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Dawn Patrol: Following this Month's 'March of the Planets'
Are you hanging out at home this week, and looking to observe some naked eye planets? As we mentioned last week, while Venus is shining bright in the dusk sky, all of the other four naked eye planets of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury are skulking in the early dawn sky.
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New Study Shows the Earth and Moon are not so Similar After All
A new study shows that Earth and the Moon are not as similar as we thought, which helps resolve a major issue with the predominant theory of how the Moon formed.
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The Intense Heat from the Sun Helps Ice Form on Mercury. Wait... What?
Good News! The New Strategy of Using InSight's Arm to Push the Mole Seems to be Making Progress.
As Temperatures Increase, Forests are Having More Trouble Soaking up Carbon
A new study by an international team from over 100 universities and organizations has shown that tropical rainforests will not slow global warming for much longer.
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Greenland and Antarctica are Losing Their Ice 6 Times Faster than in the 1990s
Five Space and Astronomy Activities to do at Home During the Coronavirus Outbreak
A Star Has Been Found That Pulsates, But Only on One Side
An international team of astronomers have found the first-ever example of a pulsating star that emits energy from only one side - the tear-dropped HD 74423
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Your Umbrella is Insufficient on a Planet Where it Rains Iron
Slime Mold Grows the Same as the Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Over a Hundred New Large Objects Found in the Kuiper Belt
Astronomers Spot Rare Brown Dwarf Pair
Sometimes, the strangest stellar finds are right in our own cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers recently made an interesting discovery while putting a new set of telescopes through their paces: an eclipsing pair of sub-stellar brown dwarfs.
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Gas and Dust Stop Planets From Eating Their Moons
A team of Japanese researchers have created a new model for moon formation that explains how planets like Saturn end up with one moon particularly large moon
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India's Chandrayaan 2 is Creating the Highest Resolution Map We Have of the Moon
ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is quantifying just how much water ice exists on the Moon's poles.
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70 Million Years Ago, Days Were 30 Minutes Shorter, According to this Ancient Clam
Is the "D-star Hexaquark" the Dark Matter Particle?
A new paper by researchers from the University of York proposed a new candidate for Dark Matter, known as the d-star hexaquark.
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Neutron Star Measures Just 22 Kilometers Across
Following the Inner Worlds: Mercury and Venus in 2020
Where have all the planets gone in early 2020? While all of the naked eye planets are hiding in the early dawn sky, one world dominates the evening: brilliant Venus.
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It Looks Like Betelgeuse was Dimming Because it was Dusty After All
Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, it's not Because They've Discovered Aliens
After 20 years in operation, SETI@home program recently announced that it is taking a hiatus to sort through the mountain of data they've accumulated.
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These are the Boulders OSIRIS-REx is Going to Use to Navigate Down to the Surface of Bennu
Life Could be Common Across the Universe, Just Not in Our Region
Weekly Space Hangout: March 11, 2020 - Dr. Jon Willis talks Galaxy Cluster XLSSC 122
Asteroid Bennu is Getting Some Official Names for its Surface Features
SpaceX Launches its Last Dragon 1 Mission to the ISS
SpaceX just launched its 20th mission as part of its resupply services to the ISS, which also happened to be the last mission of the Dragon capsule.
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OSIRIS-REx did its Closest Flyover Yet, just 250 Meters Above its Sample Site
Europe's Mission to Jupiter's Moons Just Got its First Instrument
The ESA's JUpiter Icy Moons Explore (JUICE), which will study Europa and Ganymede for evidence of life, just got its first instrument!
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Every Part of Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket is Gigantic, Including its Nose Cone
Artwork Inspired by Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Curiosity Finds Organic Molecules That Could Have Been Produced by Life on Mars
Mars 2020's New Name is... "Perseverance"
NASA's Mars 2020 rover finally has a proper name - Perseverance!
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The Chemicals That Make Up Exploding Stars Could Help Explain Away Dark Energy
XMM Newton Catches a Tiny Flare Star in Action
Japan Suspends its Funding for the 30-Meter Telescope
Comparing Mountains on the Moon to the Earth's Peaks
Beyond Robotic Arms. Canada Funds Technology for Space Exploration
The Canadian Space Agency recently awarded contracts to a series of companies to develop technologies and tools to aid in the coming era of lunar exploration.
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WFIRST Passes an Important Milestone, it's Time to Begin Development and Testing
Curiosity's Latest Mars Panorama, Captured in 1.8 Billion Glorious Pixels
The First Artemis Launch has Been Delayed Until Mid-to-Late 2021
To kick off the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC), NASA Assoc. Admin. Steve Jurczyk indicated that the first Artemis mission will be delayed a little.
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Are Low Density "Cotton Candy" Exoplanets Actually Just Regular Planets With Rings?
Two White Dwarfs Merged Together Into a Single "Ultramassive" White Dwarf
The Disk of the Milky Way is Warped Because it Already Collided With Another Galaxy
Using data from the second Gaia data release, a team of astronomers has demonstrated that the "warp" in our galaxy is rapidly changing!
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Weekly Space Hangout: March 4, 2020 - Did RIT Scientists Find A Baby Giant Planet?
During A Lunar Eclipse, It's A Chance To See Earth As An Exoplanet
Phew, Earth-Watching DSCOVR is Operational Again
Carnival of Space #653
NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice
Magnetic Fields Around Mars InSight are 10x Stronger than Scientists Expected
Data from the first year of the InSight mission has just been released, and its revealing some unexpected things about Mars' magnetic fields.
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3 Billion Years Ago, the World Might Have Been a Waterworld, With No Continents At All
