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Blue Origin's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos revealed the company's hardware designed to get payloads to the moon during an event on Thursday in Washington.

Why it matters: The event was effectively a plea to NASA. The space agency wants to land humans on the surface of the moon by 2024, and Blue Origin wants to help them get there.

A rare supernova is helping scientists unlock the mysteries of how these bright, exploding stars come to be.

Why it matters: Supernovas — the violent explosions of some dead stars at the end of their lives — are thought to be responsible for seeding our universe with many of the heavy elements we see around us today. If researchers can figure out exactly how these stellar explosions are created, it could help explain some of the inner-workings of our universe.

Unprecedented flooding is devastating the Midwest with the Mississippi River rising to some of its highest levels since 1993.

What's new: Heavy rain prompted more flash flooding concerns over Wednesday night, as Kansas residents were evacuated from their homes and dozens of Texas children were left stranded at school, AP reports.