A rare blue supermoon rising August 30 will be the biggest full moon of 2023 — and won't happen again until 2037

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A supermoon rises behind a downtown office building in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 7, 2020.

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An audio simulation of the gentle twinkling of a star sounds much more menacing than you think

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Stars photographed from the nature reserve of the Sierra Mariola in Bocairent, Valencian Community, Spain, Europe.

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Astronomers spot a sneak peek of Earth's death — a star swallowing a planet whole — for the first time

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This artist's interpretation shows a star so bloated that it's engulfing a doomed planet.

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Artificial intelligence may have just given astronomers a better idea of what black holes really look like

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A comparison of two images of a black hole. The left is blurrier, with a larger orange ring around a black center. The right has a thinner ring, and was produced by AI.
A comparison of the original image (left), captured in 2019, and a new version supplemented by artificial intelligence that scientists believe is closer to what the black hole may actually look like.

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The 2023 spring equinox is here — here's what it is and how it works

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Earth is a like 7,917-mile-wide rotisserie chicken.

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A NASA Telescope on the Moon's Far Side Would Explore the Universe's 'Dark Ages'

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In a bid to understand even more about our mysterious and massive universe, NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy on an ambitious lunar project.

Newest Webb Image Is a Stunning View of a Star’s Penultimate Stage

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The Webb Space Telescope has produced a stupendous view of a Wolf-Rayet star, an extraordinarily bright object in the sky that (you may want to sit down) will soon die.

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NASA image may show first-ever 'rogue' supermassive black hole, leaving a trail of newborn stars in its wake

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A potential supermassive black hole (bottom left arrow) leaves a trail of stars (middle arrow) as it's flung from a galaxy (top arrow).

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Radio Telescope Spots Tons of Water in Distant Protoplanetary Disc

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Researchers studying a distant star forming within a dusty cloud have found an abundance of water in its immediate vicinity, which could have implications for the origins of the water in our own solar system.

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Florida Startup Moves Closer to Building Data Centers on the Moon

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Unprecedented access to space is leading to all sorts of cool new ideas, including the prospect of storing data on the lunar surface. Cloud computing startup Lonestar Data Holdings announced the results of its latest funding round, taking it one step closer to this very goal.

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