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Physicists Figure out how to Make Gravitational Wave Detectors "Hear" 6x More Universe
What Could We Learn From a Mission to Phobos?
According to new research that looks at MAVEN data, Mars' larger moon (Phobos) could contain a record of how Mars' underwent significant climate change.
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SN9 Tests Ends With a Boom. You're Up SN10
SpaceX just conducted their second high-altitude flight tests, which once again ended in an explosion. On to SN10!
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When Galaxies Collide, Black Holes Don't Always Get the Feast They Were Hoping for
MESSENGER Saw a Meteoroid Strike Mercury
Astronomers are Starting to Understand the Quasar Lifecycle
Galaxy Mergers can Boost Star Formation, and it can Also Shut it Down
A Sunlike Star Found With Four (No, Five!) Exoplanets Orbiting It
Thanks to an international team astronomers led from MIT, a nearby Sun-like star has been spotted with a system of five exoplanets, making it the perfect target for observations with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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A Crater on Venus Indicates the Planet Hasn't Been Volcanic for a Long Time
Neutrinos Have a Newly Discovered Method of Interacting With Matter, Opening up Ways to Find Them
Researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently conducted another neutrino experiment that could lead to the discovery of new physics.
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White Dwarf Atmospheres Might Contain the Pulverized Crusts of Their Dead Planets
2020 Ties for the Hottest Year on Record
According to NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), 2020 tied 2016 for being the hottest year on record!
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We Now Have a 3D Map of The 525 Closest Brown Dwarfs
Iceland is a Similar Environment to Ancient Mars
A new study conducted by NASA scientists and Rice University shows how Iceland's environment is the closest analog on Earth for ancient Mars
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Saturn Got Its Tilt From Its Moons
OSIRIS-REx is Heading for Home in May
Space and Sustainability: How the Lessons of Biosphere 2 Inspired SAM²
Guided by the lessons of Biosphere 2 experiments, a team of experts is launching the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM2) experiment to learn what we need to know so we can colonize the Moon and Mars someday
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Astronomers Find a Planet Like Jupiter, but It Doesn't Have any Clouds
All The Gravitational Waves Detected So Far
Low-Cost Approach to Scanning Historic Glass Plates Yields an Astronomical Surprise
A new process highlights an innovative way to get old sky images online… and turned up a potential extra-galactic discovery over a century old.
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