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The "NEO Hunter" mission would use Blue Origin's Blue Ring spacecraft to deflect space rocks. This plan builds on NASA's successful DART mission, which proved an asteroid's path could be altered.

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A rare and striking ocean creature nicknamed the “blue dragon” is washing up on parts of the Texas coast, and researchers say beachgoers should admire it from a distance. The ...

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