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How Will Starlink's Packet Routing Work?
The Spherical Structure at the Core of the Milky Way Formed in a Single Burst of Star Formation
Enter Comet S3 Erasmus: A Bright Comet For November
Comet C/2020 S3 Erasmus to end out the cometary cavalcade for 2020.
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How did the Earth get its water? The answer might be found on Mercury
New Scans Give us a Better View of the Metal Asteroid Psyche
Based on Kepler Data, There's a 95% Chance of an Earth-Like Planet Within 20 Light-Years
Combining data from the retired Kepler mission with the Gaia Observatory, a team of scientists have produced new estimates for how many habitable planets could be out there.
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Are the Clouds of Jupiter Haunted?
NASA Announces the Discovery of Water in the Sunlit Parts of the Moon
A new study, based on SOFIA data, has found that water can exist in sunlit areas on the Moon, not just in permanently-shadowed craters!
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Galaxies Grew Quickly and Early On in the Universe
Something other than just gravity is contributing to the shape of dark matter halos
Galactic dark matter is in a state of maximum entropy, which means it must interact with itself.
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NASA releases new spooky space-themed posters about extreme places in the Universe
Weekly Space Hangout: October 28, 2020, Dr. Nathalie Cabrol, SETI Institute
New Simulation Shows Exactly What's Happening as Neutron Stars Merge
Room-temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time, but There's a Catch
The Youngest Stellar Disk Ever Seen, Just 500,000 Years Old
Why Does the Moon's Ryder Crater Look This Way?
ISS Crew Return Safely to Earth
After 196 days in space, some record spacewalks, several experiments, and patching an air leak, the crew of Expedition 63 made it home safely!
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What Martian Settlers Need to Know About Soil Can Teach us How to Grow Better on Earth
The Soil Health in Space experiment is now being conducted on the ISS, which could lead to sustainable farming on the Moon, Mars, and also Earth!
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This is What Perseverance's Landing Site Looked Like Billions of Years Ago. See Why it's Such a Compelling Target?
Boo! A Halloween Blue Moon
The final 'Blue Moon' of the decade rounds out October 2020.
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OSIRIS-REx Collected So Much Material, the Sample Capsule Overflowed. Time to Bring it All Home.
Astronomers are ready and waiting to detect the neutrino blast from a nearby supernova explosion like Betelgeuse
Astronomers Map Out the Raw Material for New Star Formation in the Milky Way
There's a new record for the shortest time measurement: how long it takes light to cross a hydrogen molecule
SpaceX Starship Passes Static Fire Test With Three Raptor Engines, Finally Gets Nose Cone!
The Starship is coming together, literally and figuratively! With its three Raptor engines test fired, and nosecones and fins attached, the vessel is ready for its highest hop test yet!
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The Color of Habitable Worlds
Mixing Science and Art, One Painting at a Time
About 3% of Starlinks Have Failed So Far
A new analysis indicates that 3% of Starlink satellites have failed since they were launched to orbit, which could mean an increased risk of collisions down the road.
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New Receiver Will Boost Interplanetary Communication
As we explore the solar system, we'll need an interplanetary communication network that can keep up. A new receiver might be up for the job.
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Geologists Have Found the Earth's Missing Tectonic Plate
Astronomers Find the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Dwarf Galaxy that Collided With the Milky Way Billions of Years Ago
Astronomers Challenge Recent Findings About Venus. "No Statistically Significant Detection of Phosphine"
Scientists Think They Know What Caused the Deadliest Mass Extinction in the History of the Earth
Weekly Space Hangout: October 21, 2020, Dr. Jill Tarter and the Search for Technosignatures
Tales of Two Fall Comets: 88P Howell and M3 ATLAS
Two more comets worth scouting the sky for into November 2020.
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What Would a Realistic Space Battle Look Like?
The Crew of the ISS has Found the Source of the Station's Air Leak
The ISS crew has found the source of the elusive leak using (wait for it!) tea leaves! The hole is now patched, but a permanent fix is still needed.
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We use the Transit Method to Find other Planets. Which Extraterrestrial Civilizations Could use the Transit Method to Find Earth?
We have found more than 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Life on distant worlds could find us in the same way.
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The Oxygen Supply has Failed in the Russian Zvezda Module of the ISS. Don't Worry, the Astronauts aren't in Danger, but the Station is Showing its Age
Crews aboard the ISS are working to repair the leak, which posed no significant risk. Unfortunately, it shows that the ISS is getting on in years!
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Success! OSIRIS-REx Touches Asteroid Bennu to Collect Samples
Wow, Betelgeuse Might Be 25% Closer than Previously Believed
It's still possible to detect the site of the 2017 kilonova explosion
Watch "Live" as NASA's OSIRIS-REx Nabs an Asteroid Sample
You'll Experience 200 Times More Radiation Standing on the Moon than Standing on the Earth
NASA and Seven Countries Sign the Artemis Accords for the Exploration of the Moon. Russia Declined to Participate
What's Happening with Betelgeuse? Astronomers Propose a Specialized Telescope to Watch the Star Every Night
An international team of astronomers recommends creating "Betelgeuse Scope" to monitor this mysterious star find out why it has been acting so strangely of late!
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The galaxy with 99.99% dark matter isn't so mysterious any more
NASA Announces 14 New "Tipping Point" Technologies for its Lunar Exploration
NASA recently awarded contracts to fourteen companies to develop technologies that will help them return to the Moon, and stay there!
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We actually don't know how fast the Milky Way's supermassive black hole is spinning but there might be a way to find out
The stars at the center of our galaxy could tell us just how fast our closest supermassive black hole is spinning.
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Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of its Coral Over the Last 25 Years
