The ESA's has unveiled a key piece of their proposed lunar habitat, a 3D-printed steel floor frame.
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Fall 2021 offers up an all-night parade of challenging telescopic comets.
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The crew of the upcoming Inspiration4 mission (the first all-civilian spaceflight) took a moment to get their pictures taken inside the glass dome that will let them to see Earth from orbit.
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A new study has identified another class of exoplanet that could drastically increase the odds of finding life beyond the Solar System.
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Above a certain mass, large stars don't become supernovae. That limit might be lower than we thought.
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In some applications, bigger lasers mean better lasers. That is the case in astronomy, where lasers are used for everything from telescope calibration to satellite communication. The European Southern Observatory ([ESO](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Southern_Observatory)) and some of its commercial partners have developed a laser 3 times more powerful than the existing industry standard. With that increased power level, the new system has the potential to dramatically improve the way telescopes deal with one of the most fundamental problems in ground-based astronomy - atmospheric turbulence.
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A leader in the 'smartscope' industry releases its exciting new eQuinox telescope.
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According to a new study by an international team of researchers, a mission to Mars would have to be less than four years to mitigate the threat posed by radiation.
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Cosmonauts aboard the ISS have reported new cracks in the Zarya module, the latest indication that the ISS is showing its age.
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