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Astronomy Cast Ep. 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists
Wow, Elon Musk Just Deleted the Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla
In response to the news of the Facebook data breach, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has chosen to delete his companies official accounts
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About 2.3 Billion Years Ago, a Firehose of Oxygen was Released Into the Atmosphere
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, oxygen was introduced rather rapidly to Earth's atmosphere over 2 billion years ago
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Carnival of Space #554
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun — So Can You
Join NASA's most daring mission to the Sun by sending your name along for the ride on the Parker Solar Probe that's set to launch this summer.
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That Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua Probably Came From a Binary Star System
According to a new study by a team of Canadian astronomers, the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
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China is Working on a Rocket as Powerful as the Saturn V, Could Launch by 2030
As part of their goal to conduct a crewed mission to the Moon, China is busy developing the Long March 9 - a heavy rocket as powerful as the Saturn V
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Volcanoes on Mars Helped Form its Early Oceans
According to a new study by a team from UC Berkeley, the existence of oceans on Mars may have had to do a lot with early volcanic activity
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70,000 Years Ago a Nearby Star Messed With the Orbits Of Comets and Asteroids in our Solar System
70,000 years ago, Scholz's Star visited our neighbourhood, and changed the trajectories of hundreds of objects in out Solar System.
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Researchers Create the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe Ever Made
The team behind Illustris have now released the first results of their IllustrisTNG simulation, the most accurate simulation of the Universe to date.
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 21, 2018: Marian Call, Singer/Songwriter
TRAPPIST-1 Planets Might Actually Have Too Much Water to be Habitable
A new study has cast doubt on whether or not the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable, indicating that it has too much water to support life
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 483: Stopping in Space
Carnival of Space #553
Astronomers Have Detected the Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen. Still No Idea What's Causing Them
Earlier this month, scientists using the Parkes Radio Telescope detected three FRBs, one of which was the brightest ever observed
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New Horizons Team Has a New Nickname for the Spacecraft's Next Target
The first Kuiper Belt Object that the New Horizons mission will investigate - MU69 - just received the nickname "Ultima Thule"
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Kepler's Almost Out of Fuel. It'll Make its Last Observation in a Few Months
The Kepler mission, which is responsible for the majority of exoplanet discoveries, is running out of fuel and will be making its final discoveries over the next few months.
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The First SpaceX BFR Should Make Orbital Launches by 2020
According to a recent interview Musk made at the 2018 SXSW conference, the BFR will be ready to conduct test launches in the next two years
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This Bizarre Image is a 3D Scan of a Cave Network in Spain. This Technology Could be Used to Map Out Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars
A team that participated in the ESA's Pangaea-X program recently produced the largest 3D image of a cave system in Spain, and the technology could be used to map out lava tubes on the Moon and Mars too
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