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Potentially More Subsurface Lakes Found on Mars
NASA is Testing out new Composite Materials for Building Lightweight Solar Sail Supports
Astronomers see an Accretion Disk Where Planets are About to Form
Hawking Made a Prediction About Black Holes, and Physicists Just Confirmed it
Astronomers have found the first evidence that black holes follow the laws of thermodynamics.
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Unfortunately, There are Other Viable Explanations for the Subsurface Lakes on Mars
A fresh examination of the data obtained by the Mars Express mission has shown that there may not be lakes beneath the Martian southern polar ice cap.
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Bad News, Life Probably can't Exist on Venus. Good News, it Could be in Jupiter's Clouds
A new NASA-supported study by an international team of researchers has determined that life is more likely to exist in the clouds on Jupiter than on Venus
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The Center of the Milky Way is the Most Likely Place to Find a Galactic Civilization
NASA Continues to Try and Rescue Failing Hubble
The search for Hubble's error continues, and could involve some complex and risky operations really soon!
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A Small Satellite With a Solar Sail Could Catch up With an Interstellar Object
To Take the Best Direct Images of Exoplanets With Space Telescopes, we're Going to Want Starshades
The Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems (JATIS) has released a special edition of papers dedicated to educating the public about Starshade and what it can do to narrow the search for Earth-like exoplanets.
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Astronomers Detected a Black Hole-Neutron Star Merger, and Then Another Just 10 Days Later
When black holes collide with neutron stars, all sorts of interesting things happen. And astronomers have recently seen two of them.
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China Releases Sound and Video of its Rover Landing
New Photos and Video Shows China's Zhurong Rover on the Move
Modern Solar Eclipse Science: Huge Coronal Mass Ejection Caught in Action
There's an old adage that says there is 'nothing new under the Sun…' but that doesn't apply when it comes to solar eclipse science.
Beyond just providing an awesome celestial spectacle, astronomers have often advantage of the brief moments of totality to explore the Sun and its environs.
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A Lunar Farside Telescope Could Detect Exoplanets Through Their Magnetospheres
Earth's ionosphere blocks us from seeing radio aurora on distant worlds, but a radio telescope on the Moon would let us see them.
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Most Exoplanets won't Receive Enough Radiation to Support an Earth-Like Biosphere
According to new research, most extrasolar planets do not get enough radiation to support photosynthesis, which places limits on how many might be habitable.
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LightSail 2 Has Now Been in Space for 2 Years, and Should Last Even Longer Before Re-Entering the Atmosphere
Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Sense Merging Primordial Black Holes With the Mass of a Planet, Millions of Light-Years Away
A new idea for detecting gravitational waves might allow us to discover planet-mass primordial black holes.
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The First Chinese Crew is Busy on their New Space Station
In the past week, the first three Chinese astronauts to go the Tiangong space station prepared for all the operations they will conduct during their 30-day stay.
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Virgin Galactic Wins FAA's OK to Fly Space Passengers: Which Billionaire Will Go First?
Long-Awaited UFO Report Opens the Door Wider to Sharing Strange Aerial Sightings
Aliens in 2,034 Nearby Star Systems Could use the Transit Method to see Earth
New research shows that a handful of nearby stars that are known to have planets could have been watching Earth for a long time, or will be able to in the future!
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There's a Problem With Hubble, and NASA Hasn't Been Able to fix it yet
After thirty years of faithful service, the venerable Hubble is experiencing a technical issue that NASA is still trying to fix
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Could Life Exist in the Atmosphere of a sub-Neptune Planet?
Life could thrive in the atmosphere of warm gas planets, but only if they are seeded by asteroids.
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A Newly-Discovered (Almost) Dwarf Planet Will Come Surprisingly Close in 2031
This is why Martian Colonists are Going to Wish They had an Atmosphere Above Them
Space Perspective Puts Tickets for Stratospheric Balloon Tours on Sale
Betelgeuse's Mysterious Dimming Solved. It was... Dust
Astronomers have solved the mystery of dim Betelgeuse, and discovered how stardust can form.
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NASA is Finally Sending a Lunar Lander to the Moon's far Side
China and Russia Announce their Future Plans for the Moon, Including a Human Base
China and Russia have released a Guide that details their plans for a lunar base that will rival NASA's, and they are looking for countries to join them!
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Astrobiologists Detect a Signature of Life Remotely. Don't get too Excited, Though, it was With a Helicopter Here on Earth
Teeny Tiny Space Telescope has Taken Thousands of Pictures of Both Earth and Space
Space Telescopes Could Provide Next-Level Images of Black Hole Event Horizons
Supermassive Black Hole Winds Were Already Blowing Less Than a Billion Years After the Big Bang
New evidence shows that black holes and galaxies have a significant effect on each other in young galaxies.
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Juno Captured This Image of Earth on its Way Out to Jupiter Back in 2013
Astronomers saw the Same Supernova Three Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing. And in Twenty Years They Think They'll see it one More Time
Astronomers Find a Blinking Star Near the Center of the Milky Way
Apollo 17 Astronauts Brought Home Samples From the Oldest Impact Crater on the Moon
A New Technique for "Seeing" Exoplanet Surfaces Based on the Content of their Atmospheres
A new study takes a look at how the presence of a surface can affect an exoplanets atmosphere, giving astrobiologists a way to study exoplanet surfaces without having to "see" them directly.
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The Lunar Lantern Could be a Beacon for Humanity on the Moon
The Lunar Lantern, an intriguing concept for establishing a human presence on the Moon, is currently being featured at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition.
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The Largest Rotating Objects in the Universe: Galactic Filaments Hundreds of Millions of Light-Years Long
Catch New Galactic Nova Herculis 2021 in Hercules the Hero
Now's the time to catch Nova Herculis 2021, before it fades from view.
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Black Holes don't Just Destroy, They Also Help With Star Formation
Black holes destroy stars, but their powerful jets can also clear the way for new stars to form.
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CHIME Detected Over 500 Fast Radio Burst in its First Year, Providing new Clues to What's Causing Them
The CHIME radio observatory detected over 500 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) during its first year in operation, the study of which is yielding valuable insight into our Universe.
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NASA has Approved a Space Telescope That Will Scan the Skies for Dangerous Near-Earth Asteroids
Rare Triple Galaxy Merger With at Least Two Supermassive Black Holes
Iridescent Clouds on Mars Seen by Curiosity
Blue Origin Auction Ends With a Closing Bid of $28 million
Blue Origin's auction for a seat aboard the New Shepard's inaugural spaceflight has now closed, with a winning bid of $28 million!
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Astronomers Have Found the Perfect Exoplanet to Study Another World's Atmosphere
Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not be a Solid Chunk of Metal After All, but Another Rubble Pile
