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NASA's Space Launch System Gets Tentative Launch Date of August 29th
Did you Want More Scientific Information About the First set of Images From JWST? Fill Your Boots
A new paper describes all the science that went into the James Webb Early Release Observations (ERO).
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The Tharsis Region of Mars is Peppered With These Strange Pit Craters. Now They've Been Found Elsewhere
An Interstellar Meteor Struck the Earth in 2014, and now Scientists Want to Search for it at the Bottom of the Ocean
Astronomers Measure the Signal of Dark Matter From 12 Billion Years ago
The most distant measure of dark matter suggests the universe might have behaved differently in the past.
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JWST Turns Its Gaze on the Cartwheel Galaxy
The Record for the Farthest Galaxy just got Broken Again, now just 250 million years after the Big Bang
K2 PanSTARRS Still a Fine Binocular Comet Through late 2022
A long anticipated comet puts on its best show through the end of 2022.
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Even Citizen Scientists are Getting Time on JWST
Stellar Flybys Leave a Permanent Mark on Newly Forming Planetary Systems
Planet 9 is Running out of Places to Hide
A search for Planet 9 found hundreds of potential candidates, but they are probably just clouds.
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Earth's Magnetic Field Almost Completely Collapsed 550 Million Years Ago
China's Long March Rocket Booster Makes Uncontrolled Reentry Back to Earth
ESA's EnVision Mission Doesn't Have a lot of Fuel, so it's Going to Aerobrake in the Atmosphere of Venus
Jupiter's Giant Moons Prevent it From Having Rings Like Saturn
A recent study examined why Jupiter doesn't have highly-visible (and beautiful) rings like Saturn, and puts the blame on its moons!
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When Stars eat Their Planets, the Carnage can be Seen Billions of Years Later
Lithium is the key to determining whether a star has eaten a planet.
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JWST Damage, New Mars Helicopters, Teaching Robots to Die
The Mars Sample Return Mission Will Take Two Helicopters to the Red Planet to Help Retrieve Samples
The James Webb is Measuring Distant Galaxies 5-10 Times Better Than any Other Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is enabling all kinds of next-generation astronomy, including producing accurate mass measurements of the most distant galaxies.
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A Black Hole can Tear a Neutron Star Apart in Less Than 2 Seconds
An international team has simulated what happens when a black hole and neutron star merge, and the results were pretty
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