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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - At the request of the new Trump Administration, NASA has initiated a month long study to determine the feasibility of converting the first integrated unmanned launch of the agency's new Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion capsule into a crewed mission that would propel two astronauts to the Moon and back by 2019 - 50 years after the first human lunar landing.
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Ever since the presence of exoplanets was announced in the TRAPPIST-1 system, SETI has been monitoring the system for signs of alien life.
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Located in the northern hemisphere is Cepheus, one of the 48 constellations included by Ptolemy in his classic work, The Almagest.
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The HiRise camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter continues to supply stunning images of the Martian surface.
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According to a new study from the School of Earth and Space Exploration, it may be possible to refreeze the Arctic to help fight Climate Change.
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'Tis the season... eclipse season, that is, as an annular solar eclipse marks the end of the first cycle of two for 2017. And although the annular path for this eclipse passes some sparsely populated parts of the southern hemisphere, we just might get some amazing live views, courtesy of modern technology and some intrepid observers willing to adventure trek after the shadow of the Moon.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A SpaceX Dragon supply ship jam packed with more than 2.5 tons of critical science gear, crew supplies and 40 mice successfully arrived this morning at the International Space Station (ISS) - where six humans from the US, Russia and France are living and working aboard.
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Members of the British Antarctic Survey shot a video of the wide crack in the Antarctic Larsen Ice Sheet, which could mean a collapse is coming soon!
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The Event Horizon Telescope should give us our first picture of a Black Hole in the beginning of 2018.
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In what is the biggest announcement in exoplanet-hunting history, NASA has announced the discovery of seven rocky exoplanets around a single star, three of which are potentially-habitable
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As the second closest planet to our Sun, Venus takes 224.65 days to complete a single orbit around our Sun, making a year on Venus 61.5% as long as a year on Earth.
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During the 5th World Government Summit, the United Arab Emirates announced a bold plan to build a permanent settlement on Mars.
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A new geophysical definition has been proposed by a team of planetary scientists, one which would result in a Solar System of 110 planets.
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