A recent paper by Harvest professor Dr. Abraham Loeb takes another look at an issue he has been addressing for years, which is how humanity might survive the accelerating expansion of the Universe.
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According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, Mars' Medusa Fossae region was created by volcanic activity, a finding which has serious implications for the planet's past habitability.
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According to a new study by three famed scientists, the Fermi Paradox may have a simple resolution - humanity is the only intelligent species in our galaxy!
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In a new study, an astrophysicist proposed how an advanced civilization might survive the inevitable expansion of the Universe, and how me might search for them.
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A team of international scientists recently conducted a study that indicates that cyanobacteria can conduct photosynthesis in low-light conditions, which has implications for plans to terraform Mars.
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According to a new study from Brown University, it appears Ceres has more organic molecules on its surface than previously thought
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The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently captured an image of an impact crater on Mars that triggered an avalanche that left behind a dark streak.
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Physicist Dr. Sean Raymond recently created a hypothetical system where 550 planets and 9 Suns orbit around a central black hole, with fascinating results!
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In a series of new studies, a pair of French researchers tackle the question of how many people would need to be sent on an interstellar journey to ensure that a healthy crew arrives.
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In a new study, astrophysicist Hector Socas-Navarro proposes searching for aliens by looking for signs of dense satellite rings around planets - aka. Clarke Belts.
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A massive Martian dust storm has settled in over the Opportunity rover's location in the Perseverance Valley, which could pose a danger to this rover's continuing mission.
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According to a new study by a team from CU Boulder, Planet 9 may not be necessary to explain the odd behavior of objects in the Kuiper Belt
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Addressing the Fermi Paradox, a team of researchers recently conducted a study predicts whether or not Climate Change may be what determines the fate of civilizations.
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Using 12 years of data from the W.M. Keck Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered mystery objects near the center of the galaxy that could be "puffy" stars
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In its latest discovery, the Curiosity rover detected organic molecules in an ancient deposit of sedimentary rock, bolstering the case that Mars may once have supported life.
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Using over a decade of data collected by the Chandra X-ray observatory, a new study indicates that the Alpha Centauri system could be hospitable to life.
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Breakthrough Starshot, a project that hopes to send a small spacecraft to Proxima Centauri in our lifetimes, is now looking for contractors to build its laser sail.
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A new study by researchers from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics indicates that the chemicals necessary for life as we know it might be limited on Europa and other "ocean worlds".
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Up for a challenge? Planetary action is certainly heating up this summer: Jupiter passed opposition last month, Saturn does so in June, and Mars reaches favorable viewing next month. And with dazzling Venus in the west and Mercury to joining it starting in late June, we'll soon have all of the naked eye classical planets in the evening sky.
Now, I want to turn your attention towards a potential naked eye object, you've probably never seen: asteroid 4 Vesta.
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According to a new study by a team of astronomers, globular clusters are several billion years younger than previously thought.
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The NOAA's GOES-17 satellite, a second-generation Earth-observing satellite, recently released its "first light" pictures of Earth.
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A tiny crashed exploded above the skies of Africa on Saturday, June 2nd. It turns out, it had been discovered just hours before impact.
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The kilonova event that took place last year, where two neutron stars merged, is now believed to have formed a black hole.
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After reviewing data from the New Horizons mission, an international team of scientists determined that Pluto has dunes made of grains of methane
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Is there any way we can hope to communicate with aliens? Will they have a concept of language as we understand it, or something even more alien?
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A team of engineers from the University of Glasgow and the Ukraine have proposed a self-eating rocket as a way to cut the costs of individual launches.
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At this year's National Space Society's International Space Development Conference, Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon Prime would be picking up The Expanse.
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In a new study led by the Lowell Observatory, a team of researchers indicate how the next-generation Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) could find the elusive Planet 9 (Planet X)
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An international team of scientists recently created a unified model that shows what happens when stars are consumed by a Supermassive Black Hole.
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We're in the midst of a parade of planets crossing the evening sky. Jupiter reached opposition on May 9th, and sits high to the east at dusk. Mars heads towards a fine opposition on July 27th, nearly as favorable as the historic opposition of 2003. And Venus rules the dusk sky in the west after the setting Sun for most of 2018.
June is Saturn's turn, as the planet reaches opposition this year on June 27th, rising opposite to the setting Sun at dusk.
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Virgin Galactic recently conducted its second successful powered test flight of the VSS Unity, bringing the company one step closer to its goal of space tourism.
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Footage obtained from Bill Ingall's melted camera shows exactly how flames triggered by the launch it was covering consumed the camera
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A team of Canadian astronomers viewed an eclipsing binary pulsar and used the gas as an "interstellar lens" to capture the most high-resolution observations of a pulsar ever.
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A new study conducted by researchers from the Southwest Research Institute indicates that Pluto could have formed from a billion comets
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Two upcoming missions - NASA's Parker Solar Probe and the ESA's Solar Orbiter - will get closer to the Sun than ever before in the hopes of unlocking its secrets.
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