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Hayabusa2 Left a Dark Spot Where it Touched Down on Ryugu. Engineers Aren't Sure Why

By Matthew Williams - March 04, 2019 02:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft left its mark on asteroid Ryugu, which mission controllers noticed after the spacecraft touched down on the surface and left a dark patch behind.
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Another Milestone for SpaceX as Crew Dragon Docks with ISS

By Evan Gough - March 04, 2019 02:34 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Astronomers are Using NASA's Deep Space Network to Hunt for Magnetars

By Paul Sutter - March 04, 2019 12:05 AM UTC | Missions
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Complex Life Might Require a Very Narrow Habitable Zone

By Matthew Williams - March 03, 2019 10:04 PM UTC | Astrobiology
A new study has placed new constraints on the emergence of complex life, which effectively narrows what what we would consider to be a star's "habitable zone"
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Curiosity Crashed, but it's Working Fine Again. NASA Won't Have to Send Astronauts to Turn it off and Back on Again.

By Matthew Williams - March 02, 2019 06:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science
A few weeks after Curiosity suffered a glitch that put it in safe mode, the rover is once again operating normally.
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More Evidence that Planet 9 is Really Out There

By Evan Gough - March 01, 2019 02:08 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Record for the Most Distant Object in the Solar System has been Shattered. Introducing FarFarOut at 140 Astronomical Units

By Evan Gough - February 27, 2019 05:17 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Virgin Galactic Sends Three People to the Edge of Space. Flights with Paying Customers Around the Corner Now

By Evan Gough - February 26, 2019 05:26 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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NASA has Cleared Crew Dragon to Fly. Demo-1 Launches on March 2

By Evan Gough - February 26, 2019 03:21 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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Weekly Space Hangout: Feb 27, 2019 - Dr. Ellen Stofan, Director of the National Air and Space Museum

By susie - February 26, 2019 02:08 PM UTC | Site News
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Carnival of Space #600

By susie - February 26, 2019 02:03 PM UTC | Site News
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Massive Volcanic Eruptions 66 Million Years Ago Happened Almost Exactly When the Dinosaurs Died Off

By Evan Gough - February 25, 2019 06:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Messier 79 - the NGC 1904 Globular Cluster

By tammy-plotner - February 25, 2019 06:00 PM UTC | Extragalactic
Located 42,000 light-years from Earth is the globular cluster known as Messier 79, which may have originated outside of our galaxy.
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The Latest Images of Ultima Thule are in, and they are the Sharpest Yet!

By Matthew Williams - February 25, 2019 04:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The latest images taken by New Horizons of Ultima Thule are the most detailed to date, and are providing new clues about the objects origin and evolution.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 519: Transients: What They Are and Why They Matter

By susie - February 25, 2019 03:10 AM UTC | Stars
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X-rays Might be a Better Way to Communicate in Space

By Matthew Williams - February 23, 2019 06:38 PM UTC | Physics
In the coming years, NASA plans to test x-ray technology aboard the ISS as a way of creating more robust communication systems.
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Meet WFIRST, The Space Telescope with the Power of 100 Hubbles

By Paul Sutter - February 22, 2019 06:42 PM UTC | Telescopes
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Say Hello to Hippocamp! The New Moon Discovered at Neptune, Which Could Have Broken off from the Larger Moon Proteus

By Evan Gough - February 22, 2019 03:38 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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The Oldest and Coldest White Dwarf Ever Found has Bizarre Dust Rings Around it

By Matthew Williams - February 22, 2019 02:55 PM UTC | Stars
A citizen scientist recently discovered a white dwarf star that has multiple dust rings, a finding which could force a rethink of how planetary systems evolve.
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Shout Out to Japan! Their Hayabusa2 Spacecraft has Collected its First Samples from Asteroid Ryugu

By Evan Gough - February 22, 2019 12:49 PM UTC | Missions
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