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Which Parts of Mars are the Safest From Cosmic Radiation?

By Matthew Williams - May 02, 2022 01:35 PM UTC | Planetary Science
In a new study, an international team examines Mars' radiation environment and determined that the best place to build an underground habitat is where the atmosphere is thickest.
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Space Lettuce Could Reduce Astronaut Bone Loss

By Andy Tomaswick - May 01, 2022 09:06 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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China is Building an Asteroid Deflection Mission of its own, due for Launch in 2025

By sjohnston - May 01, 2022 11:07 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Crew-4 is off to the Station

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 30, 2022 10:20 PM UTC | Missions
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Antarctica Lost an Ice Shelf, but Gained an Island

By Nancy Atkinson - April 30, 2022 09:06 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Solar Power in a Future Martian Lifestyle

By Carolyn Collins Petersen - April 30, 2022 07:43 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Titan is an Alien World, but Surprisingly Familiar

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 29, 2022 10:23 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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A New Kind of Stellar Explosion Has Been Discovered: Micronovae

By sdice - April 29, 2022 09:14 PM UTC | Stars
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Prepare Yourself: New Engineering Images from JWST Will Blow Your Mind

By Nancy Atkinson - April 28, 2022 03:38 PM UTC | Telescopes
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Amazing! Ingenuity Helicopter Flies to the Perseverance Backshell and Parachute to See Them Close Up

By Nancy Atkinson - April 28, 2022 12:21 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Ganymede Casts a Long Shadow Across the Surface of Jupiter

By Nancy Atkinson - April 28, 2022 10:07 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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A Partial Solar Eclipse Kicks Off the First Eclipse Season of 2022

By David Dickinson - April 28, 2022 08:41 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
A remote solar eclipse this coming weekend sets us up for the first total lunar eclipse of 2022.
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In Some Places, Black Holes are Tearing Apart Thousands of Stars at a Time

By Matthew Williams - April 27, 2022 10:49 PM UTC | Black Holes
A new study has revealed how supermassive black holes (SMBHs) grow by consuming high-density star clusters
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Webb Has Almost Reached its Final, Coldest Temperature

By sdice - April 27, 2022 03:16 PM UTC | Telescopes
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All Five of Life's Informational Components can Form in Space

By Matthew Williams - April 27, 2022 02:26 PM UTC | Astrobiology
A new analysis of meteorite samples has found the building blocks of life that have eluded scientists so far.
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Hubble has Characterized 25 Hot Jupiters. Here's What we Know so far

By Nancy Atkinson - April 27, 2022 12:17 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Shallow Pockets of Water Under the ice on Europa Could Bring Life Close to its Surface

By Matthew Williams - April 26, 2022 04:14 PM UTC | Astrobiology
New research from Standford University has found an explanation for the most prominent features on Europa, based on similar featured observed in Greenland.
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Eight Missions are Getting Extensions, Most Exciting: OSIRIS-REx is Going to Asteroid Apophis

By Nancy Atkinson - April 26, 2022 01:27 PM UTC | Missions
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Explorers Could Build Bricks on Mars with Bacteria and Pee

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 26, 2022 12:09 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Large Hadron Collider Restarts, Shooting Protons at Record Energy Levels

By Alan Boyle - April 25, 2022 09:30 PM UTC | Physics
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There Should be More Evidence of Alien Technology Than Alien Biology Across the Milky Way

By Andy Tomaswick - April 25, 2022 08:47 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Axiom's First Astronauts Return From International Space Station

By Alan Boyle - April 25, 2022 04:48 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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NASA is Ready to try and fix Lucy's Unlatched Solar Panel

By sjohnston - April 23, 2022 09:11 PM UTC | Missions
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Hubble Checks the Weather on Hot Jupiters. Forecast: 100% Chance of Hellish Conditions

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 23, 2022 07:45 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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Planetary Decadal Survey Says it's Time for a Mission to Uranus (and Enceladus too!)

By Matthew Williams - April 23, 2022 05:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The recently released Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 has identified some exciting missions and goals for the coming decade!
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Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star

By sdice - April 22, 2022 05:11 PM UTC | Stars
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Here's Something Rare: a Martian Crater That isn't a Circle. What Happened?

By Nancy Atkinson - April 22, 2022 03:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Holographic Doctors can now Provide Medical Advice on the International Space Station

By Matthew Williams - April 22, 2022 12:14 PM UTC | Space Exploration
Thanks to advances in holographic and teleporting technology, the first "holographic handshake" recently took place between people on Earth and the ISS.
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Perseverance Begins the Next Phase of its Mission, Studying an Ancient River Bed on Mars

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 21, 2022 09:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Sunspots

By Paul Sutter - April 21, 2022 04:43 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Here are All of Hubble's Observations in One Picture

By Nancy Atkinson - April 21, 2022 03:00 PM UTC | Observing
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Venus' Atmosphere Stops it From Locking to the Sun

By Brian Koberlein - April 21, 2022 12:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The reason Venus isn't tidally locked could be its thick atmosphere.
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Chinese Astronomers Recorded Earliest Account of Aurora

By David Dickinson - April 21, 2022 07:33 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy
How dating an ancient text revealed one of the oldest observations of aurora known.
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Jupiter's Moon Io has Dunes. Dunes!?

By Matthew Williams - April 20, 2022 06:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science
New research led by Rutger's University has led to an explanation for why there are dunes on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.
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Wow! Perseverance Sees a Solar Eclipse on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - April 20, 2022 04:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Pluto's Orbit is Surprisingly Close to an Unstable Zone

By Matthew Williams - April 20, 2022 03:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science
A new study has revealed new insights into Pluto's orbit, which is subject to a lot of chaotic perturbance over time!
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Galaxy Clusters

By Paul Sutter - April 20, 2022 02:08 PM UTC | Extragalactic
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Big Bang Theory

By Paul Sutter - April 19, 2022 02:10 PM UTC | Cosmology
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When Will Humanity Become a Type I Civilization?

By Brian Koberlein - April 18, 2022 04:27 PM UTC | Astrobiology
Can humanity become a Type I civilization without causing our own Great Filter?
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Zodiacal Light

By Paul Sutter - April 18, 2022 02:02 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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NASA is Having a Tough Time Testing the SLS

By sdice - April 18, 2022 12:28 PM UTC | Missions
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One Giant Impact Made the Two Halves of the Moon so Different

By Nancy Atkinson - April 18, 2022 11:38 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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SETI Researchers can now Scan all Data at the Very Large Array for any Evidence of Alien Transmissions

By Matthew Williams - April 17, 2022 07:04 PM UTC | Astrobiology
The Very Large Array (VLA) will monitor space 24/7 for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, thanks to a new partnership between the SETI Institute and the NRAO.
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Astronomy Jargon 101: White Dwarf

By Paul Sutter - April 17, 2022 02:04 PM UTC | Stars
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$500 000 for Moon Dust, Boson Breaking Physics, New Approach to Space Tourism

By kuingul-gmail - April 17, 2022 12:18 PM UTC | Space Policy
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Space for All: Bringing Astronomy to Remote Mountain Villages in Morocco

By Matthew Williams - April 16, 2022 08:49 PM UTC | Site News
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An Ancestor of Supermassive Black Holes, Found at Cosmic Dawn

By Matthew Williams - April 16, 2022 02:59 PM UTC | Black Holes
Using Hubble data, an international team of researchers has spotted what could be a primordial ancestor to supermassive black holes (SMBHs).
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Van Allen Belts

By Paul Sutter - April 16, 2022 02:06 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy
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Life Might Have Gotten Started Just 300 Million Years After the Earth Formed

By sjohnston - April 15, 2022 05:48 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Astronomy Jargon 101: Trans-Neptunian Objects

By Paul Sutter - April 15, 2022 05:07 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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