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SpaceX Starhopper Damaged in High Winds
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 23, 2019: Marco Parigi, Asteroid/Comet Whisperer
A Disc of Icy Material, not Planet 9, Might Explain the Strange Movements in the Outer Solar System
Amazing Images From Sunday's Total Lunar Eclipse as Observers Spy Impact Flash
Planetary Scientists Continue to Puzzle Over the Mysterious Slope Streaks on Mars. Liquid? Sand? What's Causing Them?
New research indicates what could be causing those mysterious slope streaks on Mars, using an Earth analog.
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Saturn's Rings are Only 10 to 100 Million Years Old
Carnival of Space #595
Astronomy Cast Ep. 514: Planetary Protection Protocols
Messier 77 - the Cetus A Barred Spiral Galaxy
Located 47 million light years from Earth in the Cetus constellation is the barred spiral galaxy known as Messier 77.
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Steam-Powered Spacecraft Could Explore the Asteroid Belt Forever, Refueling Itself in Space
A partnership between Honeybee Robotics and the University of Central Florida has produced the first steam-powered spacecraft for asteroid mining.
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Geothermal Heating Could Make Life Possible on the Super Earth Planet at Barnard's Star
Seeding the Milky Way with Life Using Genesis Missions
Claudius Gros, the founder of Project Genesis, makes the case that when it comes to extrasolar planets, the rules of planetary protection need not apply.
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Cassini Saw Rain Falling at Titan's North Pole
Astronomers Aren't Pleased About a Russian Plan to Put Billboards in Space
Weekly Space Hangout: Jan 16, 2019: Paul MacNeal of JPL's Annual Invention Challenge
There's Life on the Moon! China's Lander Just Sprouted the First Plants
The Chang'e-4 mission accomplished another first by being the first mission to grow plant life on the Moon. Unfortunately, the experiment was short-lived.
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The Prototype for the Starship has been Assembled, Hop Tests Could be Happening Soon
Jupiter Meets Venus at Dawn in a Close Conjunction
Titan's Thick Clouds Obscure our View, but Cassini Took these Images in Infrared, Showing the Moon's Surface Features
A New Technique to Figure Out How Old Stars Are
