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It’ll be Tough to Stop an Asteroid at the Last Minute, but not Impossible
A team of satellite experts have designed a navigation system that could save Earth from a collision at the last…
The Case of the “Missing Exoplanets”
A team of astronomers with the CLEVER Planets project have developed a model that may explain the mystery of the…
China Launches Mengtian, the Last Major Module to its Space Station
China's Tiangong space station just received its final module, the Mengtian laboratory, making it complete,
Hubble saw Multiple Light Echoes Reflecting off Rings of Dust From a Supernova Explosion
Using images from Hubble, an international team of astronomers created a video that shows the evolution of a supernova and…
Mars is Mostly Dead. There's Still Magma Inside, so it's Slightly Alive
NASA's InSight lander has detected many marsquakes coming from the same region, which could mean that the Red Planet still…
Our Guide to Tuesday’s Total Lunar Eclipse
The November 8th total lunar eclipse spans the Pacific, and is the last one until 2025.
The Moon had Volcanoes More Recently Than Previously Believed
Recent analysis of the samples returned by the Chang'e-5 mission reveal that volcanic activity on the Moon lasted longer than…
Possible Taurid Meteor Outburst For 2022?
Why 2022 may be a banner year for the November Taurid meteors.
When Should Robots Take Risks Exploring Other Worlds?
Researchers from the CMU's Robotic Institute have developed a new method that allows rovers to autonomously weigh risk against the…
Did Supermassive Black Holes Collapse Directly out of Giant Clouds of gas? It Could Depend on Magnetic Fields
New research shows how the seeds of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) could have formed from gas clouds with amplified magnetic…