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Without Water and Life, Geology on Mars is Driven by the Wind
Space Tourists Have Booked Their Next Private Mission to the International Space Station
Perseverance Has Collected Samples from One of the Best Places to Search for Ancient Life on Mars
A Galaxy With Ten Times the Mass of the Milky Way is Preparing to Become a Quasar
New research by an international team of scientists has revealed new insight into how rare, dusty galaxies evolved during the early Universe.
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Galactic Superwinds From Supernovae and Newly-Forming Stars Shape a Galaxy's Early Development
There Could be as Many Water Worlds as Earths in the Milky Way
A new study has examined all the rocky planets around red dwarf stars and determined that "water worlds" are as common as "Earth-like" rocky planets.
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Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity
New research shows that glaciers on Mars moved very slowly, which could have allowed ancient life there to survive.
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The Tonga Eruption Produced a 90-Meter Tsunami
Meet the New Vespera Telescope From Vaonis
The Vespera telescope offers power and portability in a deep-sky imaging package.
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Flying to (Hypothetical) Planet 9: Why visit it, how could we get there, and would it surprise us like Pluto?
On its Hunt for Dark Energy, a Telescope Stopped to Look at the Lobster Nebula
It takes a wide view to study dark energy, which also gives us a great look at some nebulae.
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Massive Stars don't Always Grow Their own Planets. Sometimes They Steal Them
Alien Artifacts Could Be Hidden Across the Solar System. Here's how we Could Search for Them.
Galactic Photobombing
Want to Stay Healthy in Space? Then you Want Artificial Gravity
A new study involving fruit flies aboard the ISS demonstrates the importance of artificial gravity for missions to deep-space.
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The Webb Image you've Been Waiting For: the Orion Nebula
Solar Orbiter was hit by a Coronal Mass Ejection as it was About to Make a Flyby of Venus
NASA Chooses a Supplier to Build its Moonwalking Spacesuits
It's Thought to Rain Diamonds on Uranus and Neptune, and now Scientists Duplicated it in the lab
If Jupiter's Orbit got Weirder, it Would Actually Make Earth More Habitable
Jupiter has helped sustain life on Earth, but it might have done a better job with a more eccentric orbit.
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AMAZING JWST Image, iPhone 14 and Satellites, Green Sand on Mars
DART Sees Asteroid Didymos for the First Time. In two Weeks, it'll Crash Into its Moon
The Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) took its first picture of the asteroid system it will collide with later this month.
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New Animation Shows how the Artemis Missions Will use the Lunar Gateway and a Starship to put Humans Back onto the Moon
Just 2,000 Years Ago, Betelgeuse Was Yellow, Not Red
Insanely High-Resolution Images of the Sun Show its Chromosphere in Vivid Detail
Astronomers Create the First 3D Model of a Planet Orbiting in a Binary System
Using the astrometry technique, an international team of astronomers has created the first 3D architecture of a binary star system with an exoplanet.
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BlueWalker-3 Satellite Launches This Weekend, May Be Bright
A new satellite launching this weekend could be conspicuously bright once it's unfurled in orbit.
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We Still Have no Idea if it's Safe to be Pregnant in Space
There's Still Hope for SLS to Launch in September
The Saturn V was Incomprehensibly Loud. Like Thousands of jet Aircraft Taking off Together
Bouncy Castles on the Moon. Inflated Habitats Might be the Best Way to Get Started on a Lunar Base
According to a new ESA-supported study, a lunar habitat made from prefabricated inflatable modules could lead to a sustained human presence on the Moon.
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Socks, The Final Frontier
Beautiful Dunes on Mars, Sculpted by Swirling Winds
DNA From Star Trek's Original Doctor Will Ride to the Final Frontier
iPhone 14 Will Have Satellite Connectivity. How Exactly It Will Work
Star Formation in the Center of the Milky Way Started at the Core and Then Worked its way out
Based on a new survey of the Milky Way's center, a team of researchers has concluded that star formation began in the middle and worked its way outward
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Wow! Here's Webb's View of the Tarantula Nebula
Asteroids are Constantly Spitting out Pebbles
A New Map Shows how Solar Winds Rain Down Everywhere on Mars
What's Being Done to Protect Astronauts From Radiation in Deep Space?
Chinese Astronauts Successfully Grow Rice in Space
Some Sand on Mars is Green, Showing That it was Once wet
Starliner Needs Even More Fixes, and Probably won't Carry Astronauts Until 2023
Rocketlab Sent This Engine to Space and Then Retrieved it. A new Test Shows it's Still Working Fine
How Long do Good Landing Sites Last on Comets?
Even Short Flights to Space Cause Cell Mutations That Could Lead to Cancer and Heart Disease
What Would it Take to Find Life on Venus?
Using "C-Shaped Wheels," This Rover can Climb Over More Challenging Lunar Terrain
You'll Soon be Able to Access Starlink Directly With Your Cellphone, From Anywhere in the US, and Eventually the World
JWST Sees An Exoplanet, SLS Delay, Cosmology Crisis Continues
