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China's Rover Found Evidence of an Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 26, 2023 11:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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When Black Holes Merge, They'll Ring Like a Bell

By Brian Koberlein - May 26, 2023 03:35 PM UTC | Physics
How a merged black hole rings as it settles into a stable form holds clues to a better understanding of gravity.
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ESA Has a Playground for Mars Rovers to Learn how to Explore the Red Planet

By Evan Gough - May 26, 2023 01:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Amazing Views From ESA's New MeteoSat Weather Satellite

By David Dickinson - May 26, 2023 11:34 AM UTC | Missions
The European Space Agency's latest third generation Meteosat-I 1 weather satellite shows its stuff, with more to come.
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Chandra and JWST Join Forces in a Stunning Series of Images

By Matthew Williams - May 26, 2023 12:57 AM UTC | Observing
NASA scientists have combined data from the James Webb and Chandra observatories to create stunning series of images.
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Want to be an asteroid miner? There's a database for that.

By Andy Tomaswick - May 25, 2023 04:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Virgin Galactic's Space Plane Rises Again for Final Flight Test

By Alan Boyle - May 25, 2023 04:25 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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NASA May Have Found Hakuto-R's Crash Site

By Nancy Atkinson - May 25, 2023 09:17 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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After Three Years of Upgrades, LIGO is Fully Operational Again

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2023 07:17 PM UTC | Observing
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Artificial Gravity Tests on Earth Could Improve Astronaut Health in Space

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2023 05:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration
The ESA is conducting a new study that measures the effects simulated gravity and exercise have for astronaut health.
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There's a Polar Cyclone on Uranus' North Pole

By Nancy Atkinson - May 24, 2023 05:05 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Where Are the Missing Black Holes? The Hubble May Have Helped Find One

By Evan Gough - May 23, 2023 06:50 PM UTC | Black Holes
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eROSITA Sees Changes in the Most Powerful Quasar

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2023 05:25 PM UTC | Extragalactic
An international team of astronomers observed the quasar J1114 in the X-ray band for the first time, revealing things about its inner workings and quasars they shape their host galaxies.
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Juno Reveals Volcanoes on Io

By Evan Gough - May 23, 2023 01:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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An Astronaut Will Be Controlling Several Robots on Earth… from Space

By Andy Tomaswick - May 23, 2023 10:11 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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SETI Researchers Are Simulating Alien Contact — and You Can Help

By Alan Boyle - May 22, 2023 08:15 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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The Tonga Eruption Was So Powerful it Disrupted Satellites Half a World Away

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 22, 2023 07:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Heaviest Neutron Stars Could Have Strange Matter Cores

By Andy Tomaswick - May 22, 2023 06:13 PM UTC | Stars
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Four Private Astronauts Are Now on the International Space Station

By Nancy Atkinson - May 22, 2023 05:54 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Astronomers Watched a Fast Radio Burst Go Right Through a Star's Atmosphere

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 22, 2023 04:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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There's So Much Going on in This Star-Forming Nebula

By Brian Koberlein - May 22, 2023 11:38 AM UTC | Stars
Look at this beautiful image of the Lupus 3 star-forming interstellar cloud captured by the Dark Energy Camera.
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Remember Those Impossibly Massive Galaxies? They May Be Even More Massive

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2023 09:16 PM UTC | Extragalactic
A new analysis of those James Webb images showed that the galaxies it observed (deemed "too massive") could be even more massive than we thought!
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The Private Axiom-2 Mission is Almost Ready to Fly to the International Space Station

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 20, 2023 09:07 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Not All Type 1a Supernovae are Created Equally

By Brian Koberlein - May 20, 2023 12:36 PM UTC | Stars
New research shows that there are variations in how white dwarfs explode.
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Artemis V is Going to the Moon With Blue Origin

By sjohnston - May 20, 2023 12:27 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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ESO is Using a New System to Allocate Telescope Time. It's Working Well

By Andy Tomaswick - May 20, 2023 12:21 PM UTC | Site News
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New Climate Model Accurately Predicts Millions of Years of Ice Ages

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 09:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science
New research by a team of Japanese climatologists and an astronomer shows how astronomical forces have caused major changes in Earth's climate.
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An Astronomical First! A Radiation Belt Seen Outside the Solar System

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 06:30 PM UTC | Exoplanets
For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the radiation belt of an object from beyond the Solar System.
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Astronomers Want to Build the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope

By Brian Koberlein - May 19, 2023 01:18 PM UTC | Telescopes
When the Arecibo Telescope collapsed in 2020, astronomers lost one of the world's most powerful radio telescopes. A team of astronomers wants to resurrect the mighty telescope with the Next Generation Arecibo Telescope.
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The Largest Explosion Ever Seen in the Universe

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2023 01:01 PM UTC | Cosmology
Astronomers have witnessed the most powerful supernova on record, which could provide insight into the forces that shape galaxies.
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A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Voids

By Paul Sutter - May 19, 2023 07:08 AM UTC | Physics
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Building a Satellite out of Wood? Use Magnolia

By Andy Tomaswick - May 19, 2023 07:07 AM UTC | Missions
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Mars Has a Thick Crust. Its Internal Heat Mainly Comes from Radioactivity

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 19, 2023 01:39 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Could We Resurrect the Spitzer Space Telescope?

By Evan Gough - May 18, 2023 06:16 PM UTC | Telescopes
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Fatty Acids Might Exist in Space

By Paul Sutter - May 18, 2023 04:49 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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A Few Interstellar Objects Have Probably Been Captured

By Evan Gough - May 18, 2023 04:03 PM UTC | Stars
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Astronomers Find an Earth-Sized World That May Be Carpeted in Volcanoes

By Nancy Atkinson - May 18, 2023 10:39 AM UTC | Exoplanets
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Saturn's Rings are Much Younger Than the Planet

By Brian Koberlein - May 18, 2023 10:03 AM UTC | Planetary Science
Scientists know how quickly dust builds up and allows them to measure in Saturn's rings, and it points to a recent formation.
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Four of Uranus' Moons Might Have Liquid Oceans, Too

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 18, 2023 03:24 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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JWST Finds a Comet Still Holding Onto Water in the Main Asteroid Belt

By Evan Gough - May 17, 2023 06:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Astronomers Prepare for the Next Thousand Years of Hazardous Asteroid Impacts

By Paul Sutter - May 17, 2023 04:50 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Life Probably Didn't Have a Hand in Creating Organic Deposits on the Surface of Mars

By Matthew Williams - May 17, 2023 02:47 PM UTC | Astrobiology
Using data from the ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), new research shows that organic material on Mars may not be an indication of past life.
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Kathy Lueders Was NASA's Top Human Spaceflight Official. Now She Works for SpaceX

By Nancy Atkinson - May 17, 2023 11:09 AM UTC | Space Policy
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Astronomers Have a New Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - May 17, 2023 10:39 AM UTC | Cosmology
A new method of measuring cosmic expansion uses multiple observations of a supernova in a lensed galaxy.
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An Innovative Heat Shield That Doesn't Need to Be Replaced Between Missions

By Andy Tomaswick - May 17, 2023 09:43 AM UTC | Space Exploration
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Astronomers Want Your Help to Identify Risky Asteroids

By Alan Boyle - May 16, 2023 10:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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It's Time to Figure Out How to Land Large Spacecraft Safely on Other Worlds

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - May 16, 2023 08:42 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Seismic Waves Help Map the Core of Mars for the First Time

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - May 16, 2023 05:44 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Moon has a Solid Core Like the Earth

By Matthew Williams - May 16, 2023 05:11 PM UTC | Planetary Science
A new study by a team of French researchers has confirmed that the Moon has a solid inner core.
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Astronomers Find a "Red Nova": A Main-Sequence Star Just Eating its Planet

By Paul Sutter - May 16, 2023 04:52 PM UTC | Stars
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