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Partial Solar Eclipse Images from Around the World

By Nancy Atkinson - June 10, 2021 11:55 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Jeff Bezos Will be Flying to Space Aboard New Shepard Next Month

By Matthew Williams - June 09, 2021 08:44 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos has announced that he and his brother will be on the New Shepard spacecraft as it makes it inaugural crewed flight to space.
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Conceptual Design for a Lunar Habitat

By Matthew Williams - June 09, 2021 05:08 PM UTC | Space Exploration
At the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, an architectural firm showcasing the latest plans for the ESA's international lunar base!
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There are Particles of 4.5 Billion-Year-old Solar Wind Trapped Inside the Earth

By Paul Sutter - June 09, 2021 01:39 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Finally! New Pictures of Ganymede, Thanks to Juno

By Nancy Atkinson - June 09, 2021 10:30 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Whether They're Stellar-Mass or Supermassive, Black Holes Behave Pretty Much the Same Way

By Paul Sutter - June 08, 2021 06:18 PM UTC | Black Holes
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The Universe is Constantly Bathing you in Radiation. Incredibly, This Could be Used for Medical Diagnosis

By Evan Gough - June 08, 2021 03:10 PM UTC | Physics
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Astronomers Confirm the Existence of Magnetic Waves in the Sun's Photosphere

By Paul Sutter - June 08, 2021 11:16 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Planets may Start Forming Before the Star is Even Finished

By Paul Sutter - June 07, 2021 06:00 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Scientist sees deep meaning in black holes after Event Horizon Telescope's triumph

By Alan Boyle - June 07, 2021 04:48 PM UTC | Black Holes
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Researchers Simulate the Formation of the Oort Cloud

By Brian Koberlein - June 07, 2021 03:59 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Time to Update Your Desktop Wallpaper With This Perfect Spiral Galaxy: NGC 691

By Matthew Williams - June 07, 2021 02:30 PM UTC | Extragalactic
That latest image from Hubble shows the NGC 691 spiral galaxy in all of it's glory!
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Clever Trick Used to Clean off InSight's Solar Panels and Boost its Power

By Nancy Atkinson - June 07, 2021 11:24 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Star Formation Begins When Clouds of Gas Crash Into Each Other

By Paul Sutter - June 07, 2021 11:04 AM UTC | Stars
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New Technique to Search for Life, Whether or not it's Similar to Earth Life

By Matthew Williams - June 06, 2021 04:05 PM UTC | Astrobiology
A new tool for measuring the complexity of molecules is able to identify those that must have formed in the presence of life, which will come in very handy for future astrobiology missions.
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Next up, Juno has Ganymede in its Sights

By sjohnston - June 06, 2021 12:28 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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What Would It Take To See Artificial Lights at Proxima Centauri B?

By mcimone - June 05, 2021 04:43 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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New Mosaic Shows the Galactic Core From Opposite Sides of the Electromagnetic Spectrum

By Matthew Williams - June 04, 2021 03:44 PM UTC | Milky Way
NASA recently released a panoramic mosaic image that beautifully captures the mysterious and extremely energetic environment at the heart of our galaxy.
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Another Delay for Webb, But This Time it's Because of the Rocket, Not the Telescope

By Nancy Atkinson - June 04, 2021 02:56 PM UTC | Telescopes
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What Comes After Photographing a Black Hole's Event Horizon? Could we see the Photon Ring?

By Brian Koberlein - June 04, 2021 11:57 AM UTC | Black Holes
The Next Generation Event Horizon Telescope may reveal the dark edge of a black hole's event horizon.
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Ingenuity's 6th Flight Didn't Go So Smoothly

By Matthew Williams - June 03, 2021 04:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science
On its sixth flight, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered a bit of a glitch and was forced to land. But the helicopter has still been a killer mission!
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Solar Horns at Sunrise: Our Guide to the June 10th Annular Solar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - June 03, 2021 08:31 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
The only annular eclipse of 2021 will produce a fine annular eclipse across most of North America and Europe.
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NASA Orders Up a Double Shot of Venus Missions Amid Questions About Life

By Alan Boyle - June 02, 2021 09:18 PM UTC | Missions
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Lunar Rovers! Transform and Roll Out!

By Matthew Williams - June 02, 2021 06:25 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Japan plans to send a robotic rover to explore the surface of the Moon. Here's the kicker, it transforms!
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Nooo! Canadarm2 Hit by a Piece of Space Debris

By Nancy Atkinson - June 02, 2021 02:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Long-Range Photo of Ingenuity Taken by Perseverance's SuperCam Instrument

By rcrewe - May 31, 2021 06:54 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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JAXA Using Water Bottle Technology for Sample-Return Missions From the ISS

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2021 06:32 PM UTC | Space Exploration
JAXA and the Tiger Corporation have come together to develop next-generation cooling containers that will allow for regular sample-returns from the ISS
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There Might be Volcanoes at the Bottom of Europa's sub-ice Oceans

By Matthew Williams - May 31, 2021 05:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Zhurong is Rolling on Mars

By Matthew Williams - May 30, 2021 07:09 PM UTC | Space Exploration
China's Zhurong rover has departed from its lander and commenced science operations, and has the pictures to prove it!
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Is the Hubble constant not…Constant?

By Paul Sutter - May 30, 2021 01:24 PM UTC | Cosmology
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Teeny Tiny CubeSats Could Have Deployable Mirrors Like James Webb

By Brian Koberlein - May 30, 2021 01:19 PM UTC | Telescopes
Tiny CubeSats could give us a detailed view of Earth in real time, thanks to folding adjustable mirrors.
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Dark Energy Survey is out. 29 Papers Covering 226 Million Galaxies Across 7 Billion Light-Years of Space

By Andy Tomaswick - May 30, 2021 08:35 AM UTC | Cosmology
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Self-Driving Lunar Rovers for Astronaut Road Trips on the Moon

By Andy Tomaswick - May 30, 2021 07:29 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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Exoplanet Surveys are Leaning Towards the Possibility That our Solar System is... Normal

By Andy Tomaswick - May 30, 2021 07:05 AM UTC | Exoplanets
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A Dark Matter map of our Local Cosmic Neighborhood

By Matthew Williams - May 29, 2021 11:21 PM UTC | Cosmology
A new simulation by a team of astrophysicists has resulted in the most detailed 3D map of the cosmic web, revealing new Dark Matter structures.
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Dunes Trapped in a Crater on Mars Form This Interesting Pattern

By Andy Tomaswick - May 28, 2021 09:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Researchers Develop a new Framework for Searching for Biosignatures

By Andy Tomaswick - May 28, 2021 02:50 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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New Observations Fail to Confirm a Planet at Barnard's Star

By Andy Tomaswick - May 27, 2021 02:11 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Move Over Artemis Accords! Behold the Lunar Governance Report and EAGLE Manifesto!

By Matthew Williams - May 27, 2021 12:49 PM UTC | Space Policy
After a year of consultation, interviews, and intensive review, the Space Generation Advisory Council's EAGLE team has released a document on how humanity can live cooperatively and peacefully on the Moon - the Lunar Governance Report!
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The Elements for Life Depend on Both how and Where a Planet Forms

By Matthew Williams - May 26, 2021 03:25 PM UTC | Astrobiology
A new study by a team from Rice University has shown that where a planet forms in its star system could have a drastic effect on whether or not it can support life.
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What Happened Moments After the Big Bang?

By Brian Koberlein - May 26, 2021 01:23 PM UTC | Cosmology
New experiments in particle physics yield surprising results about the earliest matter in the universe.
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Amazing Views of Wednesday Morning's Total Lunar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - May 26, 2021 11:23 AM UTC | Observing
The Moon turned a ruddy hue during this morning's total lunar eclipse, in one of the top astronomical events of the year.
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Record-Setting Astronaut Peggy Whitson Will Command Private Space Mission

By Alan Boyle - May 25, 2021 11:00 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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Hubble Has Tracked Down the Source of 5 Different Fast Radio Bursts

By sjohnston - May 24, 2021 04:33 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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This is Currently the World's Largest Iceberg

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2021 09:56 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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It Could be Possible to see Gravitational Wave Lenses

By Brian Koberlein - May 23, 2021 10:50 AM UTC | Physics
Can waves of gravity be lensed by gravity? A recent study looks for lensed gravitational waves.
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Virgin Galactic Reaches the Space Frontier Over New Mexico for the First Time

By Alan Boyle - May 22, 2021 02:18 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Comets Have Tails of gas, Dust... and Metal?

By Andy Tomaswick - May 21, 2021 08:29 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Shrapnel From Relatively Recent Supernovae Found in the Earth's Crust

By Andy Tomaswick - May 21, 2021 03:18 PM UTC | Stars
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Larger Rocky Planets Might be Rare Because They Shrunk

By sjohnston - May 20, 2021 05:17 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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