A new study by an international team of scientists ventures that the Earth has had several moons in the past, all of which crashed to Earth over time.
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According to a new study, one of the greatest health risks posed by missions to the Moon could be the health effects of breathing lunar dust.
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Located in the Sagittarius Constellation, roughly 29,700 light-years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 69
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Stephen Hawking's final theory, which was recently published, offers an new take on the Big Bang Theory that could revolutionize the way we think of the Universe
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In collaboration with the Department of Energy, NASA recently conducted a successful demonstration of a new fission system that could enable long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyons
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According to a new study by a team of Columbia University's Cool Worlds Lab, one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets had a large iron core, which could have immense implications for its habitability.
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As part of the 2018 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NAIC) program, a team of scientists from across the US was recently given a Phase I award for their self-assembling space telescope concept.
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In addition to revealing the proper motion of over a billion stars in the Milky Way, the 2nd data release from the Gaia mission also revealed the proper motions of stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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ExoMars mission's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) recently sent back its very first image, which shows the ice-covered edge of the Korolev Crater
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Using the Hubble Space telescope a team of astronomers have found the companion of a supernova for the first time, thus proving that some supernovae originate in binary systems.
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Located in the Hydra constellation, roughly 33,000 light years from Earth, is the globular cluster known as Messier 68
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Using the ALMA array, international team of scientists recently observed 14 galaxies in the early Universe that are about to merge to form a galaxy cluster - one of the largest structures in the known Universe
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It's a question I've fielded lots this weekend leading up to last night's April Pink Full Moon, and one I expect we'll get again tonight: "What's that bright star near the Moon?"
That bright "star" is actually a planet, the king of them all as far as our Solar System is concerned: Jupiter. May also ushers in Jupiter observing season, as the planet reaches opposition on May 9th, rising in the east opposite to the setting Sun to the west. Jupiter now joins Venus in the dusk sky, ending the planetary drought plaguing many an evening star party.
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The 8th test flight of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket - a major step towards the development of space tourism - will be live-streamed today.
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At the recent 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, four next-generation space telescopes were selected for future development
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