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Woohoo! JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument is Fully Operational Again
The Case of the "Missing Exoplanets"
A team of astronomers with the CLEVER Planets project have developed a model that may explain the mystery of the "missing exoplanets."
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Chipping Away at the Great Attractor Mystery. Another Galaxy Cluster Found Behind the Milky Way's Disk
One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All
Hubble saw the Same Supernova at Three Different Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing
Check Out the Journey From Raw Data to Beautiful Image
Earth's First Known Mass Extinction Event Starved Life of Oxygen
Stunning Photos from the November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse
China Launches Mengtian, the Last Major Module to its Space Station
China's Tiangong space station just received its final module, the Mengtian laboratory, making it complete,
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Astronomers Spot the Debris From Planets That Formed 10 Billion Years ago
Astronomers find the remnants of ancient planetary systems, and a glimpse of our fate.
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The Smallest Radar Ever Sent to Space Will Probe the Interior of Dimorphos After its Impact From DART
Searching for Life on Highly Eccentric Exoplanets
Meet The Solar Ring: A Proposed Spacecraft That Will Have a Panoramic View of the Sun
This is Probably the Last Picture we'll see From InSight on Mars
The Perfect Tidal Tail Connects These two Galaxies Seen by Hubble
Want a Sneak Peek From NASA's Lucy Mission? Here are Some Photos it Took of the Moon During its Flyby
Hubble saw Multiple Light Echoes Reflecting off Rings of Dust From a Supernova Explosion
Using images from Hubble, an international team of astronomers created a video that shows the evolution of a supernova and the resulting light echo
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Can JWST see Galaxies Made of Primordial Stars?
With a bit of luck, the Webb Space Telescope might be able to see a galaxy full of the first stars.
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Hydrothermal Vents Under the Arctic Ice are Perfect Places to Practice Exploring Europa
Planets Make it Harder to Figure out a Star's age
Mars is Mostly Dead. There's Still Magma Inside, so it's Slightly Alive
NASA's InSight lander has detected many marsquakes coming from the same region, which could mean that the Red Planet still experiences volcanic activity
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When Black Holes Collide They Also Produce Neutrinos
Worrying Solar Storm Data, Falcon Heavy is Back, Total Lunar Eclipse
It's Tough to Find Evidence of Stars Eating Planets
A Black Hole's X-Rays are Coming From a Region 2,000 km Away From the Singularity Itself
A study of Cygnus X-1 shows its jets emanate from a region a bit off from the black hole itself.
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Can Plants be Adapted to Thrive in Space?
IceCube Senses Neutrinos Streaming From an Active Galaxy 47 Million Light-Years Away
What Happens to Hot Jupiters when their Star Becomes a Red Giant?
New research from the COMPAS consortium has simulated what happens to Hot Jupiters when their stars become Red Giants.
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Solar Orbiter Records a Stunning Timelapse of Solar Activity as it Completes its Latest Flyby
Three New Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Discovered, Including a big one That Measures 1.5 km Across
Our Guide to Tuesday's Total Lunar Eclipse
The November 8th total lunar eclipse spans the Pacific, and is the last one until 2025.
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Researchers Make Rocket Fuel Using Actual Regolith From the Moon
ESA is Considering a Mission to Enceladus
How do you Keep a Solar Sail Stable?
You Can Help Measure Light Pollution with Your Phone
Scientists Piece Together the Shoreline of an Ancient Ocean on Mars
The Moon had Volcanoes More Recently Than Previously Believed
Recent analysis of the samples returned by the Chang'e-5 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon lasted longer than previously expected.
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25 More Years for Webb, LUVOIR and Quantum Telescopes
The International Space Station Gets a Clean Bill of Health. Despite a Few Opportunistic Microbes, the Station is "Safe" for Astronauts
NASA's new Glider Could Turn any Airport Into a Spaceport
Navigation Satellites fly at 23,000 km Altitude. Europe Wants to Build a Constellation That Flies Much, Much Lower
ESO Finds the Ghostly Image of a Dying Star
When an Asteroid Gets Close to Earth, we get a Rare Opportunity to Learn What it's Made of
Falcon Heavy Launches for the First Time in Over Three Years, Carrying Military Satellites to Orbit
Just Four Robots Could Deploy a Huge Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon
Edward Stone Has Been the Voyagers' Project Scientist for 50 Years. He Just Retired
When Should Robots Take Risks Exploring Other Worlds?
Researchers from the CMU's Robotic Institute have developed a new method that allows rovers to autonomously weigh risk against the potential for scientific research.
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In a New Hubble Image, Dark Matter Anchors the Giant Galaxy Cluster Abell 611
Did Supermassive Black Holes Collapse Directly out of Giant Clouds of gas? It Could Depend on Magnetic Fields
New research shows how the seeds of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) could have formed from gas clouds with amplified magnetic fields.
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Good News! The Ozone Hole is Continuing to Shrink
