Months after deciding that its previous plan for bringing samples back from Mars wasn't going to work, NASA says it's…
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I’ve used this fact a gazillion times; every atom in your body has been through the core of a star!…
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In the last couple of decades, it's become increasingly clear that massive galaxies like our own Milky Way host supermassive…
Comet C/2024 G3 ATLAS may put on a quick show this month. Comet G3 ATLAS on December 30th. Credit: Alan…
It's nearly impossible to identify individual stars billions of light years away. But thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers have identified…
Getting a spacecraft to another star is a monumental challenge. However, that doesn't stop people from working on it. The…
Between NASA, other space agencies, and the commercial space sector, there are some truly ambitious plans for humanity's future in…