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During A Lunar Eclipse, It's A Chance To See Earth As An Exoplanet
Phew, Earth-Watching DSCOVR is Operational Again
Carnival of Space #653
NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice
Magnetic Fields Around Mars InSight are 10x Stronger than Scientists Expected
Data from the first year of the InSight mission has just been released, and its revealing some unexpected things about Mars' magnetic fields.
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3 Billion Years Ago, the World Might Have Been a Waterworld, With No Continents At All
Introducing Analog Sky's 3D-Printed Giant Binoculars
Even Though it Was Observing an Asteroid, OSIRIS-REx Accidentally Spotted a Black Hole
Another Reminder that Spaceflight is Difficult. Starship Prototype Explodes and Falls Over
SpaceX suffered another setback when its Starship prototype SN1 exploded during a loading test - similar to what happened to the last prototype.
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Here's a New Planetary Nebula for Your Collection: CVMP 1
What is the Steady State Hypothesis?
When it comes to cosmological theories, the Big Bang theory has historically had only one big contender - the Steady State Hypothesis
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What is a Generation Ship?
The concept of a Generation Ship is a time-honored one, but is it the best way to send an interstellar mission to colonize a distant planet?
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A Picture of Earth's New Temporary Moon
Riding the Wave of a Supernova to Go Interstellar
A new paper by two Harvard professors explores the idea of using supernova as a means of high-speed interstellar travel - something advanced alien species could be doing right now!
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A Commercial Satellite Just Docked with Another for the First Time, Opening Up a New Era in Orbital Maintenance
Astronomers Discover a Tiny New Temporary Moon for the Earth. Welcome to the Family 2020 CD3
Look down into a pit on Mars. The caved-in roof of a lava tube could be a good place to explore on the Red Planet
Future Astronauts Could Enjoy Fresh Vegetables From an Autonomous Orbital Greenhouse
A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown for astronauts.
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The Life of Katherine Johnson Shows that 'Hidden Figures' Are Important to History
