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Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

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Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters

Space dust is constantly falling to Earth, sprinkling rooftops with beautiful particles unchanged since the birth of the solar system. To find some, start with a sieve – and be patient

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Starship crash

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SpaceX's Starship spacecraft made its highest flight yet then exploded

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The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is about to deliver asteroid rocks to Earth

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The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft is about to deliver asteroid rocks to Earth

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There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

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There are weird volcanoes everywhere we look in the solar system

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Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

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Does a halo of mysterious dark matter swirl around every galaxy?

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Arecibo Observatory telescope in Puerto Rico collapses after 57 years

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Astronauts

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NASA can't decide whether astronauts should wash their underwear

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China's Chang'e 5 probe is the start of a new era of lunar exploration

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China's Chang'e 5 probe is the start of a new era of lunar exploration

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The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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The universe is expanding too fast, and that could rewrite cosmology

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We’ve seen a planet being born while its star is still forming

Astronomers may have seen a Jupiter-like planet begin to form while its host star is still growing, proving a long-held theory about planet formation

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Repeated radio bursts from nearby star suggest such signals are common

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Satellites with flashing LEDs could help avoid catastrophic collisions

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How-to guide for CPR in space may help treat astronaut cardiac arrest

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SpaceX is about to send four astronauts to the ISS for six-month stay

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