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The Planet-Hunting TESS Discovers Its Smallest Exoplanet to Date
TESS recently discovered a three-planet system orbiting a red dwarf star 35 light years away, increasing the number of rocky…
Dr. Avi Loeb Thinks the Government Should set its Sights on Big Ideas in Space Exploration
In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing, a Harvard Professor and former White House science advisor recommend…
SpaceX has Lost Contact With 3 of its Starlink Satellites
Back in May 23rd, 2019, SpaceX launched the first batch of its Starlink constellation, a fleet of satellites that will…
Who Wants to be a Trillionaire? Mission to Psyche Could Uncover Tons of Precious Metals!
NASA's Psyche mission is sure to find some interesting things when it explores a metal asteroid, like quadrillions of dollars…
A Fast Radio Burst has Finally Been Traced Back to its Source: the Outskirts of a Galaxy 4 Billion Light-Years Away
An Australian-led research effort has managed to pinpoint the location of the first non-repeating Fast Radio Burst, which could have…
French Scientists Claim to Have Created Metallic Hydrogen
A team of French scientists recently claimed to have created metallic hydrogen in a laboratory, a claim which is triggering…
Our Complete Guide to the July 2019 Total Solar Eclipse
You couldn't order up a geekier celestial scene from the cosmos. Next Tuesday on July 2nd, the second of three…
The Most Efficient Way to Explore the Entire Milky Way, Star by Star
At this year's Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (GTOC), a team from the ESA presented a model for how humanity could…
Of Course Mars 2020 is Going to Get a New Name. NASA is Looking for Judges for an Upcoming Naming Contest
NASA and its partner organizations are launching the "Name that Rover" competition, which gives students from all over the US…
Curiosity Sniffs a Spike in Methane. Could it be a Sign of Life?
The Curiosity rover has detected another methane plume on Mars, once again raising the issue of whether or not there…