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Here's Jupiter from Juno's Latest Flyby
Perseverance Will be Scanning Inside Rocks for Fossils on Mars
When it arrives on Mars next year, Perseverance will use a next-generation X-ray scanner assisted by AI to search for the fossil remains of ancient life!
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Weekly Space Hangout: September 23, 2020, Col. Terry Virts (USAF ret.) Tells Us "How to Astronaut"
Even Comets Can Have Auroras. Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Does
Solar Cycle 25 has arrived. Here's what to expect from the Sun in the coming months and years
There Could Be Carbon-Rich Exoplanets Made Of Diamonds
Chinese Asteroid Mining Robot Due to Launch in November
Chitin Could be the Perfect Building Material on Mars
Asteroid Bennu has little pieces of Vesta on it
Our Complete Guide to Mars Opposition Season 2020
Grab your telescope: when it comes to astronomy, 2020 saved the best for last, with a fine opposition of the planet Mars coming right up next month on October 13th.
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NASA's Janus Mission is Going to Visit Two Binary Asteroids
The Surface of Mars Might Have Gotten an Acid Bath, Obscuring Evidence of Past Life
According to a recent study, the presence of acidic and alkali fluids on the surface of Mars mean that its soil is not likely to hold onto evidence of past life.
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If dark matter is a particle, it should get inside red giant stars and change the way they behave
A History of the Magellanic Clouds and How They Got Their Names
The Destruction of Dark Matter isn't Causing Extra Radiation at the Core of the Milky Way
While recent studies suggest that dark matter interactions might create gamma rays, a new study of gamma rays in our galaxy throws shade on that idea.
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This is the View You Get Staring out of the Space Station's Cupola Module
It Looks Like Firefighters Saved Mt. Wilson Observatory
Thanks to the heroic efforts of firefighters, the Mt. Wilson Observatory is now safe from the California wildfires raging through the region.
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How Much Life Would Be Required to Create the Phosphine Signal on Venus?
Artemis Missions Should Bring Ice Home From the Moon Too
In a recent white paper, a team of scientists proposed that NASA's Artemis astronauts should also bring back samples of lunar ice to determine where the Moon's water comes from
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Design for a Space Habitat With Artificial Gravity That Could Be Grown Larger Over Time to Fit More People
