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The truth about 3I/ATLAS

Earth always has more moons than you think

This island is the best place for stargazing in Spain

How to see the northern lights—and why they’re more common now

The students who developed a plan to stop Armageddon

What it really took to become an astronaut during the Space Race

How to see the northern lights in Alaska

Test driving the next generation of moon rovers

November’s supermoon will be the biggest and brightest of 2025

What if aliens exist—but they’re just hiding from us?

10 night sky events to see in November

NASA discovered a bacteria that can ‘play dead’

Here’s how to see a rare green comet this week

Science fiction's ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality

Why predicting the northern lights is harder than it looks

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