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The Joint European Torus, a European fusion project in the U.K., gets most of its funding from the EU. Brexit may change that, and the even larger ITER fusion project.

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Brexit's Impact Stretches From Deep Space To Nuclear Fusion

1:37pm June 29, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

Scientists are worried about how Britain's departure from the European Union would hurt the continent's mega-projects and its researchers. Scientific collaboration "should know no borders," says one.

The meteorite is 3.1 by 2.6 by 0.8 inches large. It is surrounded by a gray reduction halo, in the otherwise red limestone. Oxygen was consumed when the meteorite weathered on the seafloor. The coin in the image has a diameter of just under 1 inch.

Scientists Say They've Unearthed A Completely New Kind Of Meteorite

6:59pm June 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Scientists say that in a Swedish quarry, they've uncovered a meteorite unique among the 50,000 known on Earth today. They say it could hold clues about the history of the solar system.

The black holes were 14 and 8 times the mass of the sun. As they spiraled together, they sent out gravitational waves.

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Gravitational Waves From Colliding Black Holes Shake Scientists' Detectors Again

4:40pm June 15, 2016

by Geoff Brumfiel

For the second time in recent months, scientists say they have picked up distortions in space and time. The find suggests smaller-sized black holes may be more numerous than many scientists thought.

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Why We're All Trapped In 3-D

4:41pm June 07, 2016

by Adam Frank

We are all trapped in space — the space of three dimensions. NPR blogger and astrophysicist Adam Frank takes us to the next dimension.

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Bad Day? An Astrophysicist Explains Why 'It Just Doesn't Matter'

8:27am June 02, 2016

by Adam Frank

One of the things that being an astrophysicist has given Adam Frank is real perspective. You think your day is bad? Your smallness should make you realize it just doesn't matter, since we're such a small speck in the universe.

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Brazlian jet maker Embraer employs about 600 people in Melbourne, Fla., and is expanding.

With Shuttles Gone, Private Ventures Give Florida's Space Coast A Lift

8:38am May 27, 2016

by Greg Allen

Five years after NASA's shuttle program ended, a new Florida aerospace industry is beginning to take shape. Firms, from those making jets to tiny Internet satellites, are adding factories and jobs.

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An artist's concept shows the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, as it would look when fully installed and inflated on the International Space Station.

NASA's Attempt To Inflate Its Expandable Space Module Fizzles

12:03pm May 26, 2016

by Joe Palca

The module known as BEAM can be folded so it takes up less room in a cargo rocket, and then expanded once it reaches space. Or at least that's the hope.

The last remaining space shuttle external propellant tank is moved across the 405 freeway in Los Angeles on Saturday. The ET-94 will be displayed with the retired space shuttle Endeavour at the California Science Center.

A 66,000 Pound Space Shuttle Fuel Tank Is Parading Through The Streets Of LA

4:49pm May 21, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

ET-94, which is as tall as a 15-story building, is on a 16-mile trek through Los Angeles on its way to the California Science Center. It's set to be displayed with the space shuttle Endeavor.

Mars, as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope this month as Mars and Earth approached opposition.

Mars Is Ready For Its Close-Up: Red Planet Easy To Spot This Weekend

5:32pm May 20, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

During the "Mars opposition," which happens this Sunday, Mars will be closer to Earth than it has been for more than a decade. You can see it easily any night this weekend — no telescope necessary.

Astronaut Tim Peake of European Space Agency took this photograph on April 6, as the International Space Station flew over Madagascar.

100,000 Orbits Later, International Space Station Still Going Strong

5:34pm May 16, 2016

by Laura Wagner

"One-hundred-thousand orbits, the journey continues," NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams said in a video from space.