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Carnival of Space #614
NASA is building up a map of the entire sky seen in X-rays, line by line with its NICER experiment
Using data from the first 22 months of the NICER instruments mission, NASA has constructed a beautiful image of what the X-ray sky looks like.
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Subaru Telescope Sees 1800 Supernovae
Rovers on Mars should be searching for rocks that look like pasta - they're almost certainly created by life
According to a new study, future NASA missions to Mars should look for "pasta-like" mineral structures, which are an indication of ancient bacteria here on Earth.
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Ep. 532: Modern Astronomy of Australia
LEGO's New Apollo 11 Lunar Lander has been Released
Phew! James Webb passes its final thermal vacuum test. Still on track for 2021
The James Webb Space Telescope recently completed vacuum chamber testing, and is good to go for its 2021 launch date!
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MOONRISE: Melting lunar regolith with lasers to build structures on the Moon
A team of German scientists have invented a new laser system that could be used to build a lunar base in the near-future.
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The First-Ever Film of a Total Solar Eclipse - in 1900 - was Just Discovered and Restored
Curiosity has Found the Mother Lode of Clay on the Surface of Mars
Why do Some Hubble Images Have That Chunk Taken Out of the Corner?
A Very Rare Planet Discovered. Less Massive than Neptune, Hotter than Mercury. Very Few Should Exist
This is Where Mars 2020 Rover is Heading. From this Picture, I Think You Can Guess Why
Astronomers are Finding Binary Pairs of Stars Thrown out of Galaxies Together
Different Conditions From Earth Drive the Movement of Sand Dunes on Mars
Weekly Space Hangout: May 29, 2019 - Dr. Molly Peeples of the Space Telescope Science Institute
This Strange Feature on Mars was Probably the Result of an Ancient Volcanic Explosion
Carnival of Space #613
NASA's Long-Term Climate Predictions have Proven to be Very Accurate, Within 1/20th of a Degree Celsius
New layers of water ice have been found beneath Mars' North Pole
A new study has found evidence of glacier of water ice beneath Mars' north pole, enough to cover the entire planet in an ocean.
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18 - Yes, 18 - New Earth-sized Exoplanets have been Found in Kepler's Data
Ep. 531: Australian Indigenous Astronomy
Catching a Ride on the Starlink Satellite Train: Midnight Marvel, or Night Sky Menace?
Theory proposes that Venus could have been habitable, but a large ocean slowed down its rotation, killing it
A new study supported by NASA has revealed that an ancient ocean on Venus might have been what slowed down its rotation, thus causing the runaway greenhouse effect that made it what it is today.
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Sen has Launched a 4K Video Stream to Space
In their drive towards "democratizing space", the private aerospace company Sen recently demonstrated the capabilities of their 4K video streaming satellite.
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SpaceX just launched 60 satellites for its Starlink Constellation. Internet service providers should be very worried.
SpaceX just launched the first 60 satellites that will make up their Starlink broadband internet service provider.
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An Insulating Layer of Gas Could Keep a Liquid Ocean Inside Pluto
A new study led by Japanese researchers indicates that Pluto could have a subsurface ocean, provided there is an "insulating layer" beneath the ice.
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The Collision that Created the Moon Might Have Also Brought Water to the Early Earth
Bizarre Star Could be the Result of Two White Dwarfs Merging Together
Weekly Space Hangout: May 22, 2019 - Dr. Susan Bailey of the NASA TWINS Study
NASA has Picked the Companies That'll Help Build its Lunar Landers
Don't Forget, Curiosity's Sister Rover is Flying to Mars in 2020
The Mars 2020 mission is getting ever closer to the day when it will be launched to the Red Planet.
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Planetary Society's Light Sail 2 is Set to Launch on a Falcon Heavy Rocket Next Month
Interview with Dennis E. Taylor, Author of the Bobiverse Trilogy
Chang'e-4 Lander and its Rover Have Turned up new Mysteries on the Moon's far side. The Moon's Mantle Blasted Onto the Surface?
China's Chang'e-4 lunar mission recently gathered data that suggests that the impact that created the largest impact crater on the Moon could have blasted some of its mantle material onto the surface.
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Mars Odyssey Reveals Phobos Using THEMIS
NASA's aging 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter recently snapped some unique views of the twin moons Phobos and Deimos, in an effort to better understand their texture and surface composition.
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Messier 86 - the NGC 4406 Elliptical Galaxy
Located in the constellation Virgo, about 54 million light years from Earth, is the elliptical galaxy known as Messier 86.
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Most of the Solar System Should be a Protected Wilderness. One-Eighth Left for Mining and Resource Exploitation
A new study by an astrophysicist and a professor of ethics takes a look at the future of humanity in space, and recommends we set aside most of the Solar System aside as protected wilderness.
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Carnival of Space #612
Can You Spot a Planetary Nebula from a Few Blurry Pixels? Astronomers Can - Here's How
Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes
In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization harnessing the power of neutrinos to create a beacon.
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Small, Tough Planets can Survive the Death of Their Star
Is Dark Matter Made of Axions? Black Holes May Reveal the Answer
Here's Where Beresheet Crashed into the Moon
Today is the Highest Concentration of Atmospheric CO2 in Human History. 415 Parts Per Million. Last Time it Was This High, There Were Trees at the South Pole
NASA's 2024 Moon Mission is called Artemis, and Will Need an Additional $1.6 Billion in Funding
Weekly Space Hangout: May 15, 2019 - Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ - Director of the Vatican Observatory
Carnival of Space #611
NASA Senior Engineer Kobie Boykins talks About Exploring Mars. And I was There to See it!
I recently had the honor of attending a Nat Geo Live talk hosted by Kobie Boykins. As NASA JPL's chief engineer, he has played a major role in the development of every rover sent to Mars since 1997.
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The Blue Origins Founder Wants to Get to the Moon by 2024
