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LEGO Announces the Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Edition
Mars Spiders Form as Spring Arrives on Mars. But why?
This Time NASA's SLS Hotfire Goes the Full 8 Minutes
The Core Stage of NASA's SLS rocket passed its Hot Fire test with flying colors, remaining lit for over 8 minutes.
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A 1-Stage, Fully Reusable Lunar Lander Makes the Most Sense for Returning Humans to the Moon
A study conducted by researchers from Moscow and MIT has determined that a reusable lunar lander is the best option for "returning to the Moon."
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Careful Calculations Show That Earth is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for at Least 100 Years
The Event Horizon Telescope has Revealed the Magnetic Field Lines Around M87's Central Black Hole
A new look at the black hole in M87 tells us about the magnetic fields that drive its activity.
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Exploring the Moon's Shadowed Regions Using Beamed Energy
NASA is exploring new concepts for its long-awaited return to the Moon, one of which promises to "beam" power wherever its needed on the lunar surface.
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Newly Forming Stars Don't Blast Away Material as Previously Believed. So Why Do They Stop Growing?
A Very Powerful Solar Storm Hit the Earth Back in 1582
Gravitational Lenses Could Allow a Galaxy-Wide Internet
We could gravitationally lens radio signals to communicate with space probes at other stars. Maybe even communicate across the galaxy.
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Perseverance Begins its Science on Mars With a Laser zap
Rocks and Other Features at Perseverance's Landing Site are Getting Navajo Names
In conjunction with the Navajo Nation, the Perseverance mission team is designating features in the Jezero Crater with Najavo names
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New Binocular Nova Cas 2021 Flares in Cassiopeia
A 'new star' erupted into visibility over the past weekend, and continues to brighten.
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Mont Mercou on Mars
More Audio from Perseverance: the Crunch of its Wheels on the Martian Regolith
Oh, the Irony. There are Likely Water Worlds Everywhere, but They're Covered in ice and Impossible to Investigate
Every Spring a Single Cloud Forms at one of Mars' Tallest Mountains and Only Lasts for a few Hours
Perseverance's Landing Site Named for Octavia Butler
The Perseverance rover's landing site was renamed the Octavia E. Butler Landing, in honor of the groundbreaking author who passed away in 2006.
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Remembering NASA Flight Director Glynn Lunney, 1936-2021
Work Begins on Cleaning up Arecibo. The job Could Cost $50 Million
An All-Sky X-Ray Survey Finds the Biggest Supernova Remnant Ever Seen
Perseverance has Started Driving on Mars
The Perservance rover has commenced science operations on Mars, which includes driving across the red sandy surface of Jezero Crater
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There Could be Magnetic Monopoles Trapped in the Earth's Magnetosphere
If magnetic monopoles exist, they might be found in Earth's magnetic field. A new paper gives the first results of the search.
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Oumuamua Isn't an Alien Probe, Because Aliens can Learn Everything They Need About us With Telescopes
A new study offers a new take on why 'Oumuamua could not have been an alien probe: a lack of motivation!
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Oumuamua is Probably Very Similar to Pluto, Just From Another Star System
Perseverance's Landing Seen in Full Color, Thanks to Citizen Science
Lightning Strikes Helped Life get an Early Start on Earth
Tracking Satellites Through GEOSat Eclipse Season
You can spot satellites in far-flung orbits… if you know exactly where and when to look.
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Frosty Sand Dunes on Mars
A Titan Mission Could Refuel on Site and Return a Sample to Earth
As part of the 2021 NAIC proposals, NASA is investigating a concept for a sample-return mission to Titan that would harvest its own fuel from local resources.
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It Turns Out That the World's Oldest Impact Crater Isn't an Impact Crater
Do Supermassive Black Holes Come From Supermassive Stars?
Wormholes Could Allow Travel Across the Universe, as Long as Your Spacecraft is Microscopic
An alternative to general relativity predicts wormhole travel is possible, but only if you're teeny-tiny.
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There Should be About 7 Interstellar Objects Passing Through the Inner Solar System Every Year
A new study led by the Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) has found that interstellar objects like 'Oumuamua visit our Solar System seven times a year!
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A Planet Lost Its Atmosphere, So Its Volcanoes Made It a New One
The Giant Magellan Telescope's 6th Mirror has Just Been Cast. One More to Go
Work has begun on the sixth and seventh mirror segments for the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will begin studying the cosmos by the late 2020s.
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China and Russia Will Be Partners in a Lunar Research Station
Alcubierre Gives us an Update on his Ideas About Warp Drives
A new look at warp drive fuels hope that it might be possible after all.
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Measuring the Temperatures of Red Giants is Actually Pretty Tricky
Comets Already Grow a Coma out in the Kuiper Belt
The Oldest Stars Help Tell us how big the Universe is
Microbes Found That Survive on the by-Products of Radioactive Decay
An oceanic research team recently demonstrated that one of the largest ecosystem on Earth thrives on the radioactive decay of elements
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Organic Material Found on an Asteroid Sample Returned by Hayabusa 1
Vega Might Have a Planet
The Galápagos Islands From Space
What's the Connection Between Stellar-Mass Black Holes and Dark Matter?
The smallest black hole we've observed might prove dark matter is made of primordial black holes.
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Researchers Discover the Source of the Sun's Most Dangerous High-Energy Particles
Fantastic Analysis of SN-10 Landing and Explosion by Scott Manley
A new video by astrophysicist and Youtuber Scott Manley breaks down what went wrong with SpaceX's latest test flight
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Did Supermassive Black Holes Form Directly From Dark Matter?
Move Over, Electron: Rocket Lab Introduces Its New Neutron Rocket
Peter Beck announces an addition to the Rocket Lab family, with the Neutron Rocket.
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