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NASA and ULA Successfully Test a Giant Inflatable Heat Shield That Could Land Heavier Payloads on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - November 14, 2022 04:37 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Will Triton finally answer, 'Are we alone?'

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - November 12, 2022 09:00 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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SLS Hurricanes, James Webb Fixed, Strange Quark Star

By kuingul-gmail - November 12, 2022 12:23 PM UTC | Missions
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This Nearby Dwarf Galaxy has Been a Loner for Almost the Entire age of the Universe

By Matthew Williams - November 11, 2022 01:05 PM UTC | Extragalactic
The James Webb Early Science Release has allowed for all kinds of groundbreaking research, including the study of the nearby dwarf galaxy that hasn't change much since it first formed.
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We'll Inevitably see Another Interstellar Object. Which Ones Make the Best Targets to Visit?

By Andy Tomaswick - November 11, 2022 11:33 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Keck's new Planet Hunter Instrument Comes Online, Searching for Smaller, More Earth-Sized Exoplanets

By sjohnston - November 10, 2022 10:37 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Divers Have Found a Piece of the Space Shuttle Challenger Off the Coast of Florida

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 10, 2022 10:11 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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A New View of the Cone Nebula From the Very Large Telescope

By Nancy Atkinson - November 10, 2022 02:04 PM UTC | Milky Way
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Woohoo! JWST's Mid-Infrared Instrument is Fully Operational Again

By Nancy Atkinson - November 10, 2022 11:30 AM UTC | Telescopes
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The Case of the "Missing Exoplanets"

By Matthew Williams - November 09, 2022 04:54 PM UTC | 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

By Paul Sutter - November 09, 2022 03:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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One Total Lunar Eclipse Photo to Rule Them All

By Nancy Atkinson - November 09, 2022 02:37 PM UTC | Observing
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Hubble saw the Same Supernova at Three Different Times Thanks to Gravitational Lensing

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 09, 2022 02:34 PM UTC | Cosmology
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Check Out the Journey From Raw Data to Beautiful Image

By Paul Sutter - November 08, 2022 07:17 PM UTC | Observing
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Earth's First Known Mass Extinction Event Starved Life of Oxygen

By Evan Gough - November 08, 2022 05:39 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Stunning Photos from the November 8, 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse

By Nancy Atkinson - November 08, 2022 04:02 PM UTC | Observing
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China Launches Mengtian, the Last Major Module to its Space Station

By Matthew Williams - November 08, 2022 03:50 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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

By Brian Koberlein - November 08, 2022 02:51 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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

By sjohnston - November 08, 2022 07:24 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Searching for Life on Highly Eccentric Exoplanets

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - November 07, 2022 10:42 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Meet The Solar Ring: A Proposed Spacecraft That Will Have a Panoramic View of the Sun

By Paul Sutter - November 07, 2022 07:16 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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This is Probably the Last Picture we'll see From InSight on Mars

By Andy Tomaswick - November 07, 2022 04:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Perfect Tidal Tail Connects These two Galaxies Seen by Hubble

By Evan Gough - November 07, 2022 04:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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Want a Sneak Peek From NASA's Lucy Mission? Here are Some Photos it Took of the Moon During its Flyby

By Andy Tomaswick - November 07, 2022 03:49 PM UTC | Missions
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Hubble saw Multiple Light Echoes Reflecting off Rings of Dust From a Supernova Explosion

By Matthew Williams - November 07, 2022 03:16 PM UTC | Stars
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?

By Brian Koberlein - November 07, 2022 01:38 PM UTC | Cosmology
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

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 07, 2022 11:14 AM UTC | Astrobiology
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Planets Make it Harder to Figure out a Star's age

By sjohnston - November 07, 2022 07:19 AM UTC | Stars
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Mars is Mostly Dead. There's Still Magma Inside, so it's Slightly Alive

By Matthew Williams - November 06, 2022 06:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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

By Paul Sutter - November 06, 2022 03:01 PM UTC | Black Holes
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Worrying Solar Storm Data, Falcon Heavy is Back, Total Lunar Eclipse

By kuingul-gmail - November 05, 2022 04:36 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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It's Tough to Find Evidence of Stars Eating Planets

By Paul Sutter - November 05, 2022 03:02 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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A Black Hole's X-Rays are Coming From a Region 2,000 km Away From the Singularity Itself

By Brian Koberlein - November 05, 2022 12:12 PM UTC | Black Holes
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?

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - November 04, 2022 08:39 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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IceCube Senses Neutrinos Streaming From an Active Galaxy 47 Million Light-Years Away

By Evan Gough - November 04, 2022 06:57 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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What Happens to Hot Jupiters when their Star Becomes a Red Giant?

By Matthew Williams - November 04, 2022 05:23 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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

By Paul Sutter - November 04, 2022 03:02 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Three New Potentially Hazardous Asteroids Discovered, Including a big one That Measures 1.5 km Across

By Evan Gough - November 04, 2022 02:56 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Our Guide to Tuesday's Total Lunar Eclipse

By David Dickinson - November 04, 2022 07:19 AM UTC | Observing
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

By Andy Tomaswick - November 03, 2022 11:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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ESA is Considering a Mission to Enceladus

By Andy Tomaswick - November 03, 2022 11:11 PM UTC | Missions
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How do you Keep a Solar Sail Stable?

By Andy Tomaswick - November 03, 2022 07:55 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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You Can Help Measure Light Pollution with Your Phone

By Paul Sutter - November 03, 2022 03:03 PM UTC | Observing
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Scientists Piece Together the Shoreline of an Ancient Ocean on Mars

By Evan Gough - November 03, 2022 02:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Moon had Volcanoes More Recently Than Previously Believed

By Matthew Williams - November 03, 2022 02:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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

By kuingul-gmail - November 03, 2022 08:58 AM UTC | Telescopes
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The International Space Station Gets a Clean Bill of Health. Despite a Few Opportunistic Microbes, the Station is "Safe" for Astronauts

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - November 02, 2022 08:29 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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NASA's new Glider Could Turn any Airport Into a Spaceport

By Andy Tomaswick - November 02, 2022 06:35 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Navigation Satellites fly at 23,000 km Altitude. Europe Wants to Build a Constellation That Flies Much, Much Lower

By Andy Tomaswick - November 02, 2022 06:17 PM UTC | Space Policy
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ESO Finds the Ghostly Image of a Dying Star

By Paul Sutter - November 02, 2022 03:09 PM UTC | Stars
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