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The Moon's Ancient Volcanoes Could Have Created Ice Sheets Dozens of Meters Thick
Spacesuits are Leaking Water and NASA is Holding off any Spacewalks Until They can Solve the Problem
Starliner Launches Successfully, but Two of its Thrusters Failed
Boeing's CST-100 Starliner successfully launched and rendezvoused with the ISS, a crucial step towards performing commercial crew and payload services!
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NASA is Building a Mission That Will Refuel and Repair Satellites in Orbit
The "Doorway on Mars" is More Like a Dog Door
Thanks to Gaia, Astronomers are Able to Map Out Nebulae in 3D
Forget About Mars, When Will Humans be Flying to Saturn?
The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry
A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES)!
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Dust Storms on Mars Happen When the Planet Can't Release its Heat Fast Enough
New research led by the USRA has found a possible explanation for planet-wide Martian dust storms, which could the result of an imbalance between the energy it absorbs and emits.
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Spinlaunch Hurled a Test Rocket Into the air. See What it Looked Like From the Payload's Point of View
Is This the Future of the Milky Way?
Plants can grow in lunar regolith, but they're not happy about it
The Lunar Eclipse, Seen From the International Space Station
May 31st Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations, or Nothing at All
Be sure to watch the skies on the last morning of May, for a possible meteor outburst.
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LISA has Passed a key Review Phase, it's Time to Actually Design the Final Mission
InSight is Losing Power, it Probably Will be Shut Down in a Few Months
Maybe We Don't Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent
Ceres Probably Formed Farther out in the Solar System and Migrated Inward
China has a new Human Lunar Space Program, With Plans for Landers, Orbiters, Rovers, and a Lunar Base
In a recent interview, an engineer associated with the Chinese space agency confirmed that China has established a Crewed Lunar Program.
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