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Breakthrough Listen Releases 1 Million Gigabytes of Data from Its Search for E.T.

On Tuesday (June 18), the project announced that it's made the largest data release ever in the search for extraterrestrial life.

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Breakthrough Listen Releases 1 Million Gigabytes of Data from Its Search for E.T.

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This Is NASA's Best View Yet (and Closest, Too!) of Asteroid Bennu

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft inched closer still to an asteroid called Bennu, breaking the record it set previously – but the real reward is the stunning photographs the probe has captured since.

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This Is NASA's Best View Yet (and Closest, Too!) of Asteroid Bennu

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Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day

Outside the International Space Station, the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer ejects three small cubesats into low Earth orbit for the BIRDS-3 mission.

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Pictures from Space! Our Image of the Day

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On This Day in Space! June 19, 1963: Vostok 5 & Vostok 6 Return to Earth

On June 19, 1963, two Soviet spacecraft named Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission. See how it happened in our "On This Day in Space" video series!

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On This Day in Space! June 19, 1963: Vostok 5 & Vostok 6 Return to Earth

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NASA to Adjust SOFIA Flying Telescope's Operations to Improve Productivity

NASA plans to adjust operations of an airborne astronomical observatory in order to increase its scientific productivity.

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NASA to Adjust SOFIA Flying Telescope's Operations to Improve Productivity

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'Men in Black: International' Chases Aliens Around the World

"Men in Black: International" carries on the decades-old science fiction franchise with more extraterrestrial action, funky aliens, memory-zapping neuralizers and goofy humor.

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'Men in Black: International' Chases Aliens Around the World

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Biomedicine and Physics Research During Crew Departure Preps Today

Biomedicine and physics topped the research schedule aboard the International Space Station today. The Expedition 59 crew also checked out U.S. spacesuits while preparing a Russian crew ship for return to Earth next week. NASA is preparing for human missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The astronauts ...

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Biomedicine and Physics Research During Crew Departure Preps Today

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Final Week for Station Trio as Science Continues Unabated

Three Expedition 59 crewmembers are beginning their final week aboard the International Space Station and readying their spacesuits and Soyuz crew ship for the return to Earth. The orbital residents also continued a variety of human research activities amidst the deployment of tiny satellites today. ...

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Final Week for Station Trio as Science Continues Unabated

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Astronomers make first detection of polarized radio waves in Gamma Ray Burst jets

Astronomers detect polarized radio waves from a gamma-ray burst for the first time. Polarization signature reveals magnetic fields in explosions to be much more patchy and tangled than first thought. Combining the observations with data from X-ray and visible light telescopes is helping unravel the mysteries ...

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Astronomers make first detection of polarized radio waves in Gamma Ray Burst jets

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Cool halo gas caught spinning like galactic disks

Astronomers have discovered cool halo gas spinning in the same direction as galactic disks in typical star-forming galaxies. Their findings suggest that the whirling gas halo will eventually spiral in towards the galactic disk where it can fuel star formation.

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Cool halo gas caught spinning like galactic disks

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Two new Earth-like planets discovered near Teegarden's Star

An international research team has discovered two new Earth-like planets near one of our closest stars. Teegarden's Star is about 12.5 light years away and is one of the smallest known stars.

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Two new Earth-like planets discovered near Teegarden's Star

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NASA's Cassini reveals New Sculpting in Saturn Rings

As NASA's Cassini dove close to Saturn in its final year, the spacecraft provided intricate detail on the workings of Saturn's complex rings, new analysis shows.

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NASA's Cassini reveals New Sculpting in Saturn Rings

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Sun's history found buried in Moon's crust

The Sun's rotation rate in its first billion years is unknown. Yet, this spin rate affected solar eruptions, influencing the evolution of life. Scientists think they've figured it out by using the Moon as critical evidence.

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Sun's history found buried in Moon's crust

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Meteors help Martian clouds form

Researchers think they've solved the long-standing mystery of how Mars got all of its clouds.

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Meteors help Martian clouds form

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US piles pressure on Iran with new troop deployments

China and Russia warned Tuesday about escalating Middle East tensions after Washington said it would deploy 1,000 more troops to the region and renewed accusations that Iran was behind a tanker attack. The US moves came as Iran set a 10-day countdown for world powers to fulfil their commitments under ...

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US piles pressure on Iran with new troop deployments

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The Latest: Amnesty urges Egypt to investigate Morsi's death

A leading human right group is urging Egypt to investigate the death of former President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country's first free elections in 2012 and was ousted a year later by the military, has collapsed during a court session on Monday and ...

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The Latest: Amnesty urges Egypt to investigate Morsi's death

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Huge great white shark surprises stunned New Jersey fishermen

A party of fishermen about 30 miles southeast of the Manasquan Inlet got a shocking visitor: a huge great white shark.

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Huge great white shark surprises stunned New Jersey fishermen

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Parkland survivor says Harvard revoked his admission over racist remarks

Kyle Kashuv, who became a pro-gun conservative activist, tweeted that decision was made over texts he made before the massacre

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Parkland survivor says Harvard revoked his admission over racist remarks

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Trump Cryptically Parrots Fox News Graphic Encouraging Iran Military Strike

Mere minutes after Fox News aired a segment on Monday that seemingly laid out the case for military strikes against Iran, President Trump cryptically'and without context'tweeted out verbatim a graphic displayed by the network, noting Iran has threatened to exceed uranium stockpile limits set by the 2015 ...

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Trump Cryptically Parrots Fox News Graphic Encouraging Iran Military Strike

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Duterte Stands by China, Doubts Own Fishermen in Sea Collision

(Bloomberg) -- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is standing by China over a collision involving the two nations' boats in the South China Sea, with his spokesman casting doubts on local fishermen's accounts of the incident.In his first public statement about what he described as a 'maritime incident,' ...

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Duterte Stands by China, Doubts Own Fishermen in Sea Collision