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Need Some More Ytterbium? Who Doesn't? Here's Where you can Find it in Space
Astronomers Detect the Closest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen
An international team of astronomers has detected the closest repeating Fast Radio Burst to date, which is providing new insights into this mysterious phenomenon
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Here's What China is Planning to do in Space for the Next 5 Years
Chinese Rover Finds Translucent Glass Globules on the Moon
A Detailed Simulation of the Universe Creates Structures Very Similar to the Milky Way and its Surroundings
An international team of astrophysicists has created the most accurate simulation of cosmic evolution to date, which reproduced many of the familiar structures we see today
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We don't Know Exactly When the Dinosaurs Died, but Now We Know it was in the Springtime
Does the Entire Planet Have a Mind of its Own?
NASA is Upping the Power on its Lunar Wattage Challenge!
NASA and HeroX have launched Phase II of their Watts on the Moon Challenge, which will reward a total of $4.5 million for idea on how to distribute and store power for future lunar missions.
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China Releases a Selfie-Stick Video of Tianwen-1 Above Mars
Here's Exactly how Engineers Are Aligning JWST's Segmented Mirrors
Gaia Finds Ancient Satellite Galaxy Pontus Embedded in Milky Way
A recent study looked at stellar streams hidden in Gaia's data, to uncover a torturous past.
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One Crater on the Moon is Filled with Ice and Gas that Came from a Comet Impact
After reanalyzing data from the LRO mission, a team of scientists has determined that water ice observed in a lunar crater was deposited by a comet less than one billion years ago.
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How Time Flies: Perseverance and Ingenuity Have Been on Mars for a Year
NASA and HeroX are Crowdsourcing the Search for Life on Mars
NASA and HeroX have launched the Mars Spectrometry Challenge, which will reward a total of $30,000 for new ideas on how to find evidence of past life on Mars
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James Webb Might be Able to Detect Other Civilizations by their Air Pollution
Twin Brown Dwarfs Discovered, Orbiting one Another at Three Times the Distance From the Sun to Pluto
Atomic Clocks Separated by Just a few Centimetres Measure Different Rates of Time. Just as Einstein Predicted
Imaging the Galaxy's Centre in Unprecedented Detail Reveals More Mysterious Filaments
New Photos Show a Black Hole Blasting out Powerful Winds
Astronomers Discover a Strange new Star That Might be From the Collision Between two Dead Stars
An Asteroid has Been Discovered With Three Moons!
As Temperatures Rise, Antarctica is Turning Green
A Colossal Flare Erupted From the Far Side of the Sun
TESS Finds Almost 100 Quadruple Star Systems
One of Life's Building Blocks can Form in Space
The First Image From NASA's new X-ray Observatory
Lasers Could Send Missions to Mars in Only 45 Days
New research from McGill University shows that a powerful laser array could propel a fusion-engine spacecraft to Mars in a matter of weeks!
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Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a White Dwarf
Civilian Astronauts are Going to try Spacewalking From a Crew Dragon Capsule
Webb is Cool, but it Still Needs to get Cooler
How Well Does Concrete Work in Space?
Satellites can now see Exactly Where Methane is Being Dumped Into the Atmosphere
Astronomy Jargon 101: Hydrostatic Equilibrium
The Object About to Hit the Moon isn't a SpaceX Booster After All
Astronomers see Dead Planets Crashing Into Dead Stars
Some planets end by colliding with the remnant of their once shining star.
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Water was Already Here Before the Earth Formed
Astronomy Jargon 101: Hubble's Law
Musk Shows how They're Planning to Catch SuperHeavy Boosters
Astronomy Jargon 101: Heliosphere
A THIRD Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have confirmed the presence of a THIRD exoplanet in the neighboring Proxima Centauri system!
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James Webb's First Pictures are Out! But it's a Work in Progress
Astronomy Jargon 101: Gravitational Lens
We Might Know Why Mars Lost its Magnetic Field
Astronomers Measure the Layers of an Exoplanet's Atmosphere
UAE's Mars Hope Team Publishes 'Mars Atlas'
The United Arab Emirates Space Agency releases a unique comprehensive atlas of the Red Planet.
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Neutrinos
Elon Musk Takes the Long View in Glitzy Update on SpaceX's Starship Super-Rocket
Could Astronauts Hibernate on Long Space Voyages?
The ESA is investigating hibernation technology that could allow astronauts to remain healthy during long-duration missions to Mars and beyond
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Wow. Parker Solar Probe Took a Picture of the Surface of Venus
Astronomy Jargon 101: Galilean Moons
