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Asteroid Bennu is Getting Some Official Names for its Surface Features
SpaceX Launches its Last Dragon 1 Mission to the ISS
SpaceX just launched its 20th mission as part of its resupply services to the ISS, which also happened to be the last mission of the Dragon capsule.
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OSIRIS-REx did its Closest Flyover Yet, just 250 Meters Above its Sample Site
Europe's Mission to Jupiter's Moons Just Got its First Instrument
The ESA's JUpiter Icy Moons Explore (JUICE), which will study Europa and Ganymede for evidence of life, just got its first instrument!
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Every Part of Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket is Gigantic, Including its Nose Cone
Artwork Inspired by Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules That Could Have Been Produced by Life on Mars
Mars 2020's New Name is... "Perseverance"
NASA's Mars 2020 rover finally has a proper name - Perseverance!
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The Chemicals That Make Up Exploding Stars Could Help Explain Away Dark Energy
XMM Newton Catches a Tiny Flare Star in Action
Japan Suspends its Funding for the 30-Meter Telescope
Comparing Mountains on the Moon to the Earth's Peaks
Beyond Robotic Arms. Canada Funds Technology for Space Exploration
The Canadian Space Agency recently awarded contracts to a series of companies to develop technologies and tools to aid in the coming era of lunar exploration.
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WFIRST Passes an Important Milestone, it's Time to Begin Development and Testing
Curiosity's Latest Mars Panorama, Captured in 1.8 Billion Glorious Pixels
The First Artemis Launch has Been Delayed Until Mid-to-Late 2021
To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission will be delayed a little.
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Are Low Density "Cotton Candy" Exoplanets Actually Just Regular Planets With Rings?
Two White Dwarfs Merged Together Into a Single "Ultramassive" White Dwarf
The Disk of the Milky Way is Warped Because it Already Collided With Another Galaxy
Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy is rapidly changing!
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