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Proxima Centauri Just Released a Flare so Powerful it was Visible to the Unaided Eye. Planets There Would Get Scorched
According to a new study, Proxima Centauri experiences superflare activity that would likely render its exoplanet (Proxima b) uninhabitable
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A Magnetar Just Woke Up After Three Years of Silence
A new study by a team of over 200 international scientists has revealed how a magnetar - a special class of neutron star - has awakened after three years of being dormant.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 486: Particle Physics Update
Launching Rockets from Balloons is About to be a Thing, But We Need a Better Name than "Rockoons"
A new company is developing a hybrid rocket-balloon system to launch microsatellites cheaply from high altitude.
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Astronomers Just Found 72 Stellar Explosions, but Don't Know What's Causing Them
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey Supernova program, a team of astronomers recently found 72 supernovae, the largest number discovered to date
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NASA Begins Construction of its New Quiet Supersonic Plane
In partnership with Lockheed Martin, NASA has begun developing their quiet supersonic plane, a revolutionary aircraft that will generate quiet sonic booms
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Could There Be Life in the Cloudtops of Venus?
A new study by a team of international researchers shows how microbial life could exist in Venus' cloud tops, an idea suggested almost fifty years ago
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The Most Distant Star Ever Seen, Only 4.4 Billion Years After the Big Bang
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers recently imaged the most distant star ever seen in a distant galaxy cluster
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NASA Simulates Their Orion Abort System. Now That Would be a Crazy Ride
A team of research scientists recently conducted a series of simulations to see how the Orion Launch Abort System would fair in high speed conditions.
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Simulated View of a Newly Forming Planetary System with Rings and Gaps
Using data from the ALMA array, a team of international astronomers was able to image a newly forming planetary system and predict the presence of a planet.
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Weekly Space Hangout: April 4, 2018: Mathew Anderson's "Habitable Exoplanets"
Tiangong-1 Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean
According to a statement made by the US Air Force, the reentry of the Tiangong-1 was confirmed over the Pacific Ocean on April 2nd.
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Carnival of Space #555
Did You Know That a Satellite Crashes Back to Earth About Once a Week, on Average?
According to the ESA's Space Debris Office, about 100 tonnes of space debris enters our atmosphere every year on average.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 485: Docking, Refueling, Transferring
A New Extrasolar Planet Has The Composition of Mercury, but 2.5 Times the Mass of Earth
A team of international astronomers recently discovered a Super Earth with a similar composition of Mercury, and is several times hotter!
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Hubble Finds a Galaxy with Almost no Dark Matter
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope and other ground-based observatories, a team of astronomers have found a galaxy that appears to have no dark matter.
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Tabby's Star is Dipping Again!
According to updates by Tabetha Boyajian and her team, it appears that Tabby's Star recently experienced another major dip in brightness.
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Here's How to Follow the De-Orbit of Tiangong-1, now Estimated to Happen Between March 30 and April 2
All across the world, space agencies and satellite trackers are predicting that China's Tiangong-1 space station will enter Earth's atmosphere around April Fool's Day.
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Tiangong 1 Falls, Blue Moon Rises and Mars Takes Aim At Saturn
Skywatchers have a busy weekend ahead. The Chinese space station is expected to burn up in the atmosphere, the Moon is full and Mars and Saturn meet at dawn.
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 28, 2018: Austin Wintory & Anthony Lund - "A Light In The Void"
Watch the Sun to Know When We're Going to Have Killer Auroras
Scientists are getting better at predicting colorful auroras here on Earth by closely watching the behavior of the Sun.
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Try to Contain Your Surprise. James Webb is Getting Delayed to 2020
After being assessed by the Standing Review Board, NASA has announced that the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope's will be delayed until 2020.
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Enjoys its 2000th Day on Mars
The Curiosity rover recently passed another major milestone. Since it landed in 2012, it has spent a total of 2000 Martian days (sols) exploring the Red Planet!
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 484: Transfer Orbits and Gravitational Assists
Wow, Elon Musk Just Deleted the Facebook Pages for SpaceX and Tesla
In response to the news of the Facebook data breach, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has chosen to delete his companies official accounts
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About 2.3 Billion Years Ago, a Firehose of Oxygen was Released Into the Atmosphere
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, oxygen was introduced rather rapidly to Earth's atmosphere over 2 billion years ago
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Carnival of Space #554
NASA's Parker Solar Probe Will Touch the Sun — So Can You
Join NASA's most daring mission to the Sun by sending your name along for the ride on the Parker Solar Probe that's set to launch this summer.
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That Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua Probably Came From a Binary Star System
According to a new study by a team of Canadian astronomers, the interstellar asteroid 'Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system
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China is Working on a Rocket as Powerful as the Saturn V, Could Launch by 2030
As part of their goal to conduct a crewed mission to the Moon, China is busy developing the Long March 9 - a heavy rocket as powerful as the Saturn V
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Volcanoes on Mars Helped Form its Early Oceans
According to a new study by a team from UC Berkeley, the existence of oceans on Mars may have had to do a lot with early volcanic activity
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70,000 Years Ago a Nearby Star Messed With the Orbits Of Comets and Asteroids in our Solar System
70,000 years ago, Scholz's Star visited our neighbourhood, and changed the trajectories of hundreds of objects in out Solar System.
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Researchers Create the Most Detailed Simulation of the Universe Ever Made
The team behind Illustris have now released the first results of their IllustrisTNG simulation, the most accurate simulation of the Universe to date.
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 21, 2018: Marian Call, Singer/Songwriter
TRAPPIST-1 Planets Might Actually Have Too Much Water to be Habitable
A new study has cast doubt on whether or not the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable, indicating that it has too much water to support life
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 483: Stopping in Space
Carnival of Space #553
Astronomers Have Detected the Brightest Fast Radio Burst Ever Seen. Still No Idea What's Causing Them
Earlier this month, scientists using the Parkes Radio Telescope detected three FRBs, one of which was the brightest ever observed
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New Horizons Team Has a New Nickname for the Spacecraft's Next Target
The first Kuiper Belt Object that the New Horizons mission will investigate - MU69 - just received the nickname "Ultima Thule"
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Kepler's Almost Out of Fuel. It'll Make its Last Observation in a Few Months
The Kepler mission, which is responsible for the majority of exoplanet discoveries, is running out of fuel and will be making its final discoveries over the next few months.
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The First SpaceX BFR Should Make Orbital Launches by 2020
According to a recent interview Musk made at the 2018 SXSW conference, the BFR will be ready to conduct test launches in the next two years
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This Bizarre Image is a 3D Scan of a Cave Network in Spain. This Technology Could be Used to Map Out Lava Tubes on the Moon and Mars
A team that participated in the ESA's Pangaea-X program recently produced the largest 3D image of a cave system in Spain, and the technology could be used to map out lava tubes on the Moon and Mars too
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If We Do Hear Signals From Aliens, They're Probably Long Gone
According to a new study that included the Frank Drake, any alien signals humanity detects will have likely come from a civilization that has since gone extinct
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 14, 2018: Ethan Good, Visiting Vehicles Officer at JSC
