A giant, boiling, shrinking planet has a tail stretching 350,000 miles into space, astronomers discover

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An artist's impression of WASP-69b orbiting its host star. The shedding atmosphere forms a comet-like tail behind the planet.
An artist's impression of WASP-69b orbiting its host star. The shedding atmosphere forms a comet-like tail behind the planet.

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NASA's $93 billion moon-landing program looks really bad right now

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A full moon behind the Artemis I Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher
NASA announced astronauts won't fly to the moon before 2025.

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A mysterious note was discovered in the secret pocket of a dress from the 1880s. A decade later, someone finally cracked the code.

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Three view of a bronze silk dress from the 1880s from different angles
Sara Rivers Cofield found a hidden pocket in this dress from the 1880s, containing what was once thought to be an unsolvable code.

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The US's moon mission now has 'no chance' of landing on the moon after a fuel leak that started hours following the launch

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ULA rocket taking off into space with a giant billowing cloud of gas underneath it.
Astrobotic's Peregrine Lunar Lander launched on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket on Monday.

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The first space photo from the US's moon-lander mission is a clear sign something is very wrong

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A ULA Vulcan rocket launches into space on Monday, carrying the Peregrine lunar missions.
A United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket launching into space on Monday, carrying the Peregrine Mission One lunar lander.

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Norway is gearing up to mine precious metals from the depths of its ocean in a world first

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A picture shows blue-black polymetallic sea nodules piled in a bucket.
Sea nodules collected from the deep sea floorbed are shown here. These deposits are rich in nickel, manganese and cobalt.

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A submerged landmass near Australia could once have been home to 500,000 people

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A map showing a continental shelf in northwestern Australia, denoting areas — including an archipelago — that would have been above sea level between 70-61,000 years ago.
During lower sea levels, a vast archipelago formed on the Australian northwest coast, the scientists said.

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4 scientists said they're cutting back on bottled water after measuring the number of microplastics inside

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Tourists fill plastic bottles with water from a public fountain at the Sforzesco Castle, in Milan, Italy.
Scientists discovered hundreds of thousands of mico- and nanoplastics inside popular water bottle brands.

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The first US moon lander in more than 50 years launched with human remains on board, paving the way for space burials

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A picture shows ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket taking off, leaving behind a blast of energy.
Astrobotic's Peregrine lander launched toward the moon on Monday, January 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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A scientist explains what would happen if all the fish in the ocean disappeared

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A camera angle looks underwater to the ocean surface, showing hundreds of fish in a giant school swimming above the camera.
There are an estimated 20,000 known species of fish, but NOAA suggests there could be another 20,000 more unaccounted for.

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