Universe Today
Hayabusa 2's Sample is Landing on Earth December 6th
A new measurement puts the Sun 2,000 light-years closer to the center of the Milky Way
Ultra-precise measurements of stars in our galaxy put us closer to galactic center than we thought.
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Figuring Out How To Breathe the Moon's Regolith
Polarized light from the cosmic background hints at new physics
Distant light from the big bang is twisted as it travels to us. This could mean dark matter is more exotic than we thought.
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One of These Pictures Is the Brain, the Other is the Universe. Can You Tell Which is Which?
Neutrinos prove the Sun is doing a second kind of fusion in its core
Astronomers have detected a fusion cycle in our Sun that powers massive stars and creates the elements central to life in the cosmos.
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A third of the stars in the Milky Way came from a single merger 10 billion years ago
ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk
There's Fabric on the Space Station That Scientists Are Using to "Listen" for Space Dust Impacts
A new way to map out dark matter is 10 times more precise than the previous-best method
Every Year NASA Simulates Our View of the Moon for the Upcoming 12 Months. Here's 2021, Hour by Hour
Geysers on Europa might come from pockets of water under the ice
The Moon has Resources, but Not Enough to Go Around
A new study led by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics explains how the Moon may not have enough resources to support everything we plan to build up there.
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Astronomers See a Newly Forming Planetary Disk That's Continuing to Feed On Material from its Nebula
Weekly Space Hangout: November 25, 2020, Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist, the JUICE Mission
RocketLab Recovers a First-Stage Booster for the First Time: "Return to Sender"
A New Artist's Illustration of the Extremely Large Telescope. So Many Lasers
Catch Monday Morning's Subtle Lunar Eclipse
A penumbral lunar eclipse in the early morning hours of November 30th marks the start of the last eclipse season for 2020.
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Solar astronomers can now predict future sunspots. There should be a big one in a couple of days
Predicting the appearance of a sunspot is like predicting a tornado. But astronomers are starting to do it.
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China's Chang'e-5 Probe Is Off to Bring Back a Moon Sample — and NASA Hopes to See the Data
