NASA found a stray, space-grown tomato that went missing for 8 months, clearing the astronaut they all thought ate it

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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio with tomatoes growing on the International Space Station.

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Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars in the sky, will almost disappear next week. Here's how to see it.

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A picture of Betelgeuse taken by the Hubble telescope shows up as a blob of orange matter on a black background
A picture of Betelgeuse taken by the Hubble telescope.

Andrea Dupree (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA), Ronald Gilliland (STScI),NASA and ESA

Rolls-Royce unveils a concept nuclear reactor that could one day power a colony on the moon

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A concept model of a micro nuclear reactor aimed to be sent on the moon is shown here at the UK Space Conference in Belfast.
Rolls-Royce's micro nuclear reactor concept is shown here at the 2023 UK Space Conference in Belfast, UK.

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It looks like Elon Musk's SpaceX is now worth $175 billion – that's more than Disney or Comcast

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SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship
SpaceX's huge Super Heavy-Starship.

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A rogue star could save Earth from extinction in a billion years by knocking it out past Pluto

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An artist's impression of Earth's orbit around the sun.

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'Vampire' stars could be using galactic henchmen to help feed on their companions

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Artist's impression composed of a star with a disc around it (a type-Be "vampire" star; foreground) and its companion star that has been stripped of its outer parts (background).

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Doctor Who Has Released an Official Recipe for Its Horrifying Curry

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When Doctor Who returned to our screens this past weekend in “The Star Beast,” it brought with it all sorts of weird and occasionally fearsome threats, from

Ariane 6 rocket set to restore Europe’s space access next year

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A powerful solar eruption headed for Earth could trigger a strong geomagnetic storm by Friday and stunning aurora across Canada

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Solar flare seen on sun taken by NOAA satellites.
A large solar flare erupted from the sun earlier this week generating a powerful explosion directed toward Earth.

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The black hole at the center of the Milky Way is spinning so fast, it's squishing space-time down like a football

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A cross-section showing Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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