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Here's Perseverance, Seen From Space
Astronomers Look at Super-Earths That had Their Atmospheres Stripped Away by Their Stars
A new study examines two rocky exoplanets (TOI-1634b and TOI-1685b) that appear to have been stripped of their atmospheres.
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When Did Photosynthesis Begin?
Communication With Mars is About to Become Impossible (for two Weeks)
Future Telescopes Could be Seeing the Wrong Planets
When we directly observe distant worlds, some exoplanets might appear Earth-like, even when they are not.
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Rogue Planets Could be Habitable
Some of the Moon's Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What's Inside Them
BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1
Starlink can be Used as a Navigation System too
Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
Even the Quiet Supermassive Black Holes are Blasting out Neutrinos and Gamma Rays
Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites
Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it's Hiding its Water
Dozens of Robots Competed to Race Through Underground Caves
Lunar Landers Could Spray Instant Landing Pads as They Arrive at the Moon
Aging White Dwarfs Become Even More Magnetic
A survey of white dwarfs shows they get more magnetic as they age, and we don't know why.
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NASA's Human Space Exploration Division is Being Split in Two
How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?
New research hows how changes in the size of the Martian polar ice caps are associated with annual changes in its climate.
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Vera Rubin Observatory Should Find 5 Interstellar Objects a Year, Many of Which we Could Chase Down With Spacecraft
According to new research, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will detect 5 `Oumuamua-like objects a year, creating many opportunities for a rendezvous mission!
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China's First Space Station Crew is Back From Orbit
The crew of China's Tiangong space station returned to Earth, having set a new record for the longest Chinese crewed mission to space.
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No News Here, Just a Beautiful Globular Cluster Captured by Hubble. That is all.
This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars
What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?
Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water
Astronomers Detect Clouds on an Exoplanet, and Even Measure Their Altitude
An international research team shows how combining data from multiple observatories allowed them to detect clouds in the atmosphere of an exoplanet.
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Chang'e-5 Returned an Exotic Collection of Moon Rocks
A Tiny, Inexpensive Satellite Will be Studying the Atmospheres of hot Jupiters
Astronomers Find a Giant Cavity in Space, Hollowed out by an Ancient Supernova
Gaia's 3-D mapping of the galaxy has revealed a cosmic bubble, with clues about how molecular clouds and stars form.
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Galactic Panspermia. How far Could Life Spread Naturally in a Galaxy Like the Milky Way?
NASA's InSight Experiences its Most Powerful Marsquake so far: Magnitude 4.2, Lasting 90 Minutes
The Future Could Bring Pinpoint Deliveries From Orbit
SpaceWorks, an Atlanta-based commercial space company, is working on reentry capsules that will allow for orbital delivery services.
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Mars Was Too Small to Ever be Habitable
Although it's Quiet Today, Mars Once had Thousands of Volcanic Eruptions on its Surface
New research has found more evidence that Mars once experienced super-volcanoes that filled the atmosphere with ash and dust.
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Hubble Reveals the Final Stages of a Dying Star
These are the new Space Force Uniforms, So Say We All
A Proposed Clockwork Solar System Made out of LEGO
Astronomers Discover an Intermediate-Mass Black Hole as it Destroys a Star
3,600 Years ago, a 50-Meter-Wide Meteor Exploded in the Sky and Destroyed a City Near the Dead Sea
A Particle Physics Experiment Might Have Directly Observed Dark Energy
In a new study, a team of researchers proposed that Dark Matter detectors could also search for the elusive force that is causing our Universe to expand (Dark Energy)!
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NASA has a Ballistic air gun to Hurl Rocks at Space Suits to Test Their Micrometeorite Protection
Using Quasars as a New Standard Candle to Define Distance
A new study shows a way to gauge distance in the early Universe.
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By Using Dashcams and Security Cameras, Astronomers Were Able to Track Down the Location of a Meteorite
A LEGO® Version of the Very Large Telescope. It Even has a Laser Interferometer
NASA's VIPER Rover Will Hunt for Water Near Nobile Crater at Moon's South Pole
How Could we Light our Cities and Still See the Night Sky?
Accurately Forecasting the Weather on Mars and Titan
The Moon was Pummeled Even Harder by Asteroids Than it Looks
Astronomers See Carbon-Rich Nebulae Where Planets are Forming
ExoMars Will be Drilling 1.7 Meters to Pull its Samples From Below the Surface of Mars
The ESA just finished testing the drill that will allow the Rosalind Franklin rover to search for signs of life beneath the surface of Mars!
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Finally an Answer to why Gamma Rays are Coming From Seemingly Empty Space
A galaxy survey has shown us the origin of gamma rays from empty space.
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