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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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Pictures from Curiosity Show the Bottom of an Ancient Lake on Mars, the Perfect Place to Search for Evidence of Past Life
NASA is Building Robots That Can Climb Rock and Ice Cliffs
Engineers at NASA JPL are busy developing next-generation robotic missions that will allow astronauts to explore harder-to-reach places in the search for life.
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Hayabusa 2 is the First Spacecraft to Sample the Inside of an Asteroid
Our Guide to Tuesday Night's Partial Lunar Eclipse
Happen to be in Europe, Africa, Asia or Australia on Tuesday night with clear skies? I July weather cooperates, you'll have a good view of the final lunar eclipse for 2019.
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Messier 89 - the NGC 4552 Spiral Galaxy
Located in the Virgo constellation, roughly 50 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 89.
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There's A Fire in Greenland... Again. It's 10 Degrees Hotter Than Normal
Here's a First. Astronomers See a Moon Forming Around a Baby Exoplanet
Carnival of Space #620
Hubble Spots "Impossible" Debris Disk Around a Black Hole
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently observed a bright disk around a black hole that defies astronomical models.
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Researchers May Have Found the Missing Piece of Evidence that Explains the Origins of Life
A team of researchers have shown how the basic building blocks of life could have arose on a primordial Earth, bringing us one step closer to resolving the mystery of abiogenesis.
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Move Over SpaceX. Amazon Wants To Launch Thousands of Internet Satellites Too
Virgin Orbit Tests its Satellite-Delivery Rocket for the First Time
Virgin Orbit achieved a milestone with a successful drop test of their LauncherOne rocket. Once complete, this system will deliver satellites to orbit for less money.
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There Should Be More Iron In Space. Why Can't We See It?
Two NASA Heads Demoted, Possibly as Part of a Shake-Up to Get Back to the Moon.
NASA is experiencing a shake-up, as evidenced by the recent announcement that two longtime program leaders have been demoted.
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