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Tiny NEA Scout Solar Sail Mission to Chase Asteroid
NEA Scout will hitch a ride to an asteroid on the Artemis 1 Moon mission.
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Latest Hubble Image Shows the Star-Forming Chamaeleon Cloud
Finally, a Practical use for Space-Based Power Beaming. Sending Power to Satellites in Shade
Astronomers Finally Find a Second Asteroid in Earth's Trojan Belt
A Chinese Space Tug Just Grappled a Dead Satellite
China's Rover Finds That Regolith on the Moon's far-Side is Stickier Than the Near-Side
Astronomers Lined up Under an Asteroid's Shadow to Measure its Size Precisely
During a Solar Flare, Dark Voids Move Down Towards the Sun. Now We Know Why
The Big Spaceflight Stories You Should be Watching in 2022
There are so many exciting spaceflight missions and milestones in store for 2022! Here are some of the biggest stories expected for the coming year!
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It Turns out, We Have a Very Well-Behaved Star
Binary Black Holes can Unlock Another of Einstein's Predictions
Gravitational waves from merging black holes can tell us more about a gravitational dance known as spin-orbit resonance.
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Want to Know What James Webb Looks Like in Powerful Earth Telescopes? Prepare to be Underwhelmed
The Virtual Telescope Project recently provided images of the James Webb Space Telescope in the night sky.
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Astronomers Discover a Mysterious Star That Flashes Every 20 Minutes. But What is it?
An ultra-long period object might be a magnetar, but it could also be a type of object we've never seen.
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Rings Inside a Martian Crater Reveal its Ancient History
What is Einstein's Theory of Relativity?
More than a century after he first proposed it, Einstein's Theory of Relativity is still foundational to our understanding of the Universe.
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The Scientific Debate Rages on: Is there Water Under Mars' South Pole?
We Already Have the Technology to Save Earth From a "Don't Look Up" Comet or Asteroid
NASA is Already Designing Hardware for a Mars Sample Return Mission
Unistellar's Plans for Science and Astronomy in 2022
Unistellar's eVscope has proven its ability to do serious astronomy, with more to come in 2022.
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Finally, an Explanation for the Cold Spot in the Cosmic Microwave Background
A new study by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) has confirmed the existence of a Supervoid, which could explain how there's a "Cold Spot" in the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).
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