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Cheers as Mars InSight spacecraft lands on Red Planet

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Cheers and applause erupted at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Monday as a waist-high unmanned lander, called InSight, touched down on Mars, capping a nearly seven-year journey from design to launch to landing. The dramatic arrival of the $993 million spacecraft — designed to listen for quakes and […]

Cosmic dust, not ‘alien megastructure,’ veils mysterious star

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open view web desk It’s been called the “most mysterious star in the universe,” bigger than the sun and yet brightening and dimming in an odd way that suggested to some an alien megastructure might be circling it. But a study out Wednesday, compiled by more than 100 […]

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