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Astronomers Carefully Watching Betelgeuse Star, Wondering If It's Nearing Explosion

4:12pm January 03, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

The star Betelgeuse has been dimming rapidly in recent weeks, leading to speculation that it may soon explode. If it did, that event would be a sight to behold.

The moon moves in front of the sun in a rare "ring of fire" annular solar eclipse, as seen in the sky over Singapore on Thursday.

'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse Sweeps Across Skies In Middle East And Southeast Asia

12:27pm December 26, 2019

by Bill Chappell

Instead of the sun's full disk of fire, or a crescent of light, viewers in areas of complete annularity saw a fiery halo around the moon.

The Reasons For A Space Force

6:58am December 26, 2019

David Greene speaks with Col. Terry Virts, a former commander of the International Space Station, about the rationale for creating a sixth branch of the U.S. armed services called the Space Force.

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Researchers In China Spot Massive Black Hole

5:01am December 26, 2019

Astronomers discovered a black hole in the Milky Way that is twice the size of anything scientists imagined was possible.

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Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel work around the Boeing Starliner spacecraft shortly after it landed in White Sands, N.M., Sunday.

Boeing's Starliner Lands Safely Back To Earth After Aborted Space Station Mission

2:02pm December 22, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

The journey is being hailed as a major achievement despite failing to complete a core objective: docking at the international space station. NASA hopes to launch U.S. astronauts in space in 2020.

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Boeing Starliner Crew Capsule Unable To Reach Its Intended Orbit

4:42pm December 20, 2019

by Brendan Byrne

After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the Boeing Starliner crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit.

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A time exposure of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner crew capsule on an flight test to the International Space Station lifts off in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Friday.

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In Uncrewed Test, Boeing's Starliner Capsule Fails To Reach Space Station

11:57am December 20, 2019

by Brendan Byrne

After a flawless launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla., the crew capsule, loaded with 600 pounds of cargo for the station, was unable to reach its intended orbit, Boeing says.

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Cleaning Up Space Junk

5:08am December 13, 2019

The European Space Agency says a self-destructing robot will be sent into orbit in 2025 to begin work on the world's first space cleanup mission. Jan Woerner of the European Space Agency discusses.

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Cookies In Space, For Science

8:03am December 08, 2019

by Emily Kwong

A delicious experiment is set to take place in space. Astronauts will bake cookies on the International Space Station as part of a long line of food innovations fueling space travel.

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A Comet From Another Star Hints That Our Solar System Isn't One-Of-A-Kind

4:23pm December 05, 2019

The comet, 2I/Borisov, looks surprisingly like comets closer to home. It's a sign that the processes that formed the sun and planets are at work elsewhere in the universe.

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