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The night lit up with blue and green flames on Feb. 10 as a fireball meteor streaked across the skies in Ohio. See the videos ...

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Gazing up at the night sky, you may wonder: What is that? A bird? A plane? A...satellite? There are thousands of satellites orbiting our planet – SpaceX alone has launched more than 9,000, and there ...

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If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...