NASA spent billions on its SLS mega-rocket to take humans to the moon. It finally admitted it is 'unaffordable.'

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The SLS rocket stands at Launch Pad 39B, on November 11, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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A device on NASA's Perseverance rover generated enough oxygen on Mars for a small dog to breathe for 10 hours. Astronauts could be next.

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Mars 2020 rover MOXIE
Members of NASA's Mars 2020 project install the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) into the chassis of NASA's next Mars rover.

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Black holes mysteriously burp up fragments of stars they destroyed years earlier, and scientists have no idea why

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An artist's impression shows a jet of matter spewing from a black hole.
An artist's impression of a tidal disruption event. New research suggests that, contrary to what was previously thought, black holes can spew remnants of stars years after swallowing them.

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Russia dominated the first space race, but now it can't even land on the moon. Photos show the US and China are way ahead.

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NASA's Space Launch System (left) is its new moon rocket. China's Yutu 2 rover (middle) explores the far side of the moon. Russia's Luna-25 lander just crashed (right).

NASA/Steve Seipel; China National Space Administration; NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University; Insider

A new image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope blows past Hubble again, revealing an iconic supernova in unprecedented detail

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The supernova remnant as captured by the James Webb Telescope (left) in 2023 and the Hubble Telescope in 2019 (right).

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India wants to fly its own astronauts to the moon, after becoming the first nation to land near the lunar south pole

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing.

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These Mockups Might Be the iPhone 15's Default Wallpapers

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As we slide down into September, Apple hype is reaching its peak. Now that Apple has announced its “Wonderlust” event will take place Sept.

Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed

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A composite showing the winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.
A composite showing the winding arms of the spiral galaxy M51 as seen from the James Webb Telescope in 2023 and Hubble in 2005.

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SpaceX rocket explosion left craters a foot deep, started a fire and incinerated blue land crabs, report says

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A person examines a piece of concrete blown off the launch pad after SpaceX's Starship rocket launched.
SpaceX Starship

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Images from the Solar Orbiter spacecraft reveal tiny flares shooting from a 'hole' in the sun. They could explain how the sun blasts Earth with charged particles.

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Snapshots of small jets, or "picoflares," on the sun, from the Solar Orbiter mission operated by NASA and ESA.

ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team; acknowledgement: Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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