. Supernovas and violent stellar winds blow gas out of the galactic disk, but that gas falls back onto the galaxy to form new generations of stars.
Keith Cowing
Liquifying A Rocky Exoplanet October 10, 2019
Rocky exoplanets that are around Earth-size are comparatively small, which makes them incredibly difficult to detect and characterise using telescopes.
Keith Cowing
Global Analysis Of Submarine Canyons On Earth May Shed Light On Martian Landscapes October 10, 2019
Submarine canyons are a final frontier on planet Earth.
Keith Cowing
Physicists Have Found A Way To 'Hear' Dark Matter October 10, 2019
Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas in a proposal that could revolutionise the search for the elusive dark matter.
Keith Cowing
Japan's HTV-8 Hangs Above The World October 9, 2019
The Kounotori H-II Transfer Vehicle 8 (HTV-8) from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Keith Cowing
Pressure Runs High At The Edge Of Our Solar System October 9, 2019
Out at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high.
Keith Cowing

Space Flight Now

Photos: Proton fires off the launch pad with two U.S.-built satellites October 13, 2019
Six RD-276 engines powered a Russian Proton rocket off the launch pad Wednesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, boosting a television broadcast payload for Eutelsat and the first commercial robotic satellite servicing spacecraft into orbit.
Stephen Clark
SpaceX’s next launch to mark another incremental step in rocket reusability October 11, 2019
SpaceX next launch, slated to carry the company's second set of Starlink broadband satellites into orbit, will be the first to fly with a reused Falcon 9 booster making its fourth flight when it takes off in the coming weeks.
Stephen Clark
Stratolaunch under new ownership October 11, 2019
Stratolaunch said Friday that the company has "transitioned ownership" a year after the death of Paul Allen, the company's billionaire founder who funded the construction of the world's largest airplane for an airborne satellite launcher.
Stephen Clark
Alexei Leonov, world’s first spacewalker, dies October 11, 2019
Legendary cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space -- an experience that almost killed him -- and later the commander of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft that docked with a NASA Apollo capsule, symbolizing a historic thaw in the Cold War, has died after a long illness, the Russian space agency confirmed Friday. He was 85.
William Harwood
Morgan, Koch continue battery replacement work on spacewalk October 11, 2019
Astronauts Drew Morgan and Christina Koch floated back outside the International Space Station Friday and completed work to replace six aging batteries with three more powerful units in one of the lab's eight solar power circuits. Three more spacewalks are planned over the next two weeks to replace another six batteries in an adjacent circuit.
William Harwood
NASA satellite to study ionosphere launches after two-year delay October 11, 2019
A refrigerator-sized satellite soared into orbit aboard an air-launched Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket Thursday night over the Atlantic Ocean, finally setting off on a $252 million mission to probe the dynamic boundary region where space and Earth's atmosphere meet.
Stephen Clark
NASA chief says SpaceX properly focused on Crew Dragon October 10, 2019
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX's California rocket factory Thursday, toured the sprawling facility with founder Elon Musk and told reporters he is optimistic the company will be ready to launch the first piloted test flight of its Crew Dragon spaceship in the first quarter of next year.
William Harwood
Rockets purchased by Stratolaunch back under Northrop Grumman control October 10, 2019
Hardware for two air-dropped Pegasus XL launchers previously purchased by Stratolaunch, a space launch company founded by the late billionaire Paul Allen, are now back under Northrop Grumman control and for sale to NASA, the Air Force, or commercial satellite operators, industry officials said.
Stephen Clark
Successful Proton launch deploys Eutelsat satellite, first Mission Extension Vehicle October 10, 2019
A Proton booster rocketed away from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazaskhtan Wednesday with a Eutelsat television broadcasting craft and the satellite industry's first commercial in-space servicing vehicle. The successful launch marked the first commercial Proton mission under the auspices of International Launch Services in more than two years.
Stephen Clark
Boeing reveals target dates for initial Starliner test flights October 9, 2019
Boeing officials said Wednesday that the company is targeting Dec. 17 for the launch of the first unpiloted orbital test flight of the new Starliner crew capsule from Cape Canaveral on a week-long demonstration mission to the International Space Station, a precursor to a mission with astronauts next year.
Stephen Clark

SpaceRef — Mars News

River Relic Spied By Mars Express October 11, 2019
Mars may seem to be an alien world, but many of its features look eerily familiar - such as this ancient, dried-up river system that stretches out for nearly 700 kilometres across the surface, making it one of the longest valley networks on the planet.
Global Analysis Of Submarine Canyons On Earth May Shed Light On Martian Landscapes October 10, 2019
Submarine canyons are a final frontier on planet Earth.
Mars 2020 Rover Tests Descent-Stage Separation October 6, 2019
In this picture from Sept. 28, 2019, engineers and technicians working on the assembly and testing of the Mars 2020 spacecraft look on as a crane lifts the rocket-powered descent stage away from the rover.
NASA's Push to Save the Mars InSight Lander's Heat Probe October 4, 2019
NASA's InSight lander, which is on a mission to explore the deep interior of Mars, positioned its robotic arm this past weekend to assist the spacecraft's self-hammering heat probe. Known as "the mole," the probe has been unable to dig more than about 14 inches (35 centimeters) since it began burying itself into the ground on Feb. 28, 201 […]
NASA's InSight 'Hears' Peculiar Sounds on Mars October 2, 2019
Put an ear to the ground on Mars and you'll be rewarded with a symphony of sounds. Granted, you'll need superhuman hearing, but NASA's InSight lander comes equipped with a very special "ear."
Sols 2536-2537: Mars Curiosity's SAM Wet Chemistry Experiment September 27, 2019
Searching for organic molecules in rocks on Mars is no easy task. Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument is designed to analyze the chemical composition of gases, which it creates by slowly heating rock samples in an oven.
Getting Mac And Cheese To Mars September 25, 2019
Washington State University scientists have developed a way to triple the shelf life of ready-to-eat macaroni and cheese, a development that could have benefits for everything from space travel to military use.
Drones Probe Dust Devils to Understand Mars's Atmosphere September 23, 2019
Dust devils, small dusty whirlwinds, have been studied for decades. But, says Brian Jackson, an associate professor in the Department of Physics at Boise State University, the ability of dust devils to lift dust into the atmosphere remains murky.
Layers in Mars' Danielson Crater September 20, 2019
This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows sedimentary rock and sand within Danielson Crater, an impact crater about 42 miles or 67 kilometers in diameter, located in the southwest Arabia Terra region of Mars.
Defrosting Dunes On Mars September 17, 2019
This captivating image was taken in the north polar region of Mars by the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter's CaSSIS camera.

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Serena Auñón-Chancellor Talks to Girls About Life on the Station October 11, 2019
NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor speaks about her experience on Expeditions 56 and 57 onboard the International Space Station (ISS) at Excel Academy Public Charter School, Monday, June 10, 2019.
NASA’s X-59 QueSST Airplane Takes Shape at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works October 10, 2019
NASA’s X-59 QueSST, an experimental piloted aircraft designed to fly faster than sound without producing the annoying – if not alarming – sonic booms of previous supersonic aircraft is taking shape..
Revealing the Milky Way’s Center October 9, 2019
Spitzer Space Telescope's infrared cameras penetrate much of the dust, revealing the stars of the crowded galactic center region of our Milky Way.
A Glimpse of a Rocky Exoplanet's Surface October 8, 2019
Discovered in 2018 by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey (TESS) mission, planet LHS 3844b is located 48.6 light-years from Earth and has a radius 1.3 times that of Earth.
Replacing the Space Station’s Solar Array Batteries October 7, 2019
After completing the first of 10 spacewalks to upgrade the station, astronaut Christina Koch, wrote: The great @Space_Station battery swap series of spacewalks is underway!
Stephen Hawking and Our Changing Ideas of the Universe October 4, 2019
Cosmologist Stephen Hawking changed our view of the universe with his remarkable theories and outreach even thought he suffered from ALS, which slowly paralyzed him over the years.
Astronaut Nick Hague Returns to Earth After 203 Days Aboard the Space Station October 3, 2019
NASA astronaut Nick Hague is seen outside the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft after he landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

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A Stellar Jewel Box: Open Cluster NGC 290
Jewels don't shine this bright -- only stars do.
Interplanetary Earth
In an interplanetary first, on July 19, 2013
Planet Earth at Blue Hour
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Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way
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NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision
Is this galaxy jumping through a
Sprite Lightning in HD
This phenomenon occurs in the sky over our heads, not the sea.
Io Eclipse Shadow on Jupiter from Juno
What's that dark spot on Jupiter?

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