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New James Webb Telescope Images Show Cartwheel Galaxy
New images from the James Webb Telescope show new galaxy located about 500 million lightyears away.
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Go to Space, by Way of Discovery Cube OC, This Summer
The “Out-of-This-World” exhibit is taking families to the far reaches of the Solar System, all without leaving Santa Ana.
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Georgia County Trying to Build Spaceport Despite Public Opposition
A Georgia county has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force a company to sell it 4,000 acres on which the county has long planned to build a launch pad for commercial rockets.
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Mount Wilson Is Home to Some of the World's Oldest Telescopes
Mount Wilson Observatory in Pasadena is home to some of the world’s oldest telescopes that have been able to provide revolutionary discoveries about the world and the universe.
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High-Flying Experiment: Do Stem Cells Grow Better in Space?
Scientists are shooting stem cells into space, hoping to make discoveries that help people on Earth.
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The Photos From the James Webb Telescope Are a Window Back in Time. How Does That Work?
According to NASA, the photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope capture some of the oldest galaxies we’ve ever seen, like a time machine. But what does that mean?
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NASA Reveals New Batch of Images from James Webb Telescope
NASA revealed more images from the James Webb Telescope on Tuesday, including cosmic clouds of water and emerging stars.
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Leaders of 3 Unrecognized Nations Share Why They Formed Their Self-Proclaimed States
Most countries were traditionally defined by their borders, shared ethnic and cultural roots, mutual enemies, and other socio-political considerations. However — whether in the name of political rebellion, simple satire, art, or genuine technological innovation — recent decades saw a number of generally little known, mostly unrecognized, physical and virtual, self-proclaimed states appear all around the globe (and off its…
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NASA Satellite Heads To Moon As Part of Lunar Landing Plan
A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth and is headed toward the moon.
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Humans Are Making It Harder to Listen for Possible Aliens
Are we alone in the universe? In the decades since scientists first started listening for alien signals, improvements in telescope technology and data processing have bolstered the search.
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Go on an Asteroid Hunt at California Science Center
“Asteroid Hunters 3D,” a new IMAX documentary, is now screening at the Exposition Park destination.
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Rare Five-Planet Alignment to Dazzle in the Sky. When to Watch in SoCal
Start your morning off sky-gazing because the planets are about to align for the first time in 18 years. Here’s how to watch in Southern California.
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These 5 Planets Will Be Visible to the Naked Eye This Month
Five planets will be visible to stargazers without a telescope beginning this weekend and lasting through the end of June.
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Total Lunar Eclipse Creates a ‘Blood Moon,' Dazzling Stargazers
The celestial action unfolded Sunday night into early Monday morning, with the moon bathed in the reflected red and orange hues of Earth’s sunsets and sunrises for about 1 1/2 hours
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What to Know About the Super Flower Blood Moon
The last full moon of Spring is set to rise over Los Angeles skies on Sunday May 15, 2022 in the midst of a total lunar eclipse. Belen De Leon explains what’s happening in the sky.
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Astronomers Capture 1st Image of Milky Way's Huge Black Hole
Astronomers have unveiled the first wild but fuzzy image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy. Nearly all galaxies, including our own, are believed to have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get images of them. The image released Thursday was...
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Here's How to See Sunday's Super Flower Blood Moon
May’s full moon comes with a lunar eclipse and a fun name. Here’s what to know.
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What the Super Flower Blood Moon Is and How to Watch It
The rare “super flower blood moon” occurs when the Earth is positioned directly between the moon and the sun.
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SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Home With Midnight Splashdown
Friday’s homecoming for the three Americans and one German caps the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s space taxi service.
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Paying $50K to Go to Space is Actually a Bargain
Right now, spacefaring companies charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to tourists who want to see Earth from up high. But the company World View plans to charge $50,000 when it starts commercial space flights in 2024. Additionally, some seats on the initial flights will be given away for free, World View CEO Ryan Hartman said on LX News.