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Martian Clouds Might Start with Meteor Trails Through the Atmosphere
Ep. 534: Modern South African Astronomy
Inflatable Heat Shield Could Deliver Heavy Payloads to Worlds With a Thick Atmosphere
NASA is testing out a new inflatable heat shield which could enable them to send heavier missions to Mars, as well as Venus and Titan.
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Earth has a Water Cycle. Mars has a Dust Cycle
Satellites Equipped With a Tether Would be Able to De-Orbit Themselves at the end of Their Life
A new technology that allows satellites to de-orbit themselves at the end of their lives could help mitigate the problem of space debris.
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Robotic asteroid mining spacecraft wins a grant from NASA
This year, the NASA's NIAC Program is looking at some really interesting ideas - such as a water-powered, laser-shooting, asteroid-mining spacecraft!
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Saltwater Similar to the Earth's Oceans has been Seen on Europa. Another Good Reason Why We Really Need to Visit This Place
In Order to Reveal Planets Around Another star, a Starshade Needs to Fly 40,000 km Away from a Telescope, Aligned Within Only 1 Meter
If NASA sends a Starshade into space, it will need to perform some very accurate formation flying with the space telescopes it is working with
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An Orbit Map of the Solar System
Ceres is a Strange Place, Including a Volcanic Peak 4,000 Meters High Made From Bubbling Salt Water, Mud and Rock
Mimas Pushes Through Saturn's Rings Like a Snowplow
Weekly Space Hangout: June 12, 2019 - Mike Simmons of Astronomers Without Borders and Nancy Atkinson talks Apollo 11
Apollo 10's "Snoopy" Lunar Lander May Have Been Found in Space
1.2 billion years ago, a 1-km asteroid smashed into Scotland
New research by a team of UK scientists has located the site of the massive impact that took place in Scotland 1.2 billion years ago.
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It's Been Exactly One Year Since Opportunity Sent This Final Message Home - on its 5,111th Martian Day
New Instrument is Searching for Planets Around Alpha Centauri
That Explains a Lot. The Moon's Largest Crater has a Chunk of Metal Embedded in it That's 5 Times Bigger than the Big Island of Hawaii
Ep. 533: Indigenous South African Astronomy
Perfect Example of a Barred Spiral Galaxy, Seen Face On. This is What Our Milky Way Might Look Like
Messier 87 - the Virgo A Supergiant Galaxy
Located in the Virgo constellation, roughly 53.5 million light years from Earth, is the supergiant galaxy known as Messier 87 (Virgo A)
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