NASA's Webb Space Telescope discovered 3 rare galaxies that can help astronomers study the cosmic dark ages

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Artist's concept of a galaxy in formation.
An illustration of a galaxy forming a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

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Watch: Space telescope captures solar megastorm behind epic northern lights

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Astronomers say we may live at the center of a cosmic void 2 billion light-years wide that defies the laws of cosmology

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The KBC void
New research suggests the KBC void is a 2 billion light-year-wide expanse of relatively empty space, and our galaxy sits right near the center of it.

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A 'severe' geomagnetic storm is forecast for Earth for the first time in years — here's what to know about these storms

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Satellite image of the sun's corona
NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captured this image of activity in the sun's corona on May 10.

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The first severe solar storm in 20 years could spark aurora across the US

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Aurora
Aurora are usually contained to the uppermost art of the Northern Hemisphere. But US states as far south as Michigan may be able to see them this Friday.

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China's hype video for its lunar base showed what looked like a NASA Space Shuttle lifting off, which it then realized and tried to fix

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What appears to be a NASA Space Shuttle seen in CNSA's video of the lunar base.
What appears to be a NASA Space Shuttle seen in CNSA's video of the lunar base.

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China is building a huge network of satellites that could be used against US troops: intel chief

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A worker walks past buildings behind propaganda flags at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China, a day before the launch of the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft to China's Tiangong
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in northwest China.

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China launched a probe to the far side of the moon, stepping up its space race with the US

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A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, lifts off as it rains at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.
A Long March 5 rocket, carrying the Chang'e-6 mission lunar probe, at the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China's Hainan Province on May 3, 2024.

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China's plan to be the dominant power in space is moving at breathtaking speed. The US needs to wake up, officials say.

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China rocket launch
A rocket carrying China's second module for its Tiangong space station lifts off from Wenchang spaceport in southern China on July 24, 2022.

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Vega-C rocket to launch Europe and China’s first entirely joint space mission

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