NASA is making a new clock that ticks faster than any on Earth to help its astronauts keep time on the moon

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Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan stands next to a flag and a rover on the moon..

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NASA is investigating where a chunk of metal that smashed into a Florida house came from

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The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking, October 4, 2018.
The object may have come from the International Space Station.

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A NASA probe flew straight through an explosion from the sun, and found a key clue to how solar storms form

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The sun blows out a coronal mass ejection, February 24, 2015.

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Underwater photos from the World Nature Photography Awards reveal stunning scenes beneath the world's oceans

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Location: Tonga.

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14 breathtaking wildlife photos from the World Nature Photography Awards

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Two gannets under the water in the Shetland Islands.

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10 James Webb space photos reveal cosmic nurseries where stars come to life

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A very young star forming within the dark cloud L1527 (top left), the "Cosmic Cliffs" (top right), the Tarantula Nebula (bottom left), and the Chameleon I molecular cloud (bottom right).

NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/Webb ERO Production Team. Image processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb).

The eclipse will affect solar power in states like California that are far outside the path of totality

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A map showing where the moon's shadow will cross the US during the 2024 total solar eclipse.

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Landfills are spewing even more methane into the atmosphere than we thought

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A methane plume over a landfill in Texas.

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9 ways you can win money in the Powerball jackpot

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Canada's Niagara region declares 'state of emergency' as a million total solar eclipse watchers predicted

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The 2017 total solar eclipse at 100% totality.

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