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Swarms of Robots Could Dig Underground Cities on Mars
Aircraft Could fly at Mach 17 on Shockwaves From Continuous Detonations
Pictures From China's Mars Rover Fuel NASA Chief's Funding Pitch to Congress
Astronauts Could Dust off Themselves and Equipment on the Moon With an Electron Beam
In the near future, astronauts could use a handheld electron beam to remove lunar dust from their suits and hardware.
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'Super-Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse Set For May 26th
The first total lunar eclipse of 2021 occurs early next week and features the largest Full Moon of the year.
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A Solution to Space Junk: Satellites Made of Mushrooms?
According "cyber farmer" Max Justice, a solution to the growing problem of space junk and toxic chemicals could come in the form of mycelium fibers - the stuff that makes up mushrooms!
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Bright Ejecta Reveals a Fresh Crater on Mars
60 Years Later, is it Time to Update the Drake Equation?
On the 60th anniversary of the famous Drake Equation, a new study considers whether or not it is still of value to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI)
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What's the Best Way to Water Plants in Space?
Hydroxyl (OH) Seen for the First Time in an Exoplanet Atmosphere
Astronomers Measure the Background Brightness of the Night sky Across the World. Canary Islands are the Darkest in the Survey
Massive Stars Mix Hydrogen in Their Cores, Causing Them to Pulse Every few Hours or Days
Blue giant stars have a convective core that allows them to shine much longer.
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Older Stars Rotate Faster Than Expected
Concerns About James Webb's Ariane 5 Rocket Might Push the Launch Back
Exploding Stars are Titanium Factories
Extrasolar Object Interceptor Would be Able to Chase Down the Next Oumuamua or Borisov and Actually Return a Sample
A Comet Seen at the end of its Life. It's covered in talcum powder
Gaia Might Even be Able to Detect the Gravitational Wave Background of the Universe
Data from the Gaia satellite is so precise, it might be able to detect cosmic gravitational waves.
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In 1.3 Million Years, a Star Will Come Within 24 Light-Days of the Sun
Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of Russian scientists have concluded that a star will make a close flyby of our Solar System in 1.32 million years.
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How Squeezable are Neutron Stars?
Following the Moon for Amazing May Astronomy
The May Moon Meets Venus and Mercury at dusk en route to eclipse season and more.
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Astronomers see a Rare "Double Quasar" in a Pair of Merging Galaxies
Blue Origin Will Finally Fly Passengers to the Edge of Space in July
Blue Origin has a charitable auction going and whoever makes the highest bid will win a ride to space the New Shepard rocket!
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Starlink and OneWeb Have Their First Avoidance Maneuver With Each Other's Constellations
How can White Dwarfs Produce Such Powerful Magnetic Fields?
Ingenuity Makes a one-way Trip for the First Time, Flying to a new Landing Site
NASA is Getting Serious About a Radio Telescope on the Moon
Both Uranus and Neptune Have Really Bizarre Magnetic Fields
Young Stars can Evaporate Nearby Disks Before They can Form Planets
A new Method Simulates the Universe 1000 Times Faster
It's Official, Astronaut Bill Nelson is NASA's new Administrator
Bill Nelson, a former astronaut, Senator, and longtime advocate for space, was recently sworn in as the 14th Administrator of NASA
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Volcanoes on Mars Might Still be Active
Mars Helicopter Completes its 4th Flight. 117 Seconds of Airtime
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter just completed its fourth flight, once again setting records for extraterrestrial flight.
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We Could Detect Extraterrestrial Satellite Megaconstellations Within a few Hundred Light-Years
If an alien civilization has a Starlink-like constellation of satellites, we might be able to find them.
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What we've Learned About Venus From the Parker Solar Probe
One Full Year of Seismic Data Collected by Mars Insight Includes 500 Quakes
SpaceX's SN15 Starship Prototype Nails It!
On the fifth attempt, SpaceX nailed the high-altitude flight test with a Starship prototype! Onward and upward we go!
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Dark Matter Could Change the Temperature of Exoplanets, Allowing us to Detect it
If dark matter exists, it could make Jupiter-like exoplanets warmer than we expect.
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"Ain't like Dusting Crops!" How We'll Actually Navigate Interstellar Space
How Long is a Day on Venus? We Finally Know the Exact Answer
Using the radio-echo timing technique, a team of researchers have precisely measured the length of a day on Venus
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Dune Fields in Gale Crater Tell the Story of Mars' Shifting Climate Over Eons
New All-Sky Map of the Milky Way's Galactic Halo
Protests From Dynetics and Blue Origin put NASA's Lunar Lander Award to SpaceX on Hold
Due to protests filed by Blue Origin and Dynetics, NASA has called for a stop-work order on the SpaceX Human Landing System (HLS).
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Astronomers are Watching a gas Giant Grow, Right in Front of Their Eyes
Black Hole-Neutron Star Collisions Could Finally Settle the Different Measurements Over the Expansion Rate of the Universe
Chinese Company Claims to be Working on a Starship-Like Rocket
According to a new animation, it appears that China is hoping to build a Starship of its own, one that can provide intercontinental flights for paying customers.
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Instead of Betelgeuse, Keep Your eye on AG Carinae, Another Star That's About to go Supernova
Breakthrough Listen Searched for Signals From Intelligent Civilizations Near the Center of the Milky Way
If there are aliens out there, they probably aren't in the central region of our galaxy.
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Are we Seeing a Star That Just got Spaghettified?
Mid-Latitude Glaciers on Mars Could Supply Water to Human Explorers
New research shows how a subsurface glacier in the Arcadia Planitia region of Mars would make an ideal landing site for a crewed mission.
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