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One Year, Almost 1,000 Planetary Candidates. An Update On TESS
Dead Planets Around White Dwarfs Could Emit Radio Waves We Can Detect, Sending Out Signals for Billions of Years
A new study by a pair of astronomers has shown that planets orbiting white dwarfs will still be emitting radio waves for up to a billion years.
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The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 3
There May be Thick Ice Deposits on the Moon and Mercury
According to a new analysis of LRO and MESSENGER data, the ice deposits on the Moon and Mercury could be even more plentiful than we thought.
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Maybe Dark Matter is Warm, Not Cold
A new study by an international team of scientists considers the possibility that dark matter might be "warm" instead of cold.
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The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 2
Elon Musk Outlines the Next Few Weeks of Starship Tests
According to recent statements and images from their facilities, SpaceX is making progress and will have big news for us on August 24th!
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What Are Light Echoes? Using Reflections Of Light To See Even Further Back In Time
Carnival of Space #623
Bright Fireball Explodes Over Ontario, Meteorite Fragments Might Have Reached the Ground
A meteorite recently was spotted in the Great Lakes region and could have left fragments in the area around Bancroft, Ontario.
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Rock Almost Rolled Into This Crater on the Moon... Almost
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently spotted a boulder that had rolled downhill inside the Antoniadi crater, very nearly landing in another, smaller crater.
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Snowball Exoplanets Might Be Better for Life Than We Thought
All Life on Earth is Made up of the Same 20 Amino Acids. Scientist Now Think They Know Why
A new study has shown that the building blocks of life (amino acids) may have come together more easily than we thought
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The Light Sail is Working... It's Working!
How Habitable is Titan? NASA is Sending the Titan Dragonfly Helicopter to Find Out
NASA Promised More Smaller, Earth-size Exoplanets. TESS is Delivering.
The Moon is Older Than Scientists Thought
Why Is The Moon's South Pole So Important? It's All About Water
Watch this Amazing Video of Hayabusa 2 Picking Up a Sample from the Surface of Ryugu
Check Out This Super-Cool Quad Video of the Falcon Re-Entry. Two Sonic Booms!
Carnival of Space #622
Messier 91 - the NGC 4548 Barred Spiral Galaxy
Located in the constellation Virgo, about 63 million light-years from Earth, is the barred spiral galaxy known as Messier 91.
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As Meteorites Slice Through the Atmosphere, They're Sculpted Into Cones
A new study reveals why many meteors, when they enter Earth's atmosphere, become cone-shaped as they heat up.
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Great News! The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Might be Named for Vera Rubin
Fossilized Clams Had Evidence of a Meteorite Impact Inside Them
What Did the Early Milky Way Look Like?
Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2's Solar Sail. What Does The Future Hold For Solar Sails?
Big News! SpaceX's Starhopper Test Vehicle Completes First Free Flight!
Last night, after multiple delays, SpaceX's Starhopper test vehicle has completed its first untethered test flight.
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First Free Flight of SpaceX's Starhopper Aborted After Engine Fire
SpaceX was forced to abort its first free flight test of the Starhopper yesterday (and again today) due to fires breaking out.
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Toyota is Building a Pressurized Lunar Rover for Japan
India's Chandrayaan-2 is Heading to the Moon
China's Tiangong 2 was Destroyed Last Week, Burning up in the Atmosphere Over the South Pacific Ocean
China recently successfully conducted a controlled deorbit of its second orbital laboratory, Tiangong-2.
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Searching For The Red Edge: How The Earth's Forests Are Telling The Aliens Where We Live
Drama In Low-Earth Orbit As LightSail2 Deploys Its Sails
VP Pence Unveils the Spacecraft that will Take Astronauts Back to the Moon in 2024!
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, VP Pence recently unveiled the the Orion capsule that will take astronauts back to the Moon in 2024.
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Chris Kraft, Legendary NASA Flight Director, Dies at 95
Meet Our Neighbour, The Local Void. Gaze Into It, Puny Humans.
Messier 90 - the NGC 4569 Spiral Galaxy
Carnival of Space #621
Starship Prototype Catches Fire After a Recent Test, But Appears Undamaged
Despite the fireball that engulfed the Starshopper this past week, both the vehicle and its Draco engine appear to be unscathed.
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The Lunar Gateway Will be in a "Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit"
There are Ring-Like Formations Around the Lakes on Titan
LightSail 2 is Sending Home New Pictures of Earth
The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 1
Asteroid 2006 QV89 Now Has a 0% Chance of Hitting Earth in September
Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable
Gaia Mission is Mapping Out the Bar at the Center of the Milky Way
The latest discovery to come from Gaia's years of observing the Milky Way is the first 3D measurements of our galaxy's central bar structure.
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Screaming Sounds Sent to the Edge of Space, Confirming That... "In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream"
Crew Dragon Exploded Back in April Because of a Nitrogen Tetroxide Leak
SpaceX has revealed the cause of the accident that took place back in April, attributing it to a leak that took place just prior to the final tactic engine fire test.
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First Ever Image of Quantum Entanglement
A research team from the University of Glasgow has, for the first time ever, captured an image of entangled photons.
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