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An Exoplanet Reaches 2400 C in One Hemisphere. Does it Really Rain Iron?
Are the Burned-Out Remnants of the First Stars all Around us?
Russian Actor and Filmmaker are On the Space Station to Shoot Scenes for a Film
It's Official, William Shatner Will be Flying to Space With Blue Origin
One Star Could Answer Many Unsolved Questions About Black Holes
Astronomers Have a new way to Measure the Mass of Supermassive Black Holes
Astronomers Might use Pulsars to First Detect Merging Supermassive Black Holes
There are Many Metal-Rich Asteroids Nearby to Investigate
On its Next run, LIGO Will be Able to Probe 8 Times as Much Space
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XVII: What is the "SETI-Paradox" Hypothesis?
Another reason we haven't heard from aliens is that the possibility that every everyone is listening, but nobody's messaging!
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Arid Meteor Outburst in the Works This Week?
A new Arid meteor shower may be making itself known in early October 2021.
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There's Enough Sunlight Getting Through Venus' Clouds to Support High-Altitude Life
NASA Spacecraft Takes a Picture of Jupiter ... From the Moon
A Technique to Find Oceans on Other Worlds
A new study shows how next-generation observatories could directly observe oceans on exoplanets, which could narrow the search for extraterrestrial life.
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It'll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone
Here's Perseverance, Seen From Space
Astronomers Look at Super-Earths That had Their Atmospheres Stripped Away by Their Stars
A new study examines two rocky exoplanets (TOI-1634b and TOI-1685b) that appear to have been stripped of their atmospheres.
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When Did Photosynthesis Begin?
Communication With Mars is About to Become Impossible (for two Weeks)
Future Telescopes Could be Seeing the Wrong Planets
When we directly observe distant worlds, some exoplanets might appear Earth-like, even when they are not.
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Rogue Planets Could be Habitable
Some of the Moon's Craters are so Dark, it Takes AI to see What's Inside Them
BepiColombo Meets Mercury for the First Time on October 1
Starlink can be Used as a Navigation System too
Giant Balls of Mush Made From Ammonia and Water Form in the Atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune
Even the Quiet Supermassive Black Holes are Blasting out Neutrinos and Gamma Rays
Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites
Mars has Seasons, and They Might Have Revealed Where it's Hiding its Water
Dozens of Robots Competed to Race Through Underground Caves
Lunar Landers Could Spray Instant Landing Pads as They Arrive at the Moon
Aging White Dwarfs Become Even More Magnetic
A survey of white dwarfs shows they get more magnetic as they age, and we don't know why.
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NASA's Human Space Exploration Division is Being Split in Two
How Much Carbon Dioxide Snow Falls Every Winter on Mars?
New research hows how changes in the size of the Martian polar ice caps are associated with annual changes in its climate.
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Vera Rubin Observatory Should Find 5 Interstellar Objects a Year, Many of Which we Could Chase Down With Spacecraft
According to new research, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will detect 5 `Oumuamua-like objects a year, creating many opportunities for a rendezvous mission!
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China's First Space Station Crew is Back From Orbit
The crew of China's Tiangong space station returned to Earth, having set a new record for the longest Chinese crewed mission to space.
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No News Here, Just a Beautiful Globular Cluster Captured by Hubble. That is all.
This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars
What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?
Chefs on the Moon Will be Cooking up Rocks to Make air and Water
Astronomers Detect Clouds on an Exoplanet, and Even Measure Their Altitude
An international research team shows how combining data from multiple observatories allowed them to detect clouds in the atmosphere of an exoplanet.
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Chang'e-5 Returned an Exotic Collection of Moon Rocks
A Tiny, Inexpensive Satellite Will be Studying the Atmospheres of hot Jupiters
Astronomers Find a Giant Cavity in Space, Hollowed out by an Ancient Supernova
Gaia's 3-D mapping of the galaxy has revealed a cosmic bubble, with clues about how molecular clouds and stars form.
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Galactic Panspermia. How far Could Life Spread Naturally in a Galaxy Like the Milky Way?
NASA's InSight Experiences its Most Powerful Marsquake so far: Magnitude 4.2, Lasting 90 Minutes
The Future Could Bring Pinpoint Deliveries From Orbit
SpaceWorks, an Atlanta-based commercial space company, is working on reentry capsules that will allow for orbital delivery services.
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Mars Was Too Small to Ever be Habitable
Although it's Quiet Today, Mars Once had Thousands of Volcanic Eruptions on its Surface
New research has found more evidence that Mars once experienced super-volcanoes that filled the atmosphere with ash and dust.
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Hubble Reveals the Final Stages of a Dying Star
These are the new Space Force Uniforms, So Say We All
