How might humanity go about establishing a colony on Ceres, the largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt?
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Get ready: The queries are inbound. "Did you see those two bright things in the sky last night?" Says a well meaning family member/friend/coworker/random person on Twitter that knows you're into astronomy. "They were HUGE!"
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The ESA has begun conducting experiments as part of their Analog project, which will allow human operators to control robotic rovers from orbit.
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Thanks to an amateur tracker, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team found the lunar impact site of China's Longjiang-2 satellite.
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A team of astronomers estimates that the LSST (which will be operational in 2020) will allow us to learn more about Earths' "transient moons".
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When it comes to planets, the largest planet in the universe probably isn't the most massive.
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Researchers at the University of Buffalo's CASH Lab are working on a glider inspired by the stingray to explore Venus.
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The KBO formerly known as Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) has officially been named "Arrokoth", the traditional Powhatan-Algonquin language.
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A new study compares two potential means of interstellar exploration, which could have implications for both space exploration and the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence.
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