Space
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SpaceThe first moon walker
Forty-five years ago, an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module — the Eagle — and became the first human to touch the moon’s surface.
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TechCuriosity lands on Mars!
NASA successfully delivered a $2.5 billion robotic vehicle to Mars, one that will explore for signs that the planet might once have hosted life
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SpaceAn invisible cosmic bridge
Astronomers find strange stuff in the space between two clusters of galaxies.
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SpaceGalactic mashup
Save the date: The Milky Way will merge with its nearest large neighbor in about 4 billion years.
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SpaceBlack hole’s big gulp
Astronomers say a bright flare in space shows where a black hole tore apart a star.
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PhysicsDark matter search turns up empty
Star study suggests our cosmic neighborhood may be lacking invisible matter.
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SpaceMartian devil
Giant whirlwind photographed as it snakes its way across a plain in northern Mars
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Space‘Ruler’ to measure space
Study of energy waves formed during the Big Bang supports Einstein’s prediction that a strange, invisible force is pushing the universe apart.
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PlanetsWorlds beyond the solar system
Planet hunters have found hundreds of exoplanets, but none just like Earth.