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                    <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Live Science in Space ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare star spotted in its original galaxy could answer a key question about the ingredients of life: Space photo of the week  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The ancient and rare star PicII-503 is helping astronomers understand how carbon became so abundant in the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UHHTMkHn4Fakbn862aLyyE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Stars in the dwarf galaxy Pictor II, which is more than 10 billion years old.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glistening field of stars against a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls to launch pad in final bid to meet April deadline ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A series of leaks means the coming launch window will be NASA's final attempt to meet its April mission deadline. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wKZACK2xj2QKcXmY5AKxsk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artemis II in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Artemis II in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists witness birth of one of the universe's strongest magnets for the first time, thanks to a general relativity 'magic trick' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/scientists-witness-birth-of-one-of-the-universes-strongest-magnets-for-the-first-time-thanks-to-a-general-relativity-magic-trick</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:48:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:57:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZCRSYTAW3Cszx8vCqsYP4G-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Joseph Farah and Curtis McCully/Las Cumbres Observatory]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Astronomers believe they have witnessed a supercharged neutron star, or &quot;magnetar,&quot; being born for the first time. The rare object likely has a magnetic field 300 trillion times greater than the one surrounding Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a magnetar with a wobbling accretion disk]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Live Science Today: Artemis II readies for rollout as auroras paint skies ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Thursday, March 19, 2026: Your daily roundup of the biggest science stories making headlines. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YF9Manpo5ZASdSMUy3ajJk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Artemis II rocket is set to roll back to the launchpad today. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artemis II rocket is set to roll back to the launchpad today. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ All 5 'letters' of DNA found on an asteroid speeding through our solar system. What do they tell us about the origins of life? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ JAXA samples reveal that asteroid Ryugu has a complete set of nucleobases, the building blocks of DNA, suggesting these ingredients of life may be common in the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:49:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:57:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Qg9irVkkMDVPiSHPfHJjjB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers detected the building blocks of DNA in samples collected from asteroid Ryugu, pictured here. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of asteroid Ryugu in space. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Artemis II: NASA is preparing for a return to the moon, but why is it going back? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/artemis-ii-nasa-is-preparing-for-a-return-to-the-moon-but-why-is-it-going-back</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Artemis II mission is sending humans back to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era. Here are the reasons why the U.S. wants to return. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:36:41 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GzRsFyAxskk4p8aaQBDi8E-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Astronaut James B. Irwin standing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of astronaut James B. Irwin standing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare 'daytime fireball' meteor creates powerful sonic boom as 7-ton space rock explodes above eastern US ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A fridge-size space rock spectacularly broke apart over Ohio at 40,000 mph, creating a loud boom and a "fireball" that shone in the bright blue daytime sky. The rare sight, which exploded with the equivalent force of 250 tons of TNT, was also seen from space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:05:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:57:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QvgEhXfPetCMnSwtdsrxCK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hefty meteor exploded in the daytime skies over Ohio shortly after entering Earth&#039;s atmosphere on March 17. This photo, taken in Pennsylvania, shows the smoke trail leftover by the &quot;fireball.&quot; ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photo of a car on road with a meteor streaking through the daytime sky (circled)]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The government is very serious about UFOs. So why are researchers being stymied? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unidentified anomalous phenomena researcher discusses the stigma faced by similar experts conducting their studies into other UAP events while the government continues to release reports on the topic. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:09:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Darrell Evans ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9djqga9zFCiMF8QLu4saRK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A government employee photographed a UFO that hovered for 15 minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico, on Dec.16, 1957.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of a UFO taken in 1957 near Holloman Air Development Center, Alamagordo, New Mexico.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble and Euclid capture the final act of a dying star — and it's glorious: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers combined Hubble's small-scale details of stellar death with Euclid's wide view of cosmic environments to take a closer look at the  iconic Cat's Eye Nebula. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:09:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WAYzDArwsMHVPWqUAajXEm-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ ESA/Hubble &amp; NASA, ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025, J.-C. Cuillandre &amp; E. Bertin (CEA Paris-Saclay), Z. Tsvetanov]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Cat&#039;s Eye Nebula shines into the darkness of space. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the Cat&#039;s Eye Nebula, a blue ball of light surrounded by purple and red gas in a starry night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Can you see Earth's shadow? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth's shadow follows the planet as it orbits the sun. You can get a sense of its enormous, awe-inspiring size by seeing this silhouette cast on objects ranging from satellites to the moon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:12:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Abha Jain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U43hAxwQajvf4oUrYPppAf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite image shows Earth&#039;s shadow cast on the moon. Because of scattering, the moon appears reddish when it lies fully within Earth&#039;s umbra. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite image showing the small gray sphere of the moon across a dark night sky as it reaches various phases of a lunar eclipse. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'A collision within a collision': Neutron star merger hiding in mini-galaxy could answer 2 big astrophysics questions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A powerful "gamma-ray burst" has been seen exploding from merging neutron stars hidden within a previously unknown mini-galaxy leftover from an ancient cosmic crash. The "collision within a collision" could help answer multiple astrophysics questions, researchers say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:52:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/po8MZBUt28AWryKJiY62un-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./S. Dichiara; IR: NASA/ESA/STScI; Illustration: ERC BHianca 2026 / Fortuna and Dichiara, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study has identified a neutron star merger (bottom box) lurking within a tiny galaxy (upper box) that was found within part of a giant stream of gas and dust. (The neutron star merger is an artist&#039;s illustration but the other two images are real photos.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Graphic showing a neutron star collision illustration, the tiny galaxy&#039;s location and the giant stream of gas that holds the galaxy]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exceptionally rare sighting of planets colliding may shed light on the crash that formed the moon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers say a distant, sunlike star shows signs of a catastrophic planet-on-planet crash that may mirror the ancient impact that formed Earth's moon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:21:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NmUeaDwQXS8dGCwnsUJ5HQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andy Tzanidakis]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of two planets colliding near the star Gaia20ehk in 2021.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of two planets colliding to the right of a glowing ball of orange gas, their home star. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Interstellar messenger' 3I/ATLAS could be nearly as old as the universe itself, James Webb telescope observations reveal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The comet formed in a cold and distant part of the early Milky Way up to 12 billion years ago, potentially putting it just under 2 billion years the age of the universe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:42:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Comets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6iuqZ9YBGW2ozYBkMWHFFU-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Satoru Murata]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The long tail and secondary anti-tail of 3I/ATLAS, as well as several other smaller jets emerging from its coma, captured by astrophotographer Satoru Murata on Nov. 16, 2025.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of 3I/ATLAS with a green coma and a long tail, as well as a second shorter tail. A spiral galaxy is also visible in the top left of the image.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A 'mass migration' of stars from the Milky Way's center could explain why there's life in our solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Gaia telescope spotted more than 6,000 sunlike stars, all of which appear to have migrated from the galaxy's center more than 4 billion years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:56:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e98k5U3v2a3ix557G2hJWD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Milky Way between 4 billion and 6 billion years ago, when the &quot;migration&quot; of sunlike stars was taking place. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Milky Way galaxy with white orbital lines showing sun-like stars migrating across its area]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists squished microbes into a steel 'sandwich' — and made a profound discovery about life in space ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Extremophile" bacteria could survive asteroid impacts that are strong enough to launch them into space, suggesting that life could travel between planetary bodies. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:23:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:01:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Damien Pine ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ksa2cmVGJ25YEUEa9HncQU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of two asteroids colliding in space. New research hints that some forms of extreme bacteria could survive crashes like these, sending them on an interplanetary journey.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of two asteroids colliding in space. They create a glowing ball of energy, illuminating other debris around them in a dark space background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Universe-shaking collision of black hole and neutron star could upend our understanding of monster cosmic mergers ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The catastrophic collision of a black hole and a neutron star sent ripples across the universe. New analysis of those ripples could upend a major theory about how these extreme pairs form. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:17:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FbYeRuantKZsRJ8acakex-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Geraint Pratten, Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Birmingham]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the unprecedented ‘oval’ orbit of black-hole-neutron-star system. The odd orbit points to a gap in our understanding of how these systems can form. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black hole and a neutron star, both black spheres with one having an orange series of circles around them circle each other against a starry background. The neutron star’s path is shown in blue with larger circles and the black hole’s motion in orange as the two objects orbit each other.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Vernal equinox 2026: When is the first day of spring? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first day of spring 2026 in the Northern Hemisphere arrives with the equinox on March 20. Here's when and why the seasons change. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:49:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bdFM2udVCwX4GaoWWKLWcR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[James Osmond via Getty Images ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The equinox on March 20, 2026, marks the beginning of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of stone pillars are seen in the setting sun overlooking a field]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1,300-pound spacecraft will crash to Earth today following intense solar activity, NASA warns ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Van Allen Probe A is falling to Earth much sooner than expected, though the spacecraft's reentry poses a low risk to humans. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:02:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/esCYDmjiJftEVjPUhr6q5J-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[JHU/APL, NASA]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of NASA&#039;s twin Van Allen Probes orbiting Earth. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of NASA&#039;s twin Van Allen Probes orbiting Earth. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Falling meteorite smashes hole in roof of German house after spectacular 'fireball' explosion over Europe ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/meteoroids/falling-meteorite-smashes-hole-in-roof-of-german-house-after-spectacular-fireball-explosion-over-europe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A German town has been peppered by meteorites after a stunning "fireball" exploded in the skies over central Europe. One extraterrestrial fragment landed in a bedroom after punching a soccer ball-size hole through the building's roof. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:22:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:40:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/A9wawFNspMfaiANDBrKoi7-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESA/AllSky7 fireball network]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Europe&#039;s AllSky7 fireball network caught the exploding meteor on camera shortly before the resulting fragments pummeled into the German town of Koblenz-Güls.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Photograph of a bright flash of light in the evening sky over Germany]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Exotic prime numbers could be hiding inside black holes ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new paper makes the strange case for prime numbers at the heart of physics. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:58:03 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Black Holes]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Lyndie Chiou ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R8hjeA8bm8pvoRTkN7tqoj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Could prime numbers be at the heart of black holes?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a black hole churning spacetime around it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists tracked faint signals from the stars — and may have turned up hundreds of undiscovered planets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study shows that stars with low magnetic activity are likely to support exoplanetary systems, making the hunt for these celestial objects less random. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:07:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Abha Jain ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UtvrTUUMg2LQWMWTGNkgp4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets. Astronomers have proposed a new method that could swiftly uncover hundreds of new alien worlds.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a series of brown and blue planets in a dark starry space background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Exposed Cranium' leaks its gory secrets in new James Webb telescope images: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reveals new infrared images of the brain-shaped "Exposed Cranium" nebula, the final stages of a dying star. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5ixpseYdmU4bvaVkd3a3PC-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The PMR 1 &quot;Exposed Cranium&quot; nebula as seen by Webb&#039;s NIRCam (left) and MIRI (right) instruments. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Two side by side images of a circular nebula, showing a cloud of golden gas surrounded by a blue bubble. The image on the left shows more background stars and a transparent bubble. The image on the right shows more of a yellow and green background with a bluer bubble]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Enormous 3D map of the universe shows brilliant 'sea of light' near the cosmic dawn ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/enormous-3d-map-of-the-universe-shows-brilliant-sea-of-light-near-the-cosmic-dawn</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A unique technique allowed astronomers to see the early universe as a "sea of light" and explore the effects of gravity and dark energy on cosmic evolution. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 11:00:22 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ivan Farkas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jbEKWr7ABfKa967KSZJFSH-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Maja Lujan Niemeyer/Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics/HETDEX, Chris Byrohl/Stanford University/HETDEX]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A section of the line-intensity map created using HETDEX data, showing a swath of the universe as it appeared 10 billion years ago. The inset shows a zoomed-in simulation of the cosmic structure after background noise has been removed from the data. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of blobs of pink and orange against a black background with a boxout in the top right zooming in on one of the blobs showing a neural network of sorts of purple and orange and pink]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'City killer' asteroid will narrowly miss the moon, James Webb Telescope reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth or the moon when it whizzes by in 2032, the latest James Webb Space Telescope observations confirm. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xJcAPjfHEtNYLjMw9jeAPH-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of an asteroid near the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 will zoom by the moon at a nail-biting 13,000 miles in 2032, new James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of an asteroid the passing the Moon as it approaches Earth. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Truly extraordinary': Mega-laser shooting at us from halfway across the universe is the brightest 'cosmic beacon' we've ever seen ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered the brightest and most distant "megamaser" to date. The cosmic energy beam is shooting toward Earth from 8 billion light-years away and was spotted thanks to a weird space-time trick first predicted by Einstein. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:57:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oUd27yuexRbe5oQFaC3QBZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Researchers have detected a powerful beam of microwaves, or megamaser, coming from a distant galaxy merger around 8 billion light-years from Earth. The rare signal was only detected thanks to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which magnified the incoming radiation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Diagram showing how the megamaser was observed via gravitational lensing]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA fixes Artemis II rocket for April launch to take astronauts around moon ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Artemis II is on track to shoot for the moon in April after engineers fixed the helium issue that grounded the mission's rocket last month. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:57:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Exploration]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rD4oLT2KDHoCfE4rZXevqW-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Orion spacecraft points at the moon from its perch atop the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building on February 25, 2026.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Orion spacecraft points at the moon from its perch atop the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it was rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building on February 25, 2026.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Mysterious 'little red dots' discovered by James Webb telescope may be the first stars in the universe on the verge of collapse ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study suggests that "little red dots" spied by the James Webb Space Telescope could be the universe's short-lived first generation of gigantic stars, challenging an existing theory. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:04:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:55:25 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Shreejaya Karantha ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B9bYuL7b8688a6VV4bfGti-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bangzheng &quot;Tom&quot; Sun]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A sampling of &quot;little red dots&quot; (circled) spotted in James Webb Space Telescope surveys. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of red bubble looking spheres over a dark, starry background with four white cutout squares in the front enlarging four of the bubbles to show glowing balls of red light in each of the bubbles. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Blood moon' total lunar eclipse dazzles millions around the world (photos) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here are the first images of the March 3 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse visible over North America, Australia, and eastern Asia. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:35:47 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:51:23 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/L649LGfVwXkFTF2vAF4QAB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A multiple exposure picture of the ‘blood moon’ over Golaghat in Assam, India.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A multiple exposure picture of the ‘blood moon’ over Golaghat in Assam, India.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ March could be the best month for the northern lights for nearly a decade —  if the sun stays active ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ March 2026 could be the best month for the northern lights until the mid-2030s, as celestial mechanics and solar activity combine for potentially potent results. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:01:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zSTVa3HWnF6mn7naD7ZBfM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&#039;Equinox effect&#039; could supercharge auroras this month as Earth&#039;s magnetic field and the solar wind meet in a fortuitous way.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a red and green aurora over a scenic lake]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA telescope spots first alien 'astrosphere' around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The first bubble of hot gas seen around another star has been spotted around the "Moth," just 117 light-years away. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:11:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zwKdyyQKTwoGi8g6GSwb9Y-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[X-ray: NASA/CXC/Johns Hopkins Univ./C.M. Lisse et al.; Infrared: NASA/ESA/STIS; Optical: NSF/NoirLab/CTIO/DECaPS2]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A young, sun-like star reveals its protective sheath, or &#039;astrosphere&#039;, for the first time in this Chandra image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A star blowing a purple, wedge-shaped bubble in space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Science history: Stephen Hawking writes a tiny paper — and turns our understanding of black holes inside out — March 1, 1974 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 1974, physicist Stephen Hawking described the potential for tiny, primordial black holes that existed at the dawn of time to explode — and reshaped what we knew about these cosmic behemoths. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tia Ghose ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gh5myp5cAkTWuVaMQZe2Se-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s conception of an ancient black hole. In 1974, Stephen Hawking proposed that black holes could slowly evaporate, and eventually explode.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of a black hole in yellow, blue and pink light]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant string of organic molecules on Mars may be one of the best signs of life yet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic molecules discovered on Mars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Mars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ivan Farkas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7M8X3DKBAHsEkbZAxeH9GT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Curiosity rover found evidence of long, organic molecules in Mars rocks, and a new analysis suggests they could reasonably have a biological origin.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Curiosity rover on Mars next to a diagram of long carbon-based molecules]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The sun just experienced its first 'spotless days' in 4 years — but we're not in the clear yet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earlier this week, the number of visible sunspots on our home star fell to zero for the first time in 1,335 days. This normally indicates a period of greatly reduced solar activity, but it's still too soon to relax, experts say. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:52:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HjVYDwf4ucrey9orxAVpmU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[On Feb. 22, there were zero visible sunspots on the Earth-facing hemisphere of the sun. The last time our home star looked this calm was back in June 2022. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the sun without any sunspots]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA announces sweeping overhaul of Artemis return to moon, targeting two 2028 landings and a 2027 in-orbit docking flight ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A major shakeup to NASA's Artemis program will step rocket launches up to an annual basis, and discard a Boeing-designed upper stage. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:34:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:40:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MnRmbSTZnQKUKxwZpX5tTA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Artemis II mission rocket stands outside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on February 25, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Artemis II mission rocket stands outside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on February 25, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Revolutionary': Vera C. Rubin Observatory found 800,000 objects of interest in a single night ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Vera C. Rubin Observatory sent scientists nearly 1 million astronomy alerts in one night, showing off changes in the sky. Eventually, the telescope is expected to reach 7 million alerts per night. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:41:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:52:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UBAhkRwhoY7XJymDWSTtjR-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way glitters behind the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The observatory just passed a critical milestone, alerting astronomers to 800,000 changes in the sky in one night.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A long-exposure photo of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in front of a starry sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Giant 'spiderwebs' on Mars contain tiny egg-like structures that scientists 'can't quite explain,' NASA rover reveals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New photos captured by NASA's Curiosity rover show that Mars' giant, spiderweb-like "boxwork" features are covered in tiny, never-before-seen nodules that bear a striking resemblance to arachnid eggs. And researchers are struggling to explain them. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V3jLh5NBnNJ2csVmGUFDg7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA has released two new images of spiderweb-like &quot;boxwork&quot; structures captured by the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars. One of these photos (encircled) shows tiny, never-before-seen nodules affixed to the surface of these rocky ridges. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Mars&#039;s surface with a close-up image of tiny egg-like nodules inset]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Fresh look at Apollo moon rocks solves decades-old mystery about the moon's magnetic field ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The lunar rocks collected by Apollo astronauts suggested the moon had a strong magnetic field. A new analysis shows the opposite. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TLc49S5R5tmXo6a9fJutWY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. collects a rock sample during the Apollo 16 mission. These samples remain critical to studies of the moon today.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station No. 1, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA), at the Descartes landing site.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Chinese astronauts describe moment a crack was discovered on Shenzhou-20 spacecraft ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Taikonauts from the ill-fated Shenzhou-20 mission have described what happened when they discovered cracks on their spacecraft as they prepared to depart China's Tiangong space station last year. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:49:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:46:18 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hgdGUn48qELXqPLjHSceVR-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Shenzhou-20 crew — Wang Jie (left), Chen Zhongrui (center), and Chen Dong (right) — has been stranded on board the Tiangong space station after their return capsule was hit with space junk. The trio launched into space on April 24.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of three Chinese astronauts waving to the cameras before launching to space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Rare and enigmatic' structures found at the Milky Way's center in largest-ever map of its kind ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists using the ALMA telescope have created the most-detailed-ever map of the Milky Way's chaotic center. The observations could open a window to the ancient universe as it appeared shortly after the Big Bang. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TttstjUQQvUsbA6xKxh57b-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Milky Way&#039;s Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) surrounds our galaxy&#039;s supermassive black hole and may share characteristics with the dense and chaotic galaxies of the early universe. This is the largest-ever image taken by the ALMA telescope in Chile.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Milky Way&#039;s Central Molecular Zone (CMZ) surrounds our galaxy&#039;s supermassive black hole and may share characteristics with the dense and chaotic galaxies of the early universe. This is the largest-ever image taken by the ALMA telescope in Chile.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb telescope spots giant auroras rolling through Uranus' atmosphere ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ JWST observed Uranus for nearly a full rotation, charting the planet's upper atmosphere and magnetic environment for the first time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:13:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:34:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/McGuwj2myrUX4CcJRtW7tK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[JWST observed Uranus rotating for 15 hours in January 2025, showing bright auroral bands (in white) near the planet&#039;s magnetic poles.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of four small boxes on the left of the image and one large box on the right, each showing a circle with blue in the bottom left of the circle and a ring of glowing red around it, representing Uranus&#039; atmosphere.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Blood moon' total lunar eclipse: How to see the March 3 celestial spectacle from anywhere on Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The final "blood moon" total lunar eclipse until 2029 is coming to North America this Tuesday (March 3). Here's how to watch it online. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hpP5XPQHKZJ5hU3T79528L-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026, will be livestreamed.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of a bright orange blood moon in the night sky, the top half more yellow than orange]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA set to roll Artemis rocket back for urgent repairs after yet another delay ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA is about to roll its Artemis II moon rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building to fix a helium flow issue that guarantees astronauts won't fly around the moon in March. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:40:36 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:05:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Patrick Pester ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xsyAsqobM8zGHQk2zDzwWU-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Artemis II rocket is sitting on a launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of the Artemis II rocket sitting on a launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, at sunset. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists find ancient black hole breaking the cosmic 'speed limit,' challenging multiple theories ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An ancient, fast-feeding quasar is breaking the rules of how black holes consume matter and generate galaxy-shaping jets. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ivan Farkas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TdHgnccQHo6tE658ycymMJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendering of a swirling corona above a black hole&#039;s accretion disk. New research reveals an ancient black hole whose corona may be helping it break some major cosmic rules.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendition highlighting the pale, conical swirls that manifest as a corona above the black hole&#039;s accretion disk.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Rare 'planetary parade' will return to the evening sky this week — but you'll have to look at exactly the right time ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Six planets will shine together in the evening sky on Feb. 28. Here's how to get the best view before they disappear. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MCBRVZHfG5QWBt4rS9PziK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of solar system planets aligning. A &quot;planet parade&quot; will take place in February.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the planets in our solar system lined up against a blue starry background, with Venus then Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Closest baby nebula to Earth 'hatches' in strange new Hubble image – Space photo of the week ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A stunning new Hubble image reveals the most detailed look yet at the Egg Nebula, the youngest and closest pre-planetary nebula to Earth. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jamie Carter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pXEjwE9KDJ52gbhGRmgqyM-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Egg Nebula, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of the egg nebula, with a glowing streak of pink gas in the middle surrounded by concentric circles of white like with four diagonal beams of light streaking from top left to bottom right all in front of a deep space starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study looked at how a massive star in the Andromeda Galaxy disappeared due to the formation of a black hole ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 12:33:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Evan Gough ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V4WbF5byP7ophMJNLVwMPG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the Andromeda galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way galaxy. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Image of disk-galaxy Andromeda taken by Hubble space telescope]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists propose new plan to 'catch' comet 3I/ATLAS — but we have to act fast ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study explores the challenges of catching interstellar comets like comet 3I/ATLAS ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Matthew Williams ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hx7CV8i6vGaNC2P9dv22CB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Hubble image of  3I/ATLAS. White dashes on a black background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Artemis II update: NASA targets March 6 for launch of historic moon mission following successful 'wet dress rehearsal' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA is targeting March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II mission to the moon following a successful 'wet dress rehearsal' on Thursday. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:16:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:33:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brandon Specktor ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M88SzKFYNWpw4LaFgQfK4R-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Space Launch System rocket on the launch pad. The Artemis II moon mission could launch as soon as March 6.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A photo of Artemis II&#039;s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Bungled Boeing Starliner mission was the highest order of mishap that put stranded astronauts at risk, report says ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/there-will-be-leadership-accountability-bungled-boeing-starliner-mission-put-stranded-nasa-crew-at-risk-report-says</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The 2024 Starliner mission, which left astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams stranded in space for nine months, has received NASA's worst mishap classification in a damning report. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:55:48 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:11:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ben.turner@futurenet.com (Ben Turner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ben Turner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gn33msRPoWa5UQdUu7WR79-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the ISS in August 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the ISS in August 2024.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Saturn's largest moon may actually be 2 moons in 1 — and helped birth the planet's iconic rings ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.livescience.com/space/saturn/saturns-largest-moon-may-actually-be-2-moons-in-1-and-helped-birth-the-planets-iconic-rings</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study hints that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was created around 400 million years ago, when two massive moons smashed into each other. This hypothesis could also help to solve several other mysteries surrounding other moons and the planet's iconic rings. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:44:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:56:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Harry Baker ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tASF2wtyittVvm5ksRPAuX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study hints that Saturn&#039;s largest moon, Titan, was created when two massive moons smashed into each other around 400 million years ago.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of two moons smashing into one another]]></media:text>
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