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A Black Hole Popping Out of a Traversable Wormhole Should Give Off a Very Specific Signal in Gravitational Waves
Supercomputer Simulation Shows a Supernova 300 Days After it Explodes
They're In! The First Images From ESA's Solar Orbiter
James Webb Completes a Comprehensive Systems Test for the First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope just passed the critical Comprehensive Systems Test (CST), bringing it a step closer to its Oct. 2021 launch date!
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A Neptune-class exoplanet has been found with its atmosphere stripped away
Roman Space Telescope and SOFIA Get Their Funding Restored... Again
A Star had a Partial Supernova and Kicked Itself Into a High-Speed Journey Across the Milky Way
Mount Everest, Seen from Space!
Astronomers Do the Math to Figure Out Exactly When Johannes Vermeer Painted this, More than 350 Years Ago
What Shuts Down a Galaxy's Star Formation?
A new study finds that while black holes drive the formation of galaxies, they are also what kills them in the end.
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The Moon Might Have Formed a Little Later than Originally Believed
A new study indicates that the Moon is actually younger than we thought, and wasn't finished forming until the Earth's core was finished too.
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Curiosity Is Going To Spend Its Summer Driving Around a Dangerous Sandy Region on Mars
Supernovae shockwaves aren't spherical
Do the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Have Atmospheres?
A new study takes a hard look at the TRAPPIST-1 system to determine if its seven exoplanets could have viable atmospheres - with encouraging results!
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A Stellar Stream of Stars, Stolen from Another Galaxy
White dwarfs are a big source of carbon in the Universe
Amazing Images of Comet F3 NEOWISE From Around the World
Just. Wow. If you're like us, your space-feed has been inundated with some pretty spectacular images of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE as of late. F3 NEOWISE broke from the pack of good binocular comets for 2020 early this month, to become one of the best northern hemisphere comets in a generation.
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Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First
More Details On NASA's VERITAS Mission, Which Could Go to Venus
15 Different Ideas for Rovers That Could Explore Venus
NASA just announced the winners of it's "Exploring Hell Challenge" with HeroX, an incentive competition designed to inspire designs for a clockwork Venus rover.
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