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Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory has released open-source software to detect potentially harmful shooting ...

There could be a 90 percent chance that in the next decade, astronomers will spot a deep space explosion that confirms ...

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Australia's SpIRIT nanosatellite has successfully completed the initial phase of its mission, marking a milestone achievement ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This remarkable discovery sheds new light on Egypt’s buried past and its sacred ...

"It would completely revolutionize physics and help us rewrite the history of the universe." New research suggests that there is a 90% chance that within the next decade, humanity could use a space or ...