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That Explains a Lot. The Moon's Largest Crater has a Chunk of Metal Embedded in it That's 5 Times Bigger than the Big Island of Hawaii
Ep. 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy
Perfect Example of a Barred Spiral Galaxy, Seen Face On. This is What Our Milky Way Might Look Like
Messier 87 - the Virgo A Supergiant Galaxy
Located in the Virgo constellation, roughly 53.5 million light years from Earth, is the supergiant galaxy known as Messier 87 (Virgo A)
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New observations from the Planck mission don't resolve anomalies like the CMB "cold spot"
A new analysis of Planck mission data has provided no new insights into the anomalies it detected, leaving the door open for wild theories!
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Carnival of Space #615
Black Hole Simulation Solves a Mystery About Their Accretion Disks
A new study by an international team of astrophysicists have validated an age-old theory about how accretion disks behave.
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You Can Use a Live Webcam to Watch NASA Build the Mars 2020 Rover
The Japanese asteroid-hunter had another photo opportunity when it dropped a target marker on asteroid Ryugu
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft just launched its second target marker to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.
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Don't Worry About Asteroid 2006QV89. There's Only a 1 in 7000 Chance It'll Hit the Earth in September
Europe is Working On a Reusable Space Transport System: Space Rider
There's a Ring of Cool Gas Wrapped Around the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
A double asteroid came uncomfortably close this weekend. Here's what astronomers saw
Using the Very Large Telescope, a team of ESO scientists took some stunningly clear images of a double asteroid that recently swung by Earth.
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Engineers are Still Troubleshooting Why Mars InSight's Mole is Stuck and Won't Go Any Deeper
Astronomers See an Enormous Coronal Mass Ejection... On Another Star!
Astronomers See Adorable Baby Planets Forming Around a Young Star
Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot Vanishing as We Near Opposition 2019?
Jupiter observation season is neigh, and with it, the largest planet in our solar system is as mysterious as ever.
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Weekly Space Hangout: June 5, 2019 - Jean Wright, NASA's Seamstress to the Stars
How Will NASA and ESA Handle Mars Samples When They Get Them Back to Earth?
Carnival of Space #614