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Interstellar Travel

Interstellar travel is the ability to travel between stars in the exploration of space.
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Moon Phases

There are eight distinct phases every month, four of them occurring roughly a week apart.
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Gravitational Waves

Gravitational waves are ripples in space-time created by the interaction of massive objects in space, such as black holes and neutron stars.
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Rocket Launches

Rocket launches used to be the realm of national governments, but with the rise of private spaceflight companies more rockets are launching into space than ever before.
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Latest News About the Juno Mission to Jupiter

NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno probe will study the gas giant's atmosphere, magnetosphere and gravitational field. Juno will orbit Jupiter for about a year.
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Aurora Borealis

The aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is the rippling night-sky light display found at the northernmost reaches of the Earth.
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Dark Matter

Roughly 80 percent of the mass of the universe appears to be dark matter: a material that seems to interact with ordinary matter only through gravity, without emitting light or energy.
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International Space Station

The International Space Station is a $100 billion research outpost in low-Earth orbit. See the latest news, photos and videos from ISS missions here.
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Latest News About China's Space Program

See the latest on China's space program, rocket launches and space missions.
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SpaceX's Falcon Heavy: Latest News, Images and Video

Learn more about SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket, the world's most powerful booster, which made its debut flight on Feb. 6, 2018.
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