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Hubble Checks the Weather on Hot Jupiters. Forecast: 100% Chance of Hellish Conditions
Planetary Decadal Survey Says it's Time for a Mission to Uranus (and Enceladus too!)
The recently released Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 has identified some exciting missions and goals for the coming decade!
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Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star
Here's Something Rare: a Martian Crater That isn't a Circle. What Happened?
Holographic Doctors can now Provide Medical Advice on the International Space Station
Thanks to advances in holographic and teleporting technology, the first "holographic handshake" recently took place between people on Earth and the ISS.
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Perseverance Begins the Next Phase of its Mission, Studying an Ancient River Bed on Mars
Astronomy Jargon 101: Sunspots
Here are All of Hubble's Observations in One Picture
Venus' Atmosphere Stops it From Locking to the Sun
The reason Venus isn't tidally locked could be its thick atmosphere.
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Chinese Astronomers Recorded Earliest Account of Aurora
How dating an ancient text revealed one of the oldest observations of aurora known.
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Jupiter's Moon Io has Dunes. Dunes!?
New research led by Rutger's University has led to an explanation for why there are dunes on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
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Wow! Perseverance Sees a Solar Eclipse on Mars
Pluto's Orbit is Surprisingly Close to an Unstable Zone
A new study has revealed new insights into Pluto's orbit, which is subject to a lot of chaotic perturbance over time!
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Galaxy Clusters
Astronomy Jargon 101: Big Bang Theory
When Will Humanity Become a Type I Civilization?
Can humanity become a Type I civilization without causing our own Great Filter?
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Zodiacal Light
NASA is Having a Tough Time Testing the SLS
One Giant Impact Made the Two Halves of the Moon so Different
SETI Researchers can now Scan all Data at the Very Large Array for any Evidence of Alien Transmissions
The Very Large Array (VLA) will monitor space 24/7 for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, thanks to a new partnership between the SETI Institute and the NRAO.
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Astronomy Jargon 101: White Dwarf
$500 000 for Moon Dust, Boson Breaking Physics, New Approach to Space Tourism
Space for All: Bringing Astronomy to Remote Mountain Villages in Morocco
An Ancestor of Supermassive Black Holes, Found at Cosmic Dawn
Using Hubble data, an international team of researchers has spotted what could be a primordial ancestor to supermassive black holes (SMBHs).
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Van Allen Belts
Life Might Have Gotten Started Just 300 Million Years After the Earth Formed
Astronomy Jargon 101: Trans-Neptunian Objects
Star Formation Simulated in the lab, Using Lasers, of Course
A Fleet of Space Telescopes Flying in Formation Could Reveal Details on Exoplanets
Apollo 11 Moon Dust Sells at Auction for a Cool Half Million
A lunar moon dust sample with a strange history made its way to the auction block yesterday.
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Brrr. Webb's MIRI has Reached 6.4 Kelvin, Just a few Degrees Above Absolute Zero
Hubble Confirms Comet C/2014 UN271 is an Absolute Unit, Astronomically Speaking
Curiosity is Going to Find a new Route Around This Tricky Patch Called "Gator-Back Terrain"
Curiosity rover recently encountered "gator-back terrain," the sharp rocks that caused the first breaks in its wheels back in 2017.
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Even Mercury has Geomagnetic Storms
Astronomy Jargon 101: Tidal Heating
Five Rover Teams Chosen to Help Explore the Moon's South Pole
Two Rockets at Cape Canaveral
The NASA Artemis I mission and the Axiom Mission 1 were photographed side by side on Launch Complex 39s sister pads. This is the first time that such a thing happened.
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Martian Astronauts Will Create Fuel by Having a Shower
A team of Spanish researchers, with support from the ESA, are working on a system that will allow astronauts on Mars to turn wastewater into rocket fuel.
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Because of Extreme Drought, Lake Powell is Barely a Lake Anymore
Just a Few Pixels Would let Astronomers Map Surface Features on an Exoplanet Like Oceans and Deserts
Gamma ray Telescopes Might be Able to Detect the Gravitational Waves Caused by Merging Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomy Jargon 101: Umbra
Get an Inside Look at Space Perspective's Stratospheric Lounge (With Bar)
Weird! Measurement of W Boson Doesn't Match Standard Model of Physics
Perseverance's Software Lets it Move Swiftly Across the Surface of Mars
Perseverance Finally Spots its Own Parachute on the Surface of Mars
Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A is Lopsided
Space Force is Releasing Decades of Tracking Data on a Thousand Bright Meteor Fireballs
Jupiter and Ganymede are Connected by Magnetic Fields
Using data obtained by the Juno mission, a team of researchers has revealed how interactions between Jupiter and its largest moon (Ganymede) lead both to experience auroras
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Astronauts are Practicing Landing at the Moon's South Pole
