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The winners of the second annual International Space Art and Poetry Contest were chosen out of 2,700 entries from 35 ...

In May 2024, an epic solar storm rattled Earth so powerfully that its effects were felt even at the bottom of the ocean.

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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

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