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This is What the Sun Looked Like for Every Day in 2020

By Andy Tomaswick - January 17, 2021 10:50 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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According to the Math, it's Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha Centauri

By Matthew Williams - January 17, 2021 09:34 PM UTC | Astrobiology
In a new study, a pair of Harvard astrophysicists did the math on whether or not BLC1 is an extraterrestrial signal - and the results are not good!
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SLS Hot Fire Test Should Have Lasted 8 Minutes, Not 1

By Matthew Williams - January 16, 2021 08:15 PM UTC | Space Exploration
NASA accomplished a major milestone today when it conducted a Hot Fire Test of the SLS Core Stage, firing all four of its engines at once.
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The UK is Considering Nuclear Propulsion in Space

By Matthew Williams - January 15, 2021 08:14 PM UTC | Space Policy
The UK Space Agency recently contracted with the British Rolls Royce company to research nuclear propulsion, which could allow for all kinds of deep-space missions!
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James Webb Unfolds Sunshield

By sdice - January 15, 2021 06:17 PM UTC | Telescopes
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Thanks to Perseverance, We're Finally Going to Hear What Mars Sounds Like

By Nancy Atkinson - January 15, 2021 02:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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NASA Has Given Up on Trying to Deploy InSight's Mole

By Evan Gough - January 14, 2021 05:20 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Mars is Still an Active World. Here's a Landslide in Nili Fossae

By Matthew Williams - January 14, 2021 04:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science
A image released by the MRO mission shows a landslide near the location where the Perseverance rover will land, illustrating how Mars is still a active world.
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Astronomers see a Hint of the Gravitational Wave Background to the Universe

By Brian Koberlein - January 14, 2021 03:29 PM UTC | Cosmology
Astronomers have found evidence of faint gravitational waves using an array of pulsars in our galaxy.
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The Roman Space Telescope's Version of the Hubble Deep Field Will Cover a 100x Larger Area of the Sky

By Evan Gough - January 14, 2021 01:08 PM UTC | Telescopes
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With Funding From Jeff Bezos, MethaneSAT Picks Elon Musk's SpaceX for 2022 Launch

By Alan Boyle - January 13, 2021 10:04 PM UTC | Missions
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Gateway Foundation Gives a Detailed Update on its Voyager Station Concept

By Matthew Williams - January 13, 2021 05:44 PM UTC | Space Exploration
The Gateway Foundation just released a video update for their Voyager Class space station, and announced that big news is coming in a f
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Since There's no Up or Down in Space, How do our Brains Deal With This?

By Nancy Atkinson - January 13, 2021 03:24 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Will Solar Cycle 25 Dazzle or Fizzle in 2021?

By David Dickinson - January 13, 2021 11:39 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
A new study suggests that Solar Cycle 25 may be more powerful than previously predicted.
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Astronomers can use Pulsars to Measure Tiny Changes of Acceleration Within the Milky Way, Scanning Internally for Dark Matter and Dark Energy

By Brian Koberlein - January 13, 2021 11:32 AM UTC | Milky Way
Dark matter within our galaxy is difficult to map, but a team of astronomers has used pulsars to measure its gravitational pull.
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With its New Extension, Juno is Going to be Visiting Jupiter's Moons

By Nancy Atkinson - January 12, 2021 04:57 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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A Robot Made of Ice Could Adapt and Repair Itself on Other Worlds

By Evan Gough - January 12, 2021 03:27 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Astronomers see Swirling Weather on the Closest Brown Dwarf

By Paul Sutter - January 11, 2021 10:29 PM UTC | Stars
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The Mystery of Sunquakes is Deep; One Million Meters Deep!

By rcrewe - January 11, 2021 10:01 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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SpaceX's Next Idea: to Catch Super Heavy Boosters With the Launch Tower

By Matthew Williams - January 11, 2021 07:12 PM UTC | Space Exploration
A new animation shows how SpaceX will "catch" the first stage boosters of their Starship, allowing for faster turnaround and more flights to space.
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