A team from SINTEF, and with the support of the ESA is looking to develop snake robots to assist astronauts aboard the ISS and conduct missions to asteroids, the Moon and Mars.
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Relying on Hubble and gravitational lensing, a team of astronomers made the unexpected discovery of a galaxy that ceased star formation just three billion years after the Big Bang.
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Yippy-ki-yay! Saturn rides the back of a prancing pony across the evening sky. See it the next clear night.
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You can catch a glimpse of what its like to see NASA's Curiosity Mars rover simultaneously high overhead from orbit and trundling down low across the Red Planet's rocky surface as she climbs the breathtaking terrain of Mount Sharp - as seen in new images from NASA we have stitched together into a mosaic view; showing the perspective views above.
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We know trips in space will take a long time. Can we go to sleep for the journey and then wake up when we arrive?
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A researcher working with the ESA has proposed creating a fleet of magnetic tugs to safely and effectively remove space debris from orbit.
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The ESA recently decided to move forward with its LISA mission, a trio of satellites that will be the first space-based gravitational wave detector.
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It isn't every day we get a new moon added to the list of solar system satellites. The combined observational power of three observatories—Kepler, Herschel and Hubble—led an astronomical detective tale to its climatic conclusion: distant Kuiper Belt Object 2007 OR10 has a tiny moon.
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The latest catalog to be released by the Kepler mission features and additional 10 potentially-habitable planets, and has led to some interesting conclusions about those that have been discovered so far.
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Located in the Puppis constellation, approximately 1,600 light years from Earth, a bright open star cluster that is approximately 78 million years of age.
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This summer, New Mexico-based aerospace company will be testing the aerospike engine, a concept which almost became part of the Space Shuttle
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We've now had multiple detections of gravitational waves, opening up a whole new field: gravitational astronomy. We talk about the detections made so far, and how we can see the Universe in a whole new way.
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Musk has published an essay that outlines his vision for colonizing Mars, which he unveiled last year at the 67th annual meeting of the IAC,
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Now well into her 13th year roving the Red Planet, NASA's astoundingly resilient Opportunity rover has arrived at the precipice of "Perseverance Valley" - overlooking the upper end of an ancient fluid-carved valley on Mars "possibly water-cut" that flows down into the unimaginably vast eeriness of alien Endeavour crater.
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Located in the northern hemisphere is the faint constellation of Corona Borealis, otherwise known as the "Northern Crown".
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A study by a team of international astronomers spotted something truly rare - a failed star orbiting a star near the end of its life
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According to a new study by a research team from UC Berkeley and Harvard, our Sun may have had a binary twin that it lost billions of years ago.
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In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake proposed his now-famous equation for calculating the likelihood of extra-terrestrial intelligence in the Universe.
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NASA is planning a mission to get as close as possible as we can to the Sun and reveal its mysteries.
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A new study has indicated that the famous Wow! signal may have been caused by a comet, though not all are convinced with its findings
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To kick of their Summer of Mars exhibit, NASA unveiled their Mars Rover Concept Vehicle - a mobile lab specially-designed for exploring Mars!
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Located in the southern skies, about 5,500 light years from Earth, is the bright and rich open star cluster known as Messier 46 (aka. NGC 2437)
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A team of astrophysicists from UZH has simulated the formation of the entire Universe, producing a catalog that will help unlock the secrets of the "Dark Universe".
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In the southern skies lies the faint constellation known a Corona Australis (aka. the "Southern Crown"), one of the 88 constellations recognized by the IAU.
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An unusual pit on the surface of Mars is a bit of a mystery to scientists: is it the result of an impact, or of the melting of carbon dioxide ice?
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Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it's construction tips from an engineer from a Type 2 Civilization.
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Using the Hubble Space Telescope, a team of NASA astronomers has repeated an old experiment that was used to confirm General Relativity
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A presentation at the June 6th AAS meeting confirms that our galaxy is inside an enormous cosmic void, the largest one ever discovered.
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The T2K experiment just released its first batch of data, which could help answer why there is an apparent imbalance of matter and antimatter in the Universe.
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A study presented at the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society this week has dealt another blow to the case for finding habitable planets around red dwarf stars.
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A new study suggests that Mars had a much larger ocean than previously thought. However, we can't understand how the Martian climate was ever able to support such an ocean.
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A new study by scientists from UNLV indicates that astronauts going to Mars will be at an increased risk of cancer caused by exposure to radiation.
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There's one reason to stay up late this summer, as the planet Saturn reaches opposition this week on June 15th and crosses into the evening sky.
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Cosmologists tell us that the Universe is flat. It sure feels like 3-dimensions. What does this even mean, and how do we know it's true?
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The first ever reused Dragon supply ship successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) two days after a thunderous liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, June 3. The first stage booster made a magnificent return to the Cape and erect ground landing some 8 minutes after liftoff.
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New observations conducted a team of astronomers using the ALMA telescope have explained why the coldest object is so frigid!
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A new study by a team of researchers from the Future of Humanity Institute argues that the reason we haven't detected any aliens is because they are currently sleeping.
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Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System, so big that you could fit Earth inside it 763 times and still have some room left over!
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Located in the Taurus Constellation, between 390 and 456 light years from Earth, is the famous and easily-visible Pleiades Constellation.
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