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A New Technique to Make Lighter Radiation Shielding For Spacecraft: Rust.
A new technique for creating lighter and cheaper radiation shielding involves a secret ingredient: rust!
There Could be Meteors Traveling at a Fraction of the Speed of Light When They Hit the Atmosphere
According to a new study by a pair of Harvard astrophysicists, it is possible that meteors traveling close to the…
War of the Worlds: Watch the Moon Occult Mars Tuesday Morning
Happen to have clear skies tomorrow morning and live in the western part of the United States? Then you may…
Astronomers Simulated How the Universe Would Look Without Dark Matter
A team of European researchers recently simulated how a Universe without Dark Matter would have evolved, with surprising results!
Catch Comet T2 PanSTARRS This Spring
Ready for the next great comet? First, the bad news. there is not (as of yet), a good naked eye…
New Images of the “Golf Ball” Asteroid Pallas
New images of the asteroid Pallas (the clearest and most detailed to date) reveal that it looks like a "golf…
Mars 2020 Will be The Third Time That NASA Has Tried to Send a Microphone to Mars
The Mars 2020 rover, which will launch this summer, will be the third NASA mission to bring a microphone to…
SpaceX is Thinking of Spinning Off Starlink and Taking it Public
SpaceX recently announced that it could be taking Starlink public, giving investors a chance to get a piece of this…
The ESA’s Solar Orbiter, a Mission That Will Chart the Unexplored Polar Regions of the Sun, Just Launched!
The ESA's Solar Orbiter launched earlier today on its five-year mission to study the Sun, which scientists hope will lead…
SpaceX Has Requested Permission to Fly Starship as Early as March
According to recent filings with the FCC, SpaceX hopes to conduct their first test flight with the Starship Mk 3…