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When it comes to space exploration, Don Gurnett has seen it all. He still vividly remembers seeing America’s first …

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It was 8:07 p.m. on a Friday night in Riverhead, Long Island, when the operators at an RCA Communications outpost …

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Space // 

We have discovered a planet. It gathers in light from its sun, and refuses to let go. In return, the star strips …

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Space // 

An asteroid named Florence will pass by Earth on September 1, and it’s the largest one to fly by since NASA started …

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In the hours before dawn on March 11, 2020, the constellation Scorpio rose over the horizon near Seoul, Korea. …

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