It'll be Tough to Stop an Asteroid at the Last Minute, but not Impossible

By Matthew Williams - November 14, 2022 04:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A team of satellite experts have designed a navigation system that could save Earth from a collision at the last minute.

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NASA and ULA Successfully Test a Giant Inflatable Heat Shield That Could Land Heavier Payloads on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - November 14, 2022 04:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Will Triton finally answer, 'Are we alone?'

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - November 12, 2022 09:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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SLS Hurricanes, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star

By kuingul-gmail - November 12, 2022 12:23 PM UTC | Missions

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This Nearby Dwarf Galaxy has Been a Loner for Almost the Entire age of the Universe

By Matthew Williams - November 11, 2022 01:05 PM UTC | Extragalactic

The James Webb Early Science Release has allowed for all kinds of groundbreaking research, including the study of the nearby dwarf galaxy that hasn't change much since it first formed.

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We'll Inevitably see Another Interstellar Object. Which Ones Make the Best Targets to Visit?

By Andy Tomaswick - November 11, 2022 11:33 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Keck's new Planet Hunter Instrument Comes Online, Searching for Smaller, More Earth-Sized Exoplanets

By sjohnston - November 10, 2022 10:37 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Divers Have Found a Piece of the Space Shuttle Challenger Off the Coast of Florida

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 10, 2022 10:11 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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A New View of the Cone Nebula From the Very Large Telescope

By Nancy Atkinson - November 10, 2022 02:04 PM UTC | Milky Way

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Woohoo! JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument is Fully Operational Again

By Nancy Atkinson - November 10, 2022 11:30 AM UTC | Telescopes

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The Case of the "Missing Exoplanets"

By Matthew Williams - November 09, 2022 04:54 PM UTC | Exoplanets

A team of astronomers with the CLEVER Planets project have developed a model that may explain the mystery of the "missing exoplanets."

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Chipping Away at the Great Attractor Mystery. Another Galaxy Cluster Found Behind the Milky Way's Disk

By Paul Sutter - November 09, 2022 03:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All

By Nancy Atkinson - November 09, 2022 02:37 PM UTC | Observing

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Hubble saw the Same Supernova at Three Different Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 09, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Cosmology

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Check Out the Journey From Raw Data to Beautiful Image

By Paul Sutter - November 08, 2022 07:17 PM UTC | Observing

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Earth's First Known Mass Extinction Event Starved Life of Oxygen

By Evan Gough - November 08, 2022 05:39 PM UTC | Astrobiology

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Stunning Photos from the November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse

By Nancy Atkinson - November 08, 2022 04:02 PM UTC | Observing

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China Launches Mengtian, the Last Major Module to its Space Station

By Matthew Williams - November 08, 2022 03:50 PM UTC | Space Exploration

China's Tiangong space station just received its final module, the Mengtian laboratory, making it complete,

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Astronomers Spot the Debris From Planets That Formed 10 Billion Years ago

By Brian Koberlein - November 08, 2022 02:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Astronomers find the remnants of ancient planetary systems, and a glimpse of our fate.

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The Smallest Radar Ever Sent to Space Will Probe the Interior of Dimorphos After its Impact From DART

By sjohnston - November 08, 2022 07:24 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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