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Our Guide to the Only Total Solar Eclipse of 2021
This weekend, the shadow of the Moon graces the Earth one last time for the year.
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NASA is Building a Nuclear Reactor to Power Lunar and Martian Exploration!
NASA and the U.S. Dept. of Energy have come together to solicit design proposals for a nuclear reactor that will power Lunar and Martian exploration!
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InSight Peers Deep Below the Surface on Mars
Astronauts Took A Fly-around of the International Space Station. Here are Their Stunning Pictures
NASA Simulation Shows What Happens When Stars Get Too Close to Black Holes
The Parker Solar Probe is getting pelted by hypervelocity dust. Could they damage spacecraft?
The Decadal Survey is out! What new Missions and Telescopes are in the Works?
This is a Classic Example of a Reflection Nebula, Where the Reflected Light From Young Hot Stars Illuminates a Protostellar Cloud of Gas and Dust
A Gravitational Lens Shows the Same Galaxy Three Times
NASA Launches DART, to Learn how to Defend the Earth From a Future Asteroid Impact
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) just launched and will intercept a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) in ten months!
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It's Time to Stop Doing Anti-Satellite Tests
Stars Getting Kicked out of the Milky Way can Help us map its Dark Matter Halo
Hypervelocity stars may allow us to map dark matter as they leave the Milky Way.
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A Machine-Learning Algorithm Just Found 301 Additional Planets in Kepler Data
Using a new type of deep-learning algorithm, a team of NASA scientists have detected 301 more exoplanets in the Kepler archive!
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The Severe Pacific Northwest Flooding Seen From Space
The severe flooding that happened this month was captured by Earth Observation satellites, showing the extent of Climate Change in the region
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A Space Telescope With one job: Find Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri
Breakthrough Initiatives just announced a collaborative effort to launch a space telescope that will search for habitable planets around Alpha Centauri
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"Incident" that Occurred During Loading Pushes the Webb Launch Date to Dec. 22nd
An incident occurred at Europe's Spaceport as engineers were preparing the James Webb Space Telescope, delaying the launch until Dec. 22nd at the earliest.
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Mother and Daughter Win Tickets for Suborbital Space Ride With Virgin Galactic
Did Cosmic Dust Deliver the Phosphorus Needed for Life?
Comet A1 Leonard Brightens in December
Now is the time to start tracking Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard, as it starts its dawn dive sunward.
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Here are Hubble's 2021 Photos of the Outer Solar System
