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The Moon's Ancient Volcanoes Could Have Created Ice Sheets Dozens of Meters Thick
Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem
Starliner Launches Successfully, but Two of its Thrusters Failed
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner successfully launched and rendezvoused with the ISS, a crucial step towards performing commercial crew and payload services!
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NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit
The "Doorway on Mars" is More Like a Dog Door
Thanks to Gaia, Astronomers are Able to Map Out Nebulae in 3D
Forget About Mars, When Will Humans be Flying to Saturn?
The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry
A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)!
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Dust Storms on Mars Happen When the Planet Can't Release its Heat Fast Enough
New research led by the USRA has found a possible explanation for planet-wide Martian dust storms, which could the result of an imbalance between the energy it absorbs and emits.
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Spinlaunch Hurled a Test Rocket Into the air. See What it Looked Like From the Payload's Point of View
Is This the Future of the Milky Way?
Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they're not happy about it
The Lunar Eclipse, Seen From the International Space Station
May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at All
Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible meteor outburst.
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LISA has Passed a key Review Phase, it's Time to Actually Design the Final Mission
InSight is Losing Power, it Probably Will be Shut Down in a Few Months
Maybe We Don't Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent
Ceres Probably Formed Farther out in the Solar System and Migrated Inward
China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar Base
In a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program.
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No, This Isn't a Doorway on Mars
Congressional UFO Hearing Brings a Few Answers and More Questions
Carbon-12 is an Essential Building Block for Life and Scientists Have Finally Figured Out How it Forms in Stars
Merging Supermassive Black Holes Gives us a New Way to Measure the Universe
A team of astronomers from Columbia University has found a new way to probe the depths of merging black holes, which could lead to a new understanding of physics!
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Did a 5th Giant Planet Mess up the Orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune?
Astronomers Find a Star That Contains 65 Different Elements
Scouring Through old Hubble Images Turned up 1,000 new Asteroids
Engineers Design an Electrical Microgrid for a Lunar Base
Sandia National Laboratories is developing microgrid technology that will power the Artemis Base Camp and operations on the Moon!
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Cosmic Rays can Help Keep the World's Clocks in Sync
A CubeSat is Flying to the Moon to Make Sure Lunar Gateway's Orbit is Actually Stable
To validate the Lunar Gateway's orbit around the lunar poles (a halo orbit), NASA is sending the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon!
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What's the Right Depth to Search for Life on Icy Worlds?
Astronomers Finally Catch a Nova Detonating on a White Dwarf as it's Happening
This is it! Meet the Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way
The Event Horizon Telescope has just released the first images of Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy!
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We've Now Seen Planet-Forming Disks Around Hundreds of Young Stars. What Do They Tell Us?
Our Complete Guide to This Weekend's Total Lunar Eclipse
Don't miss one of the top astronomical events for 2022: Sunday night's total lunar eclipse.
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InSight Just Detected a Record-breaking Marsquake: Magnitude 5!
'The Clocks are Telling Lies:' A New Book from Universe Today Writer Scott Alan Johnston
Martian Dust is Starting to Darken Ingenuity's Solar Panels
These are the Best Places to Search for Habitable Exomoons
Artemis 1 Probably won't Launch Until August
Technical issues have imposed delays on the Artemis I mission. NASA now claims it will likely launch by August at the earliest.
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The Tonga Eruption Reached Space!
Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move
New research has shown that the southern polar glaciers on Mars are migrating, and have been for a very long time!
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What's the Best Way to Build Landing Pads on the Moon?
A new study considers the most cost-effective way to build landing pads on the Moon, which is essential to establishing a sustainable human presence there.
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Astronaut Jessica Watkins Floats Above the Earth in the Space Station's Cupola
If There are Dyson Spheres Around White Dwarfs, We Should be Able to Detect Them
China Announces Its New Flagship Space Telescope Mission
Webb is Almost Ready. There's One Last Thing To Do
Russia Says it'll Quit the International Space Station Over Sanctions. Also, Russia Says a lot of Stuff That Doesn't Happen
Canada's Criminal Laws now Extend to Earth Orbit and the Moon
In anticipation of Artemis, the Canadian government just passed an amendment to extend its Criminal Code to the Moon!
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Extended Trips to Space Alter the Brains of Astronauts
We can Probably Find Supernovae Enhanced by Gravitational Lensing, We Just Need to Look
