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NASA Will Be Building a Quiet, Supersonic Aircraft: the X-59
Science Fiction Might Be Right After All. There Might Be Breathable Atmospheres Across the Universe
Weekly Space Hangout: December 18, 2019 - Anita Gale, Co-founder of the Space Settlement Design Competitions
Astronomers Map the Surface of a Pulsar
Using NICER data, two teams of researchers were able to map the surface of a pulsar for the first time in history!
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Mars Has Auroras Too, We Just Can't See Them
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Planetary Mass Objects Discovered in Other Galaxies
Mars Express Takes Photos of Phobos as it Flies Past
NASA Maps Out the Water On Mars. Some Will Be So Easy to Get, You Could Dig it Out With a Shovel
Planets Started Out From Dust Clumping Together. Here's How
A new study by a team of German physicists and an American biomedical engineer has solved a long-standing problem in how planets form.
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The Spaceport America Cup Joins Crowdsourcing Platform HeroX to Propel Student Innovation!
The 2020 Spaceport America Cup will be the largest to date, thanks to a new collaboration with crowdsourcing powerhouse HeroX!
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The Site Has Been Chosen! Here's Where OSIRIS-REx is Going To Take a Sample from Bennu
North and South America, At Night
Watch NASA Test an SLS Tank to Destruction
Dark Matter Could Be A Source of Gamma Rays Coming from the Center of the Milky Way
An Upcoming ESA Mission is Going to Remove one Piece of Space Junk From Orbit
A specialized spacecraft will be sent to orbit by the ESA in 2025 to remove a piece of space debris, which will pave the way for future cleanup missions.
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How Spiral Galaxies Get Their Shape
Wow, Meade Instruments Just Filed for Bankruptcy Protection
This Galaxy Has Been Home to 5 Supernovae in the Last 20 Years
A NASA image showcases the beauty of the NGC 5468 galaxy, which has experienced 5 supernovae in the last 20 years (all of which we've witnessed).
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We Know We're Made of Stardust. But Did it Come From Red Giants?
Weekly Space Hangout: December 11, 2019 - Charlie Duke and Tom O'Conner from Astrograms
Why Does Enceladus Have Stripes at its South Pole?
A study led by the Carnegie Institute of Science has determined why Enceladus' has its mysterious Tiger Stripes.
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This is the Milky Way's Magnetic Field
NASA's TESS Watched an Outburst from Comet 46P/Wirtanen
December Meteor Squalls: Prospects for the 2019 Geminids and Ursids
December means chillier climes for northern hemisphere residents, a time to huddle inside near the campfire, both real and cyber. I've always thought this was a shame, however, as the cold crisp nights of winter offer up sharp clear skies. Over the past decade or so, December gives observers another reason to brave the cold: the Geminid meteors.
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These Incredible Images of Alien Worlds are Actually Miniatures
New Project Headed by Apollo's Charlie Duke to Send Messages to Space
Why Are Particles Getting Ejected Off of Asteroid Bennu?
China's Yutu-2 Rover has now Traveled Over 345 Meters Across the Surface of the Moon
As of Dec. 4th, the Yutu 2 rover element of the Chang'e-4 mission had traveled a total of over 345 m (377 yards) on the lunar surface.
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A New Way to Measure the Age of the Milky Way
Using data collected by Kepler's K2 observation campaign, an international team of scientists was able to more accurately predict the ages of stars in the Milky Way's thick disk.
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It's Time to Decide. Where Should OSIRIS-REx Take a Sample from Bennu?
Neptune-Sized Planet Found Orbiting a Dead White Dwarf Star. Here's the Crazy Part, the Planet is 4 Times Bigger Than the Star
Astronauts are Going to Attach a "Robot Hotel" to the Outside of the International Space Station
The Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) unit recently launched for the ISS, where it will be integrated and provide a home for the station's robotic helpers.
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LIGO Will Squeeze Light To Overcome The Quantum Noise Of Empty Space
LIGO is so sensitive it can hear the quantum fluctuations of a vacuum. But by squeezing light it can make them a bit more quiet.
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A Microorganism With a Taste for Meteorites Could Help us Understand the Formation of Life on Earth
A new study by a team astrobiologists shows how certain types of extreme bacteria thrive on meteors, which could reveal things about the origins of life on Earth.
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There's a New Record for the Most Massive Black Hole Ever Seen: 40 Billion Solar Masses
IKEA's New Collection is Inspired by the Challenges of Living on Mars
Luca Parmitano Takes the Wheel and Test Drives a Rover From Space.
ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano just completed the second round of tests where he remotely-controlled a rover on Earth from the ISS.
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Weekly Space Hangout: December 4, 2019 - Dr. Becky Smethurst's "Space: 10 Things You Should Know"
Landslides Work Differently on Mars, and Now We Might Know Why
Using Balloons to Launch Rockets
LEO Aerospace is developing a "Rockoon" system that will provide commercial launch services for microsatellites, as well as a platforms for conducting everything from scientific research to emergency rescues.
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Giant Meteor Impacts Might Have Triggered Early Earth's Plate Tectonics
A new study by an Australian-US team has found that a large impact that happened ca. 3.2 billion years ago could be what started Earth's tectonics activity, which could be crucial to why Earth is able to support life.
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Messier 94 - the Cat's Eye Galaxy
Located in the constellation Canes Venatici, roughly 15 million light years from Earth, is the spiral galaxy known as the Cat's Eye Galaxy (aka. Messier 94)
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Cancer Seems to Have Trouble Spreading in Microgravity
A team of Australian researchers have found evidence that microgravity can disrupt the spread of cancer cells, which could lead to new treatments.
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Interstellar Comet Borisov is About to Make its Closest Approach to Earth
A team of astronomers from Yale have taken the clearest picture of the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov to date, showcasing its long tail!
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Astronomers Are About to Detect the Light from the Very First Stars in the Universe
When Martian Storms Really Get Going, they Create Towers of Dust 80 Kilometers High
NASA Supercomputer Simulates the Weather on Mars
