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Breakthrough Listen Publishes First Analysis Of 692 Stars In ET Search

By Matthew Williams - April 27, 2017 03:29 PM UTC | Astrobiology
Breakthrough Listen, the most ambitious SETI program in history, just released an analysis of their first year of data, which contains 11 events that a high degree of significance.
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A Survivor's Tale: Cassini Lives Through First Ring Dive

By Nancy Atkinson - April 27, 2017 11:33 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Europe & China Discuss Moonbase Partnership

By Matthew Williams - April 26, 2017 05:07 PM UTC | Space Policy
The ESA and Chinese National Space Agency have announced their plans to create a "Moon Village" on the lunar surface by the 2020s.
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What Are Fast Radio Bursts?

By Fraser Cain - April 26, 2017 03:03 PM UTC | Cosmology
Here's a big mystery in astronomy: fast radio bursts. Brief shrieks of radio waves coming from space. What are they? Where do they come from? Astronomers have no idea.
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Is Another Universe Sitting Too Close To Us On The Multiverse Bus?

By Matthew Williams - April 26, 2017 02:30 PM UTC | Cosmology
A new survey of the CMB's Cold Spot has ruled out the possibility that this anomaly is caused by a supervoid, which opens things up to more exotic explanations.
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The Next Pluto Mission: An Orbiter and Lander?

By Nancy Atkinson - April 26, 2017 09:30 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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SpaceX to Launch 1st NRO SpySat Sunday after Static Fire Success

By ken-kremer - April 25, 2017 11:26 PM UTC | Missions
MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, FL - Elon Musk's SpaceX is primed for another significant space first; the firms first launch of a spy satellite for the US governments super secret spy agency; the National Reconnaissance Office, or NRO - following today's successful static hotfire test of the Falcon 9 launchers first stage booster.
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Designing The Hanging Gardens Of Mars

By Evan Gough - April 25, 2017 07:16 PM UTC | Planetary Science
Scientists are working on a system of growing food for astronauts while away from Earth for extended periods of time.
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Did A Comet Impact Push Humans Into Technological Overdrive?

By Matthew Williams - April 25, 2017 06:51 PM UTC | Planetary Science
According to a study by a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the oldest temple site in the world may actually be an astronomical record of a comet hitting Earth.
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Adieu Titan: So Long & Thanks For All The Hydrocarbons

By Matthew Williams - April 25, 2017 01:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science
On Friday, April 21st, the Cassini spacecraft conducted its last flyby of Titan, a maneuver which touched off the final phase of its mission around Saturn.
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Another Strange Discovery From LHC That Nobody Understands

By Evan Gough - April 25, 2017 01:20 PM UTC | Physics
"Enhanced strangeness production" surprises experimenters at LHC's ALICE experiment.
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Carnival of Space #506

By susie - April 25, 2017 12:16 PM UTC | Site News
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NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets US Space Endurance Record, Speaks to President Trump

By ken-kremer - April 24, 2017 11:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration
NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson set the endurance record for time in space by a U.S, astronaut today, Monday, April 24, during her current stint of living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS) along with her multinational crew of five astronauts and cosmonauts.
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Messier 40 - the Winnecke 4 Double Star

By tammy-plotner - April 24, 2017 05:45 PM UTC | Observing
Located in the direction of the Ursa Major constellation is Messier 40 (Winnecke 4), an optical double star that looks like a double star system.
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What is the Average Surface Temperature of Mercury?

By Matthew Williams - April 24, 2017 04:55 PM UTC | Planetary Science
Because of its extremely eccentric orbit, slow rotation, and lack of an atmosphere, Mercury experiences extreme variations in surface temperature.
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Into The Submillimeter: The Early Universe's Formation

By Evan Gough - April 24, 2017 04:46 PM UTC | Cosmology
A new study of distant, early galaxies helps us understand the early days of our Universe.
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Join Fraser and Friends for a COSMOS Marathon on Monday

By Fraser Cain - April 23, 2017 10:06 PM UTC | Site News
Join Fraser and a panel of space friends for a marathon of COSMOS on Monday at 12:00pm PST. We'll watch 13 episodes, back to back, answer questions, update the science, and try not to go insane.
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Team Creates Negative Effective Mass In The Lab

By Matthew Williams - April 23, 2017 09:43 PM UTC | Physics
A research team from WSU has created, for the first time under laboratory conditions, a fluid that behaves as if it has a negative mass.
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SS John Glenn Stellar Space Station Launch - Photo/Video Gallery

By ken-kremer - April 23, 2017 09:40 PM UTC | Missions
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - This week's blastoff of the 'SS John Glenn' Cygnus cargo freighter atop an Atlas V rocket on a critical mission delivering over 7000 pounds of science and gear to the International Space Station (ISS) yielded stellar imagery from all around the Florida Space Coast.
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SS John Glenn Arrives at Space Station with Science and Supplies

By ken-kremer - April 22, 2017 01:41 PM UTC | Missions
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The SS John Glenn commercial Cygnus resupply vessel arrived at the International Space Station early this morning, April 22, carrying nearly four tons of science and supplies crammed inside for the five person multinational Expedition 51 crew.
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