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An Exoplanet Reaches 2400 C in One Hemisphere. Does it Really Rain Iron?
Are the Burned-Out Remnants of the First Stars all Around us?
Russian Actor and Filmmaker are On the Space Station to Shoot Scenes for a Film
It's Official, William Shatner Will be Flying to Space With Blue Origin
One Star Could Answer Many Unsolved Questions About Black Holes
Astronomers Have a new way to Measure the Mass of Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers Might use Pulsars to First Detect Merging Supermassive Black Holes
There are Many Metal-Rich Asteroids Nearby to Investigate
On its Next run, LIGO Will be Able to Probe 8 Times as Much Space
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XVII: What is the "SETI-Paradox" Hypothesis?
Another reason we haven't heard from aliens is that the possibility that every everyone is listening, but nobody's messaging!
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Arid Meteor Outburst in the Works This Week?
A new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
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There's Enough Sunlight Getting Through Venus' Clouds to Support High-Altitude Life
NASA Spacecraft Takes a Picture of Jupiter ... From the Moon
A Technique to Find Oceans on Other Worlds
A new study shows how next-generation observatories could directly observe oceans on exoplanets, which could narrow the search for extraterrestrial life.
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It'll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone
Here's Perseverance, Seen From Space
Astronomers Look at Super-Earths That had Their Atmospheres Stripped Away by Their Stars
A new study examines two rocky exoplanets (TOI-1634b and TOI-1685b) that appear to have been stripped of their atmospheres.
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When Did Photosynthesis Begin?
Communication With Mars is About to Become Impossible (for two Weeks)
Future Telescopes Could be Seeing the Wrong Planets
When we directly observe distant worlds, some exoplanets might appear Earth-like, even when they are not.
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