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Gravitational interactions can drive comets and asteroids from Jupiter out to Neptune in just 10 years
The RAVN-X is a new Autonomous Aircraft Designed to Launch Small Satellites
The latest addition to the NewSpace industry is the Aevum RAVN-X, an automonous aircraft that can air-launch satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
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We're About to Find Out How Well Biomining Works in Space
You Can See the Spot Where Lava Broke Through the Wall of a Martian Crater and Began Filling it Up
Catch an Awe-Inspiring Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21st
The solar system's two massive gas giant planets pair up at dusk on December 21st, with a rare conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.
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If We Used the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Telescope, This is What a Planet at Proxima Centauri Would Look Like
A recent study shows how the Sun could be used as a gravitational lens to take direct images of nearby exoplanets - like Proxima b!
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SpaceShipTwo's First Powered Test Flight Since Move to New Mexico Fizzles Out
Is There a way to Detect Strange Quark Stars, Even Though They Look Almost Exactly Like White Dwarfs?
If quark matter stars exist, they could look like white dwarfs that are unusually small.
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Comet Records From 1240 Accurately Date When a Byzantine Princess Died
Why 2020 is a Great Year for the Geminid Meteors
Got clear skies? Then bundle up: the Geminid meteors—one of the best, sure-fire annual meteor showers—peaks this weekend… and near a New Moon, to boot.
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Black Holes Gain new Powers When They Spin Fast Enough
Fast spinning black holes could have features different from those predicted by general relativity.
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That's no Asteroid, it's a Rocket Booster
Follow-up observations by NASA scientists has confirmed that the mystery object 2020 SO is indeed a relic of the early Space Age.
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Weekly Space Hangout: December 9, 2020 – Casey Dreier: Are Changes Coming to NASA/US Space Policy?
SpaceX's SN8 Starship Soars and Belly-Flops, but Fails to Stick the Landing. Oh Well, Bring on the SN9!
SpaceX launched the SN8 Starship prototype early today and while it failed to stick the landing, the flight was an overall success!
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Heard of Mini-Neptunes and gas-Dwarfs? Here's a new one: sub-Earths
A new study suggests that planets smaller than Earth form much later than large planets, which could point to a rare Earth.
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A Company is Hoping to Race Rovers on the Moon
You're Going to Need a Bigger Drill. The Best Place for Life on Mars is Deep, Deep Underground
New research has indicated that subterranean lakes could exist on Mars thanks to geothermal heating, which is where any life there could be found today.
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Glycine Can Form In Interstellar Clouds
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XIII: What is the "Ocean Worlds" Hypothesis?
Could it be that we haven't heard from any aliens because theyre mainly space whales living live inside icy bodies with interior oceans?
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Iceberg A-68A is Turning. Will it Miss South Georgia Island After All?
It Took 50 Nights of Observations to Capture New Data on the Magellanic Clouds
A Sunspot Seen by the Most Powerful Solar Telescope in the World
20 Years of Hubble Photos Show how the Stingray Nebula is Fading
This is Not a Photo of the Milky Way. It's the Map of 1.8 Billion Stars From Gaia's Major New Data Release
Thanks to the latest data release from the ESA's Gaia mission, researchers are making all kinds of discoveries about the Milky Way and how its structure is evolving over time.
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If There's Subsurface Water Across Mars, Where is it Safe to Land to Avoid Contamination?
Chinese Spacecraft Dock in Lunar Orbit for Transfer of Moon Samples – Next Stop, Earth!
Astronauts Will be Able to Extract Fuel, Air, and Water From Martian Brine
A team of researchers have created an electrolyzer that could be a game-changer for exploration missions on Mars.
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Japan's Hayabusa 2 Probe Drops Off Bits of an Asteroid and Heads for Its Next Target
25 Years of Solar Cycles in One Incredible SOHO Mosaic
An Astronomer Checked to see if There's a Secret Message in the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
One way to look for a message in the cosmic microwave background is to convert thermal fluctuations into a binary string. So what does it say?
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Our Guide to This Month's Total Solar Eclipse Over South America
2020 closes out with the final eclipse of the decade, as totality crosses the southern tip of South America on December 14th.
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Solid Phosphorus has been Found in Comets. This Means They Contain All the Raw Elements for Life
Weekly Space Hangout: December 2, 2020 – Dr. Ingrid Daubar, Planetary Scientist, Brown University
Now you can Watch Actual Video of Arecibo Collapsing ... If You Dare
China's Chang'e-5 Probe Blasts Off From the Moon, Bringing Back a Full Load of Samples
Australian Radio Telescopes Just Completed a map of the Universe
CSIRO has made a detailed radio survey of the southern hemisphere, and discovered a million new galaxies.
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Take a Look at What China's Chang'e-5 Probe Is Seeing (and Doing) on the Moon
Spacefaring Worms Show How Gravity Affects Genes
New research involving nemotode worms aboard the ISS have shown that the effects of microgravity extend to the genetic level.
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This is Mawrth Vallis on Mars, and it's Positively Bursting with Evidence of Past Water Action on Mars
Neutrinos Have Played a Huge Role in the Evolution of the Universe
Neutrinos are a form of dark matter, and they play a role in the evolution of the universe.
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Will the Starship Make a 15 km Hop Test on Wednesday?
According to recent statements and preparations at Boca Chica, SpaceX could be attempting a high-altitude flight test with the Starship as early as tomorrow!
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In the Far Future, Stellar Flybys Will Completely Dismantle the Solar System
Spiral-shaped Planetary Disks Should Be More Common. Giant Planets Might Be Disrupting Their Formation
Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships
The Arecibo Observatory Platform Has Collapsed
China's Chang'e-5 Probe Lands on the Moon and Gets Set to Bring Back Fresh Samples
New jets seen blasting out of the center of a galaxy
My Dad Made a Table That Looks Surprisingly Like Jupiter
Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away
Beyond "Fermi's Paradox" XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?
Is it possible that the reason we haven't heard from any aliens is because there's too much water out there?
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