With the election over, there are concerns over at NASA at how a Trump presidency might affect their research and exploration efforts
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By now, you've heard the news. We'll spare you the "it's a bird, it's a plane..." routine to usher in the Supermoon 2016. This month's Full Moon is not only the closest for the year, but the nearest Full Moon for a 80 year plus span.
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The center of large galaxies are active places, where supermassive black holes pump out an incredible amount of light and radiation!
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Hoping to recover quickly after suffering a calamitous launch pad explosion of their Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral some two months ago, SpaceX is aiming to resume launches of the booster in mid-December, said company founder and CEO Elon Musk in a recent televised interview on Nov. 4.
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Space exploration oddball Mars One has announced a merger with a Swiss mobile payment company called InFin AG.
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Beyond the Milky Way Galaxy lies the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, two bundles of stars and dust that orbit our galaxy at a distance of 160,000 and 200,000 light years.
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In a complete change of plans from less than three weeks ago, NASA has asked Orbital ATK to switch rockets and launch the firms next Cygnus commercial cargo freighter to the space station on the tried and true Atlas V rather than their own Antares rocket - which just successfully delivered another Cygnus to the orbiting outpost with a hefty stash of science and supplies.
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Located in the direction of the Scutum Constellation, about 5,000 light years from Earth, is the open star cluster known as Messier 26
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The discovery of a millisecond pulsar orbiting a low-mass white dwarf star has astronomers puzzled, mainly because its orbit defies conventional models of stellar formation
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The Orbit of the Moon is strange, which gives rise to changes in its appearance. It is also slowly changing, moving farther away from Earth.
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When was the first time that the Universe cooled down enough that light could finally move around?
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Located in the Zodiac, the asterism known as Cancer is a medium-sized and relatively faint constellation, and one of 88 recognized by the IAU today.
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A NASA advisory group has expressed concerns over SpaceX's safety standards in the wake of the explosion that claimed one of the company's rockets
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Meet the largest single chondrite in Texas.
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