An exploding star is due to show up in our skies for the first time in almost 80 years — here's how to spot this 'once-in-a-lifetime event'

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An artist's impression of a nova, an exploding star.

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Flying is about to become even more miserable

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Jennie Zeiher is a frequent flyer, but she was beginning to distrust the process.

An astronaut stuck on the International Space Station due to Boeing Starliner delays is roughing it in a sleeping bag over in the Japanese space module

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NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore.
NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore.

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Why NASA is taking so long to get Boeing's 2 in-limbo astronauts back to Earth

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore inside the vestibule between the space station and Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

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New Study Links Shingles to Cognitive Decline

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Researchers want to combine an ancient technology with clean energy to save over $1 trillion worldwide

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Electrified Thermal Solutions' firebrick technology.

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Another point for life on Mars: Signs of liquid water discovered under the planet's surface

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An artist illustration of NASA's InSight lander on Mars.

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Drone photos show the elegance of animals in the wild from a perspective humans rarely see

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"A Polar Romance" by Florian Ledoux

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I'm a scientist who moved to Lithuania from the US. I am less stressed and my work-life balance is so much better that I don't consider moving back any time soon.

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Stephen Knox Jones Jr. is happier living and working in Europe than in the US.

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How to see the year's best meteor shower this weekend, with fireballs, colorful trails, and a Jupiter-Mars conjunction

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The Perseids meteor shower, known for its fireballs and bright tails.

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