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Both Stars in This Binary System Have Accretion Disks Around Them
Weekly Space Hangout: February 19, 2020 - John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic
Salt Water Might Still be Able to Collect on the Surface of Mars a Few Days a Year
A new study from the PSI indicates that around Mars' equator, salt water could form on the surface for a few days out of the year.
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ESA is Considering a Mission to Give Advanced Warnings of Solar Storms
A New Technique to Make Lighter Radiation Shielding For Spacecraft: Rust.
A new technique for creating lighter and cheaper radiation shielding involves a secret ingredient: rust!
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There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the speed of light regularly rain down on Earth's atmosphere
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Carnival of Space #651
War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning
Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may have a chance to spy a unique event, as the waning crescent Moon occults (passes in front of) the planet Mars.
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Betelgeuse Is Still Dimming! And We Have the Pictures to Prove It
Beautiful Exposed Bedrock and Sand Dunes on Mars
Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter
A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!
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Mars Was Hit By a Lot of Protoplanets Early in its History, Taking Longer to Form than Previously Thought.
The Pale Blue Dot: Now New and Improved
Catch Comet T2 PanSTARRS This Spring
Ready for the next great comet? First, the bad news. there is not (as of yet), a good naked eye comet in the cards, for 2020. The good news is… there is a fine binocular comet well placed for northern hemisphere viewers: Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS.
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A Rare Fast Radio Burst has been Found that Actually Repeats Every 16 Days
New Images of the "Golf Ball" Asteroid Pallas
New images of the asteroid Pallas (the clearest and most detailed to date) reveal that it looks like a "golf ball", an indication that it probably had a very violent past.
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Weekly Space Hangout: February 12, 2020 - Mapping Pulsars with Dr. Cole Miller
Carnival of Space #650
Here are the First Pictures from CHEOPS
Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars
The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to the Red Planet.
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