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China launches space telescope to search for black holes, pulsars
A Long March-4B rocket carrying X-ray space telescope to observe black holes, pulsars and gamma-ray bursts blasts off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert, June 15, … [Read more...]
Movie, book illuminate Hidden Figures from the space race – Science News for Students (blog)
Science News for Students (blog)Movie, book illuminate Hidden Figures from the space raceScience News for Students (blog)Before the age of computers, people — including women of color — helped run the … [Read more...]
Soyuz space capsule returns to Earth from 115-day mission – U.S. News & World Report
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Hugs aboard space station after change of command
The crews of the International Space Station mission Expedition 49-50 say their goodbyes after Russian cosmonaut Anatoli Ivanishin hands over command of the space station to NASA astronaut Shane … [Read more...]
Rock star Freddie Mercury now has his own space rock
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Ceres is more than just a space rock
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