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New Ideas for the Mysterious Tabby's Star: a Gigantic Planet or a Planet With Rings

By Matthew Williams - May 25, 2017 04:25 PM UTC | Stars
Tabby's Star is dimming again, and two new studies have been released that offer new and interesting theories on what could be causing it.
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NASA Moves Up Mission to Metal Asteroid Psyche

By bob-king - May 25, 2017 03:16 PM UTC | Missions
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2 US Astronauts Conduct Unplanned, Rapidly Executed Contingency Space Walk on Space Station

By ken-kremer - May 24, 2017 11:59 PM UTC | Missions
In the space of just 3 days, a pair of NASA astronauts conducted an unplanned and rapidly executed contingency space walk on the exterior of the space station on Tuesday, May 23 in order to replace a critical computer unit that failed over the weekend.
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Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock

By Evan Gough - May 24, 2017 03:45 PM UTC | Exoplanets
Under the right conditions, two colliding rocky bodies might form a temporary structure called a 'synestia'. This rotating mass of partially vaporized rock would might only last a hundred years or so.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 449: Robots in Space!

By Fraser Cain - May 24, 2017 02:03 PM UTC | Space Exploration
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What is Neptune Made Of?

By Matthew Williams - May 24, 2017 01:36 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The "ice giant" Neptune, the farthest planet from our Sun, is made up of gases, super-heated liquids, and maybe even diamonds!
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We Have More Details on the Outermost Trappist-1 Planet!

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2017 07:48 PM UTC | Exoplanets
A new study by an international team of researchers has revealed information about the surface conditions on TRAPPIST-1's outermost planet.
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Here's How We Can Detect Plants on Extrasolar Planets

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2017 03:42 PM UTC | Astrobiology
In a presentation at Breakthrough Discuss, astrophysicist Dr. Berdyugina explained how methods used to study stars could be used to determine the presence of plants on other planets.
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Do Gravitational Waves Permanently Alter the Nature of Spacetime?

By Matthew Williams - May 23, 2017 02:58 PM UTC | Physics
A new study by a team of researchers from Monash University argues that gravitational waves may permanently alter the fabric of spacetime.
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 448: Prepping for the Eclipse

By Fraser Cain - May 23, 2017 02:16 PM UTC | Observing
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Carnival of Space #510

By Susie Murph - May 23, 2017 01:26 PM UTC | Site News
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Two Veteran NASA Astronauts Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa Inducted into U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at KSC

By ken-kremer - May 22, 2017 11:58 PM UTC | Missions
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - In a moving ceremony, a pair of veteran NASA astronauts - Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa - who once flew together on a space shuttle mission, were inducted into the U. S. Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Florida, on May 19.
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The Mars Project! Von Braun's Ideas for a Mars Mission. Collaboration with Vintage Space

By Fraser Cain - May 22, 2017 05:45 PM UTC | Space Exploration
In a special two part episode, Fraser collaborates with space historian Amy Shira Teitel at Vintage Space to investigate what spaceflight advances could have happened. Amy looks at the lost Apollo Missions, while Fraser talks about Werner Von Braun's "Mars Project".
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Messier 43 - the De Marian's Nebula

By tammy-plotner - May 22, 2017 02:20 PM UTC | Stars
Located in the direction of the Orion constellation, roughly 1600 light-years from Earth, is the diffuse nebula known as the De Marian's Nebula
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 447: Animals in Space Pt. 3: Dogs, Monkeys and More

By Fraser Cain - May 22, 2017 01:05 PM UTC | Astrobiology
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Digital Society Boosted by Stunning SpaceX Launch Delivering Inmarsat Mobile Broadband Satellite to Orbit - Photo/Video Gallery

By ken-kremer - May 20, 2017 11:58 PM UTC | Missions
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - The worlds emerging 'Digital Society' gained a big boost following SpaceX's stunningly beautiful twilight launch of a Falcon 9 that successfully delivered the huge 6.7 ton mobile Inmarsat-5 F4 broadband satellite to orbit for London-based Inmarsat on Monday, May 15.
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Are There Dark Matter Galaxies? ft. Sarah Pearson from Space with Sarah

By Fraser Cain - May 20, 2017 11:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic
We know there's dark matter, and there are galaxies, but are there galaxies entirely made up of dark matter? Astronomer Sarah Pearson joins Fraser to talk about what's out there.
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The Star That Probably Doesn't Have an Alien Megastructure (But Maybe it Does) is Dimming Again

By Matthew Williams - May 20, 2017 07:43 PM UTC | Astrobiology
The mysterious star that was found to be dimming in 2015 (prompting speculation about an alien megastucture) has been spotted dimming again!
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This is Important! Students Are Figuring Out How to Make Beer on the Moon

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2017 06:41 PM UTC | Space Exploration
A team of bioengineering students from UC San Diego has successfully created an experiment to test if beer can be brewed on the Moon
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Space Station-Based Experiment Might Have Found Evidence of Dark Matter Destroying Itself

By Matthew Williams - May 19, 2017 04:28 PM UTC | Physics
Two studies conducted independently of each other (using data obtained aboard the ISS) have provided a possible glimpse of dark matter
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