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One of the Best Pictures Ever Taken of ISS from the Ground. You Can Even See the Canadarm2
Help NASA Develop a Better Space Toilet
HeroX is one again hosting a NASA challenge, this time to develop a space toilet that will facilitate lunar exploration.
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Astronomers Might Have Seen a Star Just Disappear. Turning Straight to a Black Hole Without a Supernova
A brilliant blue star has disappeared from view, which could mean it became a black hole in a novel way.
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Behold! The Martian Menu, Courtesy of Mars City Design!
Every year since 2012, Mars City Design hosts the Mars Feast Gala, where talented chefs create tantalizing entrees based on what future generations could grow on Mars.
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It Was Almost Certainly an Asteroid Impact that Wiped Out the Dinosaurs. In Fact, Volcanoes Might Have Helped Life Recover
Weekly Space Hangout: July 1, 2020 — Dr. Andrew Siemion, Director of Berkeley SETI Research Center
This Weekend's Challenging Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rounds Out the Summer Season
The July 4th Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Ends a Rare Triple Eclipse Season
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Complete and Total Mayhem in a Distant Galaxy Collision
Here's How Perseverance's Helicopter Sidekick Will Deploy on Mars
It might just be possible to see a light flash too when black holes merge
Rovers Will be Starting to Make Their Own Decisions About Where to Search for Life
Comet F3 NEOWISE May Perform in July
Watch for comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at dusk in late July... if it survives perihelion.
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A brand new magnetar found, it's only 240 years old
Do Hot Jupiters Form Close in, or Do They Migrate? A Newly-Discovered Planet Might Help Answer This
The recent discovery of a very young gas giant could offer clues about how "Hot Jupiters" form and whether or not they migrate over time.
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Deep Down in Ocean Worlds, it's Difficult to Tell Where the Oceans End and the Rock Begins
More Evidence that Europa's Oceans Could be Habitable
Astronaut Drops a Mirror During a Spacewalk. Now There's Another Piece of Space Junk
The Bare Minimum Number of Martian Settlers? 110
Canada is Going to be Building Canadarm3 for the Artemis Missions
A Simulation of Sunsets on Other Worlds: From Venus to Titan
A new tool from NASA Goddard allows us to witness what a sunset would look like on other bodies in the Solar System, from Venus to Uranus.
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