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$500 000 for Moon Dust, Boson Breaking Physics, New Approach to Space Tourism
Space for All: Bringing Astronomy to Remote Mountain Villages in Morocco
An Ancestor of Supermassive Black Holes, Found at Cosmic Dawn
Using Hubble data, an international team of researchers has spotted what could be a primordial ancestor to supermassive black holes (SMBHs).
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Van Allen Belts
Life Might Have Gotten Started Just 300 Million Years After the Earth Formed
Astronomy Jargon 101: Trans-Neptunian Objects
Star Formation Simulated in the lab, Using Lasers, of Course
A Fleet of Space Telescopes Flying in Formation Could Reveal Details on Exoplanets
Apollo 11 Moon Dust Sells at Auction for a Cool Half Million
A lunar moon dust sample with a strange history made its way to the auction block yesterday.
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Brrr. Webb's MIRI has Reached 6.4 Kelvin, Just a few Degrees Above Absolute Zero
Hubble Confirms Comet C/2014 UN271 is an Absolute Unit, Astronomically Speaking
Curiosity is Going to Find a new Route Around This Tricky Patch Called "Gator-Back Terrain"
Curiosity rover recently encountered "gator-back terrain," the sharp rocks that caused the first breaks in its wheels back in 2017.
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Even Mercury has Geomagnetic Storms
Astronomy Jargon 101: Tidal Heating
Five Rover Teams Chosen to Help Explore the Moon's South Pole
Two Rockets at Cape Canaveral
The NASA Artemis I mission and the Axiom Mission 1 were photographed side by side on Launch Complex 39s sister pads. This is the first time that such a thing happened.
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Martian Astronauts Will Create Fuel by Having a Shower
A team of Spanish researchers, with support from the ESA, are working on a system that will allow astronauts on Mars to turn wastewater into rocket fuel.
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Because of Extreme Drought, Lake Powell is Barely a Lake Anymore
Just a Few Pixels Would let Astronomers Map Surface Features on an Exoplanet Like Oceans and Deserts
Gamma ray Telescopes Might be Able to Detect the Gravitational Waves Caused by Merging Supermassive Black Holes
