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It's Been Three Months in Deep Space, and Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument is Still Cooling Down

By Nancy Atkinson - April 08, 2022 04:56 PM UTC | Telescopes
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Dying Star Puffs out six Smoke Rings

By Brian Koberlein - April 08, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Stars
A red giant star is dying in an unusual way by blowing smoke rings before its eminent demise.
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The Four Private Axiom Astronauts are off to the International Space Station

By Matthew Williams - April 08, 2022 02:21 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Giant Space Telescopes Could Be Made Out of Liquid

By sdice - April 08, 2022 01:34 PM UTC | Telescopes
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A New Record for the Most Distant Galaxy, Seen Just 300 Million Years After the Big Bang

By Matthew Williams - April 08, 2022 12:44 PM UTC | Cosmology
An international team of astronomers have discovered HD1, which could be the most distant galaxy ever observed!
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Canada's CHIME is Getting More Observatories to Search for Fast Radio Bursts

By Matthew Williams - April 07, 2022 04:24 PM UTC | Observing
The CHIME array and its partner institutions are getting an upgrade to enhance their ability to trace Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) back to their sources
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If Aliens Were Sending us Signals, This is What They Might Look Like

By Matthew Williams - April 07, 2022 01:23 PM UTC | Astrobiology
An international team of scientists have created a new tool for identifying possible radio transmissions from an extraterrestrial civilization
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Digging Through Kepler Data Turns Up a Near Twin of Jupiter

By Evan Gough - April 06, 2022 06:41 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Marsquakes are Caused by Shifting Magma

By Evan Gough - April 06, 2022 03:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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BluShift Aerospace Tests MAREVL Engine, Eyes Move to Kennedy Space Center

By David Dickinson - April 06, 2022 09:18 AM UTC | Space Exploration
With the first test of its MAREVL Engine complete, Maine's space launch startup bluShift Aerospace looks to expand operations.
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Cultured Meat Could Keep Astronauts fed in Space

By Matthew Williams - April 05, 2022 10:43 PM UTC | Space Exploration
The ESA is investigating lab-grown meat as a possible application of feeding astronauts on long-duration missions away from Earth.
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What a Feat! Ingenuity Photographed From Space

By Evan Gough - April 05, 2022 06:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Hubble Has Been Watching This Planet Form for 13 Years

By Evan Gough - April 05, 2022 04:25 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Lasers Recreate the Conditions Inside Galaxy Clusters

By sdice - April 05, 2022 11:27 AM UTC | Extragalactic
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According to Perseverance, Mars is Quiet... too Quiet

By sjohnston - April 04, 2022 06:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Primordial Helium, Left Over From the Big Bang, is Leaking Out of the Earth

By Evan Gough - April 04, 2022 05:33 PM UTC | Cosmology
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The Milky Way has an Inner Ring, Just Outside the Core

By Matthew Williams - April 04, 2022 03:06 PM UTC | Milky Way
Combining data from the APOGEE survey and the Gaia Observatory with sophisticated models, a team of scientists has found a new ring structure in the Milky Way!
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The ExoMars Rover is Ready, now it Just Needs a new Ride to Mars

By Matthew Williams - April 03, 2022 05:00 PM UTC | Missions
With the recent termination of cooperation between the ESA and Roscosmos, the Rosalind Franklin rover will need another way to get to Mars
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NASA Will be Testing SLS Over the Weekend

By Matthew Williams - April 02, 2022 04:50 PM UTC | Missions
NASA will be conducting a Wet Dress Rehearsal with the SLS rocket this weekend in preparation for its maiden flight!
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Stunning Image of ISS Taken From the Ground Shows two Spacewalking Astronauts

By Evan Gough - April 01, 2022 06:31 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Pluto's Surface was Shaped by Ice Volcanoes

By Evan Gough - April 01, 2022 05:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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New Simulation Recreates an Early Time in the Universe That Still Hasn't Been Seen Directly

By Matthew Williams - March 31, 2022 11:04 PM UTC | Cosmology
A new simulation suite created by an international team of scientists shows what the James Webb will be seeing soon!
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Europa Could be Pulling Oxygen Down Below the Ice to Feed Life

By Evan Gough - March 31, 2022 04:07 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Supermassive Black Holes Shut Down Star Formation

By Brian Koberlein - March 31, 2022 01:03 PM UTC | Black Holes
Supermassive black holes play a central role to weaken star production in their galaxies.
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NASA Astronaut and Cosmonauts Land Safely Together in Kazakhstan

By Nancy Atkinson - March 31, 2022 10:18 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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A New Record! Hubble Detects an Individual Star From a Time When the Universe Was Less Than a Billion Years Old

By Alan Boyle - March 30, 2022 05:04 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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ESA's Solar Orbiter Takes a Ludicrously High Resolution Image of the Sun

By David Dickinson - March 30, 2022 10:39 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter snaps an amazing image, en route to its first close pass near the Sun.
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This is Where the Mars Sample Return Mission Could be Landing

By Evan Gough - March 29, 2022 05:26 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Astronomers Come up With a New Message to let the Aliens Know we're Here

By Matthew Williams - March 29, 2022 05:11 PM UTC | Astrobiology
An international team of researchers has composed an updated Arecibo Message, known as the Beacon in the Galaxy (BITG) Message.
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Part of the Milky Way Is Much Older Than Previously Believed

By Evan Gough - March 29, 2022 02:15 PM UTC | Milky Way
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Supermassive Black Holes Could Have Formed Directly in the Early Universe

By sdice - March 29, 2022 01:17 PM UTC | Black Holes
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Starship Could be Ready for an Orbital Flight in May

By Matthew Williams - March 28, 2022 08:54 PM UTC | Space Exploration
According to Elon Musk's latest updates, the Starship could be ready to fly with the new Raptor engines by May
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NASA's Upcoming SPHEREx Mission Will map the Entire Universe in Infrared Every 6 Months

By Brian Koberlein - March 27, 2022 01:39 PM UTC | Missions
The JWST will only capture a small portion of the infrared sky. To see more, we need a satellite like SPHEREx.
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These are Star Dunes on Mars, Formed When the Wind Comes From Many Different Directions

By Evan Gough - March 25, 2022 06:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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NASA's Roman Mission Might Tell Us if the Universe Will Tear Itself Apart in the Future

By Evan Gough - March 25, 2022 05:15 PM UTC | Cosmology
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The Sun Didn't Have any Sunspots for 70 Years, now we Might Know why

By Brian Koberlein - March 25, 2022 04:19 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
A study of nearly 60 stars lets us understand why our Sun was once quiet for 70 years.
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Asteroid Ryugu Might Actually Be a Dead Comet

By Evan Gough - March 24, 2022 07:37 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Astronomers See the Wreckage Where Planets Crashed Into Each Other in a Distant Star System

By Evan Gough - March 24, 2022 03:29 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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New Radio Images of Bizarre "Odd Radio Circles" Which are Vastly Bigger Than the Milky Way

By Brian Koberlein - March 24, 2022 01:23 PM UTC | Extragalactic
Strange galaxy-sized circles are emitting radio light, and we don't know why.
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Astronomers Discover two Supermassive Black Holes Orbiting Each Other, Doomed to Collide in the Future.

By sdice - March 24, 2022 12:27 PM UTC | Black Holes
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Three Cosmonauts Arrive at the ISS Wearing Bright Yellow Jumpsuits

By Matthew Williams - March 23, 2022 03:02 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Seriously, what was up with those yellow uniforms? Not much, it seems! Things aboard the ISS are as they've always been, cooperative and continuous!
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Next Generation Telescopes Could Search for Intelligent Civilizations Directly

By Evan Gough - March 23, 2022 02:22 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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U.S. Space Force CHPS to Patrol Around the Moon

By David Dickinson - March 23, 2022 12:52 PM UTC | Space Policy
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We Now Understand Why Enceladus has 'Tiger Stripe' Cracks at its Southern Pole

By Nancy Atkinson - March 23, 2022 12:42 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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ExoMars is Suspended. ESA is Looking for new Solutions to Replace Russian Components

By Andy Tomaswick - March 22, 2022 09:49 PM UTC | Missions
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With 21 Flights Under its Belt, Ingenuity is Getting a Mission Extension

By Andy Tomaswick - March 22, 2022 08:35 PM UTC | Missions
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The Strange Swirls on the Lunar Surface are Somehow Related to Topography

By Evan Gough - March 22, 2022 01:30 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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It's Confirmed. We now Know of More Than 5,000 Exoplanets

By Brian Koberlein - March 22, 2022 01:04 PM UTC | Exoplanets
There are now more than 5,000 known planets in the universe, and we're just getting started.
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Wondering how Dependant ISS is on Russia? NASA Gives the Details

By Matthew Williams - March 21, 2022 05:50 PM UTC | Space Policy
In response to growing concerns about the fate of the ISS, NASA has released an FAQ session that will put your fears to rest!
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Dust Might Reveal the Presence of Habitable Planets

By Evan Gough - March 21, 2022 03:51 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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