Astronomers surprised to find planet 'too massive for its star'
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Our Milky Way galaxy's most common type of star is called a red dwarf
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Six planets found in synchronized orbit may help solve cosmic puzzle
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON They are the most common type of planet observed in our Milky Way galaxy
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In a first, a newborn star's spinning disk is seen in another galaxy
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Our sun and other stars form when a dense clump of interstellar gas and
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Webb space telescope spies precocious 'teenage' galaxies
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Since becoming operational last year, the James Webb Space Telescope has made groundbreaking observations
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SpaceX Starship set for repeat test flight, seven months after last one blew up
By Joe Skipper, Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman BOCA CHICA, Texas SpaceX's next-generation spacecraft Starship, developed to carry
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SpaceX delays Starship test flight a day over hardware swap
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -SpaceX postponed its second attempt to launch the company's Starship rocket system into space by a day to
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Amazon's prototype Kuiper satellites operate successfully
Amazon.com said on Thursday its two prototype satellites for its planned Kuiper internet network have been operating successfully,
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FAA approves license for SpaceX's second launch of Starship Super Heavy
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday granted Elon Musk's SpaceX a license to launch the company's
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Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained
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White House proposes transportation, commerce agencies handle new space regulations
By Joey Roulette NEW YORK The Biden administration on Wednesday released a long awaited proposal to split regulatory
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Gamma-ray burst in faraway galaxy disturbed Earth's upper atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON About two billion years ago in a galaxy far beyond our Milky Way, a
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NASA probe to observe near-Earth asteroid's 2029 close encounter
By Steve Gorman About 5-1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire
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