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An Extremely Lightweight Fission Rocket Could Reach the Solar Gravitational Lens in 15 Years
If an Earthlike Planet is Within 30 Light-Years, This Space Telescope Will Find it
Scientists are Simulating Europa in the Lab, Learning What They Can Before Clipper Arrives in 2030
Axiom's U.S.-Saudi Crew Approved for Private Mission to Space Station
Are We Entering the Era of Quantum Telescopes?
In a recent study, a team of researchers showed how combining interferometry with quantum principles could lead to quantum telescopes.
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Globular Star Clusters are Constantly Kicking Stars out of the Galaxy
Do Advanced Civilizations use Black Holes as Giant Quantum Computers?
A new study suggests that advanced civilizations could used black holes as massive quantum computers, a theory that has implications for SETI.
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The Sun Continues its Journey to Solar Maximum, Releasing X-Class Flares
Astronomers Uncover Mass Migration of Stars into Andromeda
AI's Costly JWST Mistake, 33-Engine Super Heavy Test, Problems in Orbit
It's Time for Mysterious Spokes to Appear in Saturn's Rings
Dust From the Moon Could Help the Shade the Earth and Slow Down Climate Change
A new study considers how lunar dust launched from the surface of the Moon could help reverse Climate Change.
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A Green Bank Telescope Prototype Radar System Can Image the Moon in High-Resolution and Detect Asteroids
Humans Can Still Find Galaxies That Machine Learning Algorithms Miss
Amateur astronomer Giuseppe Donatiello discovered three faint galaxies that machine learning missed.
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New Spacecraft Can See Into the Permanently Shadowed Craters on the Moon
Machine Learning is a Powerful Tool When Searching for Exoplanets
A new machine learning technique will help astronomers detect young exoplanets in disks surrounding other stars.
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Images From Three Telescopes Merged Into One Spectacular Picture of the Sun
More Data and Machine Learning has Kicked SETI Into High Gear
An international team of SETI researchers used a new algorithm to look for technosignatures in GBT data. They found 8 signals of interest!
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Seeing a Mirror Image of the Milky Way From Billions of Years Ago
SpaceX Sets New Record with Successful Test-Firing of 31 Raptor Engines!
SpaceX set a new record for thrust with the B7 booster's static fire test, which saw 31 of its 33 engines fire simultaneously.
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The Raw Materials for Life Form Early on in Stellar Nurseries
Astronomers still scratching their heads over population of ocean-world exoplanets
Dwarf Planet Quaoar has a Ring
Could a Dark Energy Phase Change Relieve the Hubble Tension?
A new study suggests that the Hubble Constant could be resolved by the presence of a "New Early Dark Energy" (NEDE) in the early Universe.
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A Russian Satellite Has Broken Into Pieces, Littering Debris in Space
New Discoveries Puts Jupiter at 92 Known Moons
The World's Largest Radio Telescope Just Scanned 33 Exoplanets for a Signal From Aliens
Using China's FAST telescope and a new technique, an international team of astronomers scanned 33 exoplanets for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Astronomers Make a New Map of all the Matter (and Dark Matter) in the Universe
This Exoplanet Orbits Around its Star's Poles
Sierra Space Tests Another Inflatable Space Station Module ... to Destruction
Check Out This Great View of Comet 96P Machholz, Courtesy of SOHO
Now's the time to catch periodic Comet 96P Machholz on its encore dawn performance, before it slides out of view.
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Earth-Sized Planet Found At One of the Lightest Red Dwarfs
Hubble's New View of the Tarantula Nebula
Face-on View of Galaxy NGC 4303 Reveals its Arms are Filled with Active Star Formation
JWST Unexpectedly Finds a Small Asteroid During 'Failed' Observations
Rolls-Royce Space Reactor, Close Call in Orbit, Webb's Back
A.I. Finds a New Way to Build Multiple-Star Systems
Astronomers use Earthquakes to Understand Glitches on Neutron Stars
The James Webb May See the First Stars to Appear in the Universe
Curiosity Finds Another Metal Meteorite on Mars
Hungry Black Hole was Already Feasting 800 Million Years After the Big Bang
Mars Ingenuity Kicks up a Surprising Amount of Dust Every Time it Lands
Based on all the dust Ingenuity helicopter kicked up, a team of researchers has completed the first real-world study of Martian dust dynamics.
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This Binary System is Destined to Become a Kilonova
The Historic Discussion of Ptolemy's Star Catalog
The First Stars May Have Weighed More Than 100,000 Suns
Drag Sail Success! This Satellite Won't Turn Into Space Junk
Good News! Webb is Fully Operational Again
Soon Every Spacecraft can Navigate the Solar System Autonomously Using Pulsars
Astronomers Come Closer to Understanding How Mercury Formed
Rolls-Royce Reveals a Nuclear Reactor That Could Provide Power on the Moon
Rolls-Royce has released a teaser about the "micro-reactor" they are developing in partnership with the UK Space Agency.
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