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Astronomers Discover a Tiny New Temporary Moon for the Earth. Welcome to the Family 2020 CD3
Look down into a pit on Mars. The caved-in roof of a lava tube could be a good place to explore on the Red Planet
Future Astronauts Could Enjoy Fresh Vegetables From an Autonomous Orbital Greenhouse
A team from a Russian polytechnic university is working on an autonomous space module where fresh vegetables could be grown for astronauts.
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The Life of Katherine Johnson Shows that 'Hidden Figures' Are Important to History
Solar Storms Might Confuse Whale Navigation, and Make Them More Likely to Strand Themselves
Weekly Space Hangout: February 26, 2020 - Czarina Salido of Time In Cosmology is 'Taking Up Space'
Detecting Exoplanets Through Their Exoauroras
A team of scientists from the Netherlands have proposed an exciting new approach for finding exoplanets: look for signs of auroras!
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InSight has been Sensing Dust Devils Sweep Past its Landing Site
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Betelgeuse Is Brightening Again
After an usual period of dimming Betelgeuse is growing brighter. But no supernova yet.
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After a Challenging First Year on Mars, InSight Shows Us that Mars is Seismically Active
Comet Y4 Atlas in Outburst: First Good Comet for 2020?
Good news: Though we've been going through a cometary dry spell as of late, we may have our first good naked eye comet for 2020: Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS.
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A New Kind of Rocket that's Lightweight and Easier to Construct: a Rotating Detonating Engine. Unfortunately, it's Also Completely Unpredictable
A new type of engine - known as the rotating detonation engine - could revolutionize rocketry and make space exploration more cost-effective
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Who was Aristotle?
In the history of science, few scholars have as much of an enduring influence as classical philosopher Aristotle, whose theories would become canon for almost 2000 years.
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Solar Orbiter is Already Starting to Observe the Sun
The ESA's Solar Orbiter, which took to space over earlier this month, recently sent back its first batch of data to mission controllers on Earth.
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Dust Devils Have Left Dark Streaks All Over This Martian Crater
Nutrient-Poor and Energy-Starved. How Life Might Survive at the Extremes in the Solar System
How Interferometry Works, and Why it's so Powerful for Astronomy
Japan Is Sending a Lander to Phobos
SETI Researchers Release Petabytes of Data in the Search For Aliens
Breakthrough Listen, the most extensive SETI survey in history, has just made its second release of data, and its once again the biggest ever made!
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