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Watch NASA Test an SLS Tank to Destruction
Dark Matter Could Be A Source of Gamma Rays Coming from the Center of the Milky Way
An Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to Remove one Piece of Space Junk From Orbit
A specialized spacecraft will be sent to orbit by the ESA in 2025 to remove a piece of space debris, which will pave the way for future cleanup missions.
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Carnival of Space #641
How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Shape
Wow, Meade Instruments Just Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
This Galaxy Has Been Home to 5 Supernovae in the Last 20 Years
A NASA image showcases the beauty of the NGC 5468 galaxy, which has experienced 5 supernovae in the last 20 years (all of which we've witnessed).
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We Know We're Made of Stardust. But Did it Come From Red Giants?
Weekly Space Hangout: December 11, 2019 - Charlie Duke and Tom O'Conner from Astrograms
Why Does Enceladus Have Stripes at its South Pole?
A study led by the Carnegie Institute of Science has determined why Enceladus' has its mysterious Tiger Stripes.
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This is the Milky Way's Magnetic Field
NASA's TESS Watched an Outburst from Comet 46P/Wirtanen
December Meteor Squalls: Prospects for the 2019 Geminids and Ursids
December means chillier climes for northern hemisphere residents, a time to huddle inside near the campfire, both real and cyber. I've always thought this was a shame, however, as the cold crisp nights of winter offer up sharp clear skies. Over the past decade or so, December gives observers another reason to brave the cold: the Geminid meteors.
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These Incredible Images of Alien Worlds are Actually Miniatures
New Project Headed by Apollo's Charlie Duke to Send Messages to Space
Why Are Particles Getting Ejected Off of Asteroid Bennu?
China's Yutu-2 Rover has now Traveled Over 345 Meters Across the Surface of the Moon
As of Dec. 4th, the Yutu 2 rover element of the Chang'e-4 mission had traveled a total of over 345 m (377 yards) on the lunar surface.
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A New Way to Measure the Age of the Milky Way
Using data collected by Kepler's K2 observation campaign, an international team of scientists was able to more accurately predict the ages of stars in the Milky Way's thick disk.
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It's Time to Decide. Where Should OSIRIS-REx Take a Sample from Bennu?
Neptune-Sized Planet Found Orbiting a Dead White Dwarf Star. Here's the Crazy Part, the Planet is 4 Times Bigger Than the Star
Astronauts are Going to Attach a "Robot Hotel" to the Outside of the International Space Station
The Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) unit recently launched for the ISS, where it will be integrated and provide a home for the station's robotic helpers.
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LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space
LIGO is so sensitive it can hear the quantum fluctuations of a vacuum. But by squeezing light it can make them a bit more quiet.
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A Microorganism With a Taste for Meteorites Could Help us Understand the Formation of Life on Earth
A new study by a team astrobiologists shows how certain types of extreme bacteria thrive on meteors, which could reveal things about the origins of life on Earth.
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There's a New Record for the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Seen: 40 Billion Solar Masses
IKEA's New Collection is Inspired by the Challenges of Living on Mars
Luca Parmitano Takes the Wheel and Test Drives a Rover From Space.
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano just completed the second round of tests where he remotely-controlled a rover on Earth from the ISS.
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Weekly Space Hangout: December 4, 2019 - Dr. Becky Smethurst's "Space: 10 Things You Should Know"
Landslides Work Differently on Mars, and Now We Might Know Why
Using Balloons to Launch Rockets
LEO Aerospace is developing a "Rockoon" system that will provide commercial launch services for microsatellites, as well as a platforms for conducting everything from scientific research to emergency rescues.
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Carnival of Space #640
Giant Meteor Impacts Might Have Triggered Early Earth's Plate Tectonics
A new study by an Australian-US team has found that a large impact that happened ca. 3.2 billion years ago could be what started Earth's tectonics activity, which could be crucial to why Earth is able to support life.
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Messier 94 - the Cat's Eye Galaxy
Located in the constellation Canes Venatici, roughly 15 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as the Cat's Eye Galaxy (aka. Messier 94)
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Cancer Seems to Have Trouble Spreading in Microgravity
A team of Australian researchers have found evidence that microgravity can disrupt the spread of cancer cells, which could lead to new treatments.
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Interstellar Comet Borisov is About to Make its Closest Approach to Earth
A team of astronomers from Yale have taken the clearest picture of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to date, showcasing its long tail!
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Astronomers Are About to Detect the Light from the Very First Stars in the Universe
When Martian Storms Really Get Going, they Create Towers of Dust 80 Kilometers High
NASA Supercomputer Simulates the Weather on Mars
Weekly Space Hangout: November 27, 2019 - Dylan O'Donnell, Director of DNA Digital and zen10 Australia
Tonight we are excited to welcome amateur astronomer and astrophotographer extraordinaire Dylan O'Donnell to the WSH. Dylan is an Australian web developer, the Director of DNA Digital and zen10 Australia, and a Public Science Communicator. Dylan has a Masters of Information Technology and his astrophotography been featured by NASA and ESA, and to date, two of his images have been selected for NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day (APOD).
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Finally! Scientists Find a Place on Earth with Liquid Water But No Life
A Fifth Fundamental Force Could Really Exist, But We Haven't Found It Yet
Carnival of Space #639
Building Space Telescopes... In Space
There Could be Planets Orbiting Around Supermassive Black Holes
A team of scientists from Japan have theorized that planetary systems could form around Supermassive Black Holes.
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Here's a Deepfake of Nixon Giving a Eulogy for the Apollo 11 Astronauts if Their Mission Failed
Astronomers Find a Galaxy Containing Three Supermassive Black Holes at the Center
Using Bacteria to Build a Base on Mars
A researcher, whose work is supported by the ESA and NASA, has developed an idea for using bacteria to help build a base on Mars
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New Satellites Will Tell Us Exactly how Quickly the Oceans are Rising
Of the Two Stars in Alpha Centauri, One is Probably More Habitable than the Other
A new study has shown that the Alpha Centauri is not likely to support life and that one of its stars is more likely to have habitable planets than the other
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Aquatic Rover Drives on the Underside of the Ice in Antarctica
