From Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket to India's spectacular moon landing, 2023 was an epic year in space

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SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy rocket ready to launch.
Screenshot of SpaceX's Starship-Super Heavy rocket on launch pad. This photo was taken from the SpaceX livestream on X.

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How 1880s technology allowed Nellie Bly and her competitor to break the record for the fastest trip around the world

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Nellie Bly holds a hat and a bag and wears a long checked jacket and dark dress
Nellie Bly in her traveling dress and coat.

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How Einstein really felt about this photo taken of him on his 72nd birthday

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Famous photo of Einstein with his tongue out.
Albert Einstein loved this image so much he requested multiple copies to send to friends.

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A huge tornado on the sun released a cloud of hot gas 6 times the size of the Earth

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An annotated picture shows cloud of hot gas captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory escaping from the sun on December 28, 2023.

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Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands due to be cryogenically frozen after they die — inside the industry selling life after death

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Dr. Jerry Lemler, former president and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, stands in the Patient Care Bay area where the heads and bodies of 49 individuals are being held in cold storage suspension, at the company's headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 12, 2002.
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Mysterious 'ghostly' shadows larger than planet Earth reappeared on Saturn's rings. NASA says it expects even more to appear soon.

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Image of Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
You can see Saturn's spokes as dark bruises on the left side of the planet's rings.

NASA, ESA, STScI, Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC)

A psychologist explains why you should probably practice more humility, and how not to be a pushover in the process

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People in an office arguing or talking
When you approach challenging discussions with curiosity and humility, they become opportunities to learn and grow.

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Photo shows an orphaned chimpanzee rescued from being sold as a pet in the Republic of Guinea

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A chimpanzee grasps the wrought iron bars of its enclosure and looks directly at the camera with deep brown eyes.
This orphaned chimpanzee was being held until it could be rehabilitated into the wild.

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How US nuclear tests in the '70s led to today's thriving otter population on the Pacific west coast

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A light colored Sea Otter floating on it's back in green colored water.
Sea otters had disappeared from Washington, Oregon, and other parts of the US until scientists relocated them to save them from a nuclear weapon test.

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A SpaceX rocket booster was ruined after toppling over in rough waters

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A photo of a Falcon 9 on a landing pad
This 2016 photo shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 on the I Still Love You sea launchpad just off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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