A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest.

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A stylised picture shows Avi Loeb.

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This diagram shows what happens during a total solar eclipse

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A total solar eclipse at 100% totality.

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Why you should wear sunscreen for the eclipse

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Sunscreen is essential for watching the total solar eclipse.

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How to watch the total solar eclipse safely without the special glasses

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If you can't get your hands on a pair of eclipse glasses before April 8, don't panic! There are other ways to watch the eclipse safely.

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Bezos resuming Blue Origin spaceflights with the man selected to be the nation's first Black astronaut — in 1961

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Ed Dwight, a former Air Force pilot who was the first Black astronaut candidate, will be a part of Blue Origin's 25th mission to space aboard the New Shepard rocket.

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7 times a total solar eclipse revolutionized science

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Clouds can block out and ruin the total solar eclipse.

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8 rare phenomena to watch for during next week's total solar eclipse

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The largest map of the cosmos hints that dark energy is changing. It could prove Einstein wrong and upend a pillar of modern physics.

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Astronomers are mapping millions of galaxies in our universe to better understand dark energy.

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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated

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Newark City employee Sushil Nagpal stands outside homes that were damaged and had to be evacuated after the earthquake on Friday,

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Why earthquakes are felt farther on the East Coast than the West. It's all about the rocks.

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A 4.8 magnitude earthquake shook the northeastern US states of New Jersey and New York on Friday.

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