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The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

This Christmas Eve, a vehicle is traveling at incomprehensible speed around a celestial object to bring wonder to the people of Earth — and ...
An undated photo provided by NASA/Naval Research Laboratory/Parker Solar Probe shows an unprocessed image from the WISPR instrument of the comet NEOWISE on July 5, 2020, shortly after its closest approach to the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Naval Research Lab/Parker Solar Probe/Brendan Gallagher via The New York Times)

The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Heads for Its Close-Up With the Sun

This Christmas Eve, a vehicle is traveling at incomprehensible speed around a celestial object to bring wonder to the people of Earth — and ...

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SAO PAULO — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons (3.6 metric t...

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Oldest Known Stone Tablet Inscribed With the Ten Commandments Sells for Over $5M

NEW YORK — The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sothe...

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on...

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Alabama Woman Doing Well After Latest Experimental Pig Kidney Transplant

NEW YORK — An Alabama woman is recovering well after a pig kidney transplant last month that freed her from eight years of dialysis, the lat...

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In an undated image provided by Alexey Chizhik, an artist’s impression of a superflare on a sun-like star as seen in white light. New findings suggest that an extraordinarily powerful and dangerous burst of radiation might flare from our sun in the future. (Alexey Chizhik via The New York Times)

Superflares Erupt From Stars Like Our Sun Once Every 100 Years

Our sun is a violent place. Bursts of radiation snap off the solar surface with the strength of millions of volcanic eruptions. Hot plasma c...

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The Geminids Meteor Shower Is Peaking. Here’s How to Watch.

Our universe might be chock-full of cosmic wonder, but you can observe only a fraction of astronomical phenomena with your naked eye. Meteor...

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USDA Orders Nationwide Testing of Milk for Bird Flu to Halt the Virus

The U.S. government on Friday ordered testing of the nation’s milk supply for bird flu to better monitor the spread of the virus in da...

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California Researchers Discover Mysterious, Gelatinous New Sea Slug

MONTEREY — More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California resea...

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