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OSIRIS-REx Will Collect a Sample from Bennu on October 20th
Ocean Circulation Might Be the Key to Finding Habitable Exoplanets
Magnetic north is migrating towards Siberia. Here's why
Space Force is Starting to Train its Soldiers to Fight... in Space?
The US Space Force just announced that they will begin training so its new officers can become specialists in specific fields, like orbital warfare, electronic warfare, and space battle management.
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Weekly Space Hangout: May 20, 2020 — Dr. Sarah McAnulty from Skype A Scientist
Astronomers Are Sure These Are Two Newborn Planets Orbiting a Distant Star
Jupiter is so Big that our Solar System almost had two Suns
NASA is Giving the SLS a "Green Run" to Prepare it for Launch in Late 2021
Engineers at NASA's Stennis Space Center have resumed tests of the Core Stage of the Space Launch System (SLS) in anticipation of its inaugural launch next year.
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40 Years Ago, Mount St. Helens Blew its Top Off
Hundreds of New Gravitational Lenses Discovered to Help Study the Distant Universe
Venus Meets Mercury This Weekend in a Fine Dusk Conjunction
What's that? You say you've never seen elusive Mercury for yourself? You won't have an excuse after this weekend, when the innermost world meets brilliant Venus at dusk, for one of the best planetary conjunctions for 2020.
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NASA Proposes the Artemis Accords. The New Rules for Lunar Exploration
NASA just released a series of principles designed to foster exploration and cooperation in lunar exploration, called the Artemis Accords.
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Space Force Launches its Mysterious X-37B Spaceplane
The US Space Force, in conjunction with the USAF and the ULA, just launched the X-37B spaceplane for the sixth time!
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This Laser Powered Rover Could Stay in the Shadows on the Moon and Continue to Explore
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?
