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Astronomy Cast Ep. 507: From Fiction to Fact : Ion Drive
Hubble's First Picture After Returning to Service. The Telescope is Fully Operational Again with Three Working Gyros
InSight Deploys its Solar Cells, Prepared for Surface Operations on Mars!
The InSight Lander, which had touched down on the Martian surface just hours before, has deployed its solar cells and is ready to begin science operations!
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Some of the Stars in this Cluster are Almost as Old as the Universe Itself While Others Formed in a Second Generation. It Looks Young and Old at the Same Time
InSight Lander Touches Down! Begins Mission to Unlock the Secrets of Mars
Earlier today, after a seven month journey through space, NASA's InSight Lander mission touched down on the Martian surface.
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Carnival of Space #588
Messier 72 - the NGC 6981 Globular Cluster
The Earth's Wandering Poles Could Have Caused the Ice Age
A new study by a team of Rice University geophysicists indicates that the Earth's wandering poles could have triggered the last ice age.
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Name Change Alert! SpaceX's BFR is Now Just Called "Starship"
Massive Triple Star System Creates this Bizarre Swirling Pinwheel of Dust. And it Could be the Site of a Gamma Ray Burst
An international team of astronomers recently located a triple star system in our galaxy that will someday unleash a massive gamma-ray burst.
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Lakes on Mars Filled up so Quickly They Would Overflow Catastrophically Carving Canyons Within Weeks
According to a new study, ancient lakes on Mars filled up so quickly that they overflowed, carving canyons in the surface that are still visible today.
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Astronomers Detect Water in the Atmosphere of a Planet 179 Light-Years Away
Astronomers Find One of the Sun's Sibling Stars. Born From the Same Solar Nebula Billions of Years Ago
The AMBRE project, an international consortium of astronomers, was able to find a star that formed with our Sun (and is almost identical) about 184 light-years away
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It's Decided, the Mars 2020 Rover Will Land in Jezero Crater
Weekly Space Hangout: Nov 21, 2018: Bruce Betts' "Astronomy for Kids"
SpaceX to Launch 64 Satellites, Including Orbital Reflector
A unique smallsat mission promises to be the latest satellite "brighter than a Full Moon!" in the sky... or not.
The Mission: We're talking about Orbital Reflector, conceived by Trevor Paglen and fielded by the Nevada Museum of Arts.
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Strange Grooves on Phobos Were Caused by Boulders Rolling Around on its Surface
The Power of the Wobble: Finding Exoplanets in the Shifting of Starlight
Astronomers Finally Spot the Type of Star That Leads to Type 1C Supernovae
Thanks to a recently-observed supernova in a distant galaxy, astronomers have been able to find what type of star leads to a Type Ic supernova.
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