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TESS is Also Helping Astronomers Study Bizarre Pulsating Stars
The Tunguska Explosion Could Have Been Caused By An Asteroid That Still Orbits The Sun
If Rockets were Transparent: Video Shows You How Rockets Use up Their Propellant
Take a Peek Inside a Giant Star Right Before it Dies
Earth Life Probably Can't Spread to Mars Today
New research says life from Earth isn't likely to ever survive on Mars, which is good news as far as planetary protection concerns are involved.
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Was Betelgeuse Formed by Merging Stars?
High Energy Neutrinos Are Coming From Supermassive Black Holes
Some neutrinos are so energetic we don't know how they are produced. But a clue lies in the heart of distant quasars.
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James Webb is Fully Stowed Into its Launch Configuration
China's New Crew Capsule Just Landed, and so Did Parts of their New Rocket!
China's next-generation crewed spacecraft recently returned to Earth after a successful test flight. The Long March 5B rocket that sent it up did as well (parts of it, anyway!)
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Astronomers Continue to Analyze Pluto's Atmosphere
Even More Evidence that Europa has Geysers
Space Force is About to Launch its Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane Again
The X-37B will be going to space again this Saturday to test a number of experiments, many of which are military in nature and classified!
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Finally! InSight's Mole is Making Slow and Steady Progress
Weekly Space Hangout: May 13, 2020 – Dr. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute
Sediments on Mars, Created By Blowing Wind or Flowing Water
Another Starship Success! Raptor Engine Fires for 4 Seconds and Nothing Explodes
SpaceX has passed another milestone with their Starship prototype after the successful completion of a static fire test
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This "All Terminator" Image of the Moon isn't Actually Possible to See. But it Sure is Beautiful
Time Travel Into The Future Is Totally Possible
Better Tires to Drive on Mars
NASA is Going to Try Manufacturing a Telescope Mirror in Space
A process developed by NASA, which could be very useful for building telescopes in space, will soon be tested with an orbital launch.
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