Making Rocket Fuel Out of Lunar Regolith

By Matthew Williams - June 28, 2024 06:10 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Seeing Both Sides of the Sun at the Same Time

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 28, 2024 05:34 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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Volcanic Plumes Rise Above Lava Lakes on Io in this Juno Image

By Evan Gough - June 28, 2024 04:03 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Could A Mound of Dust and Rock Protect Astronauts from Deadly Radiation?

By Andy Tomaswick - June 28, 2024 03:55 PM UTC | Space Exploration

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Take a Look at These Stunning New Exoplanet Infographics

By Evan Gough - June 28, 2024 11:50 AM UTC | Exoplanets

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Could We Detect an Alien Civilization Trying to Warm Their Planet?

By Evan Gough - June 28, 2024 10:27 AM UTC | Astrobiology

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Happy Asteroid Day! Schweickart Prize Spotlights Planetary Defense

By Alan Boyle - June 28, 2024 09:00 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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Existing Telescopes Could Directly Observe 'ExoEarths...' with a Few Tweaks

By David Dickinson - June 28, 2024 05:50 AM UTC | Exoplanets

One proposal offers a unique method to directly image ExoEarths, or rocky worlds around nearby stars.

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Cepheid Variables are the Bedrock of the Cosmic Distance Ladder. Astronomers are Trying to Understand them Better

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 28, 2024 12:18 AM UTC | Stars

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Dark Matter: Why study it? What makes it so fascinating?

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - June 27, 2024 08:27 PM UTC | Physics

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That's No Planet. Detecting Transiting Megastructures

By mark-thompson - June 27, 2024 07:14 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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A Single Robot Could Provide a Mission To Mars With Enough Water and Oxygen

By Andy Tomaswick - June 27, 2024 02:13 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Webb Sees Globular Clusters Forming in the Early Universe

By Evan Gough - June 27, 2024 12:21 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Fly Through the Pillars of Creation in this New Visualisation Made from Webb and Hubble Data

By mark-thompson - June 26, 2024 07:28 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Black Hole Bullies Shut Down Star Formation in Their Galaxies

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - June 26, 2024 01:03 PM UTC | Black Holes

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Can We Use An Asteroid's Own Dust to Deflect It?

By Andy Tomaswick - June 26, 2024 12:24 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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How Commercial Satellites Could Track Spy Balloons and Other UFOs

By Alan Boyle - June 25, 2024 10:50 PM UTC | Space Policy

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Saturn's Energy is Out of Balance

By mark-thompson - June 25, 2024 07:52 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Another Strike Against Primordial Black Holes as an Explanation for Dark Matter

By Evan Gough - June 25, 2024 05:31 PM UTC | Cosmology

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Do We Now Have an Accurate Map of Nearby Stars?

By Evan Gough - June 25, 2024 02:14 PM UTC | Stars

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