How to see meteors from 3,000 years ago this week
By Alison Klesman
Eta Aquarid meteor shower to peak May 6: Taipei Astronomical Museum
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it
By Christina Larson
WHAT'S UP IN THE SKY: Meteors, moons and the big mom of the sky
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China launches Chang'e-6 to retrieve samples from moon's far side
A successful launch: China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe heads to the moon
China rocket blasts off for far side of Moon
By Jemma Crew
The lunar far side is wildly different from what we see. Scientists want to know why
By Ashley Strickland
China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon
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Genomes of 'star algae' shed light on origin of plants
Genomes of multicellular algal sisters to land plants illuminate signaling network evolution
By Jinling Huang, Elisabeth Fitzek and Lydia Gramzow
'Genetic programs' allowed the ancestor of all plants to conquer dry land
By Paul Mcclure
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Boeing to send first astronaut crew to space after years of delay
Starliner: The US space industry's next big thing?
By Richard Hollingham
Boeing Starliner rolls out to launch pad for 1st astronaut flight on May 6 (photos)
By Elizabeth Howell
Boeing's Starliner joins select club of crewed US spaceships
Boeing Starliner 1st crew to launch on Monday. Watch here!
By Kelly Kizer Whitt
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The benefits of crown-of-thorns starfish control on the Great Barrier Reef
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Hammer-headed bat: The African megabat that looks like a gargoyle and holds honking pageants
By Sascha Pare
Parrots in captivity seem to enjoy video-chatting with their friends on Messenger
By Cheyenne Macdonald
China narrows gap with US in space travel
By Yu Zeyuan
To the moon, Mars and beyond: Could China's soaring space ambitions be hampered by earthly factors?
By Woon Shin Wong
China selects new space missions including lunar far side astronomy and terrestrial exoplanet survey
By Andrew Jones
Shenzhou XVIII completes in-orbit handover with Shenzhou XVII
China's Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship successfully launched
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The Universe Could Be Filled With Ultralight Black Holes That Can't Die
By Brian Koberlein
Construction complete of University of Tokyo's observatory in Chile
The highest observatory on Earth sits atop Chile's Andes Mountains — and it's finally open
By Sharmila Kuthunur
The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile
By Wes Davis
New observatory in Chile—the highest in the world—aims to reveal origins of planets, galaxies and more
Meet The Highest Telescope In The World, Which Just Looked Up For The First Time
By Jamie Carter
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New Journal Article: “A Dataset For Measuring the Impact of Research Data and Their Curation”
By Gary Price
Physicists Say They May Have Found a Powerful Glitch in the Universe
By Victor Tangermann
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Incredibly clear picture taken of asteroid in space has people creeped out for same reason
By Lucy Devine
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Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
By Jonathan Amos
Astroscale Japan Selected for Phase II of JAXA's Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration Program
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
By Sharon Adarlo
Japan's space junk cleaner prototype closes in on its target
By Simon Sharwood
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
By Mark D. Kaufman
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