This 'super-Earth' Seems Lovely, Until You Look Up
Earth is great, but what if it were bigger? So-called "super-Earths" are rocky worlds like our own but are several times bigger, and could offer…
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This Hubble Image Is So Incredible You'll Swear It's Fake
Science-fiction flicks have really skewed our perception of what various features of the universe look like. It's become so easy to make fake planets, galaxies,…
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Saturn Changed Colors, And Hubble Was Watching
Aside from Earth, Saturn is probably the most instantly recognizable of the planets in our solar system. It's the only planet with bold, easily visible…
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Uh Oh, The Hubble Is Acting Weird
The Hubble Space Telescope is old. It's rapidly approaching its 31st anniversary of being launched on its mission to study the cosmos, and while 31…
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NASA's Perseverance Takes Its First Steps, Er, I Mean Rolls
It's now been a couple of weeks since NASA's Perseverance rover landed safely on Mars. The mission almost never left Earth due to the coronavirus…
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This Newly-Discovered Exoplanet Could Reveal Secrets Of Alien Worlds
Finding planets outside of our solar system is an area of research that has exploded in recent years. As new, more powerful observational equipment allows…
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NASA Has Never Seen A Comet Here Before
Our solar system is full of objects much smaller than planets and moons, and sometimes they show up in the strangest places. NASA's Hubble Space…
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There Might Be A Whole Bunch Of Earths In Our Galaxy
Scientists believe there are some very basic things that are required for a planet to support life, including water and an atmosphere. We've yet to…
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NASA's Moon-Orbiting Space Station Will Begin Construction Thanks To SpaceX
NASA's Lunar Gateway is a major part of the Artemis program that will eventually send astronauts to the surface of the Moon. The gateway will…
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NASA Says We Might Find Alien Pollution Before We Find Aliens
If intelligent alien civilizations exist in space, it's possible that we may find signs of their existence before we find the aliens themselves. A new…
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Astronomers Discovered Our Solar System's Most-Distant Object – And Gave It The Laziest Name Ever
Scientists peering deep into the outer reaches of our Solar System have spotted what is now considered to be the most distant object orbiting our…
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Let's Reel In This Talk Of A 'Fifth Dimension' For A Second
Researchers attempting to solve the problem of dark matter have proposed a particle that can travel to an unseen fifth dimension. The work is entirely…
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SpaceX's Starship Prototype Just Crashed, Watch The Explosion Right Here
SpaceX launched another test flight of a Starship prototype today. The high-altitude launch lasted roughly six minutes, but it didn't end how SpaceX would have…
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SpaceX Just Shattered An Almost Unfathomable Record
SpaceX has already set a huge number of records with its reusable rocket technology. A new record set by the company on Sunday isn't related…
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Want To Catch A Glimpse Of Uranus? It'll Be Very Easy Tonight
Uranus isn't the easiest planet to spot in the night sky, and most of the time we can't see it at all, but tonight it'll…
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Mars Is Wobbling, And Scientists Have Questions
Using data collected over 18 years of observations, scientists now say that the planet Mars is wobbling. The planet's wiggling results in its poles moving…
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Hubble May Have Saved Its Most Gorgeous Photo For Last This Year
NASA's powerful Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope combined to captured stunning images of the Orion Nebula. The nebula, which is a massive mixture…
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NASA/ESA's Solar Orbiter Just Hit A Major Mission Milestone
The joint mission between NASA and the European Space Agency to send a solar probe to the Sun just reached a critical milestone. The probe…
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NASA's New Mars Rover Is Hearing Vibrations In Space
NASA recorded audio from its Perseverance rover that is currently headed to Mars. The audio is largely vibrations traveling through the rover's body and being…
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Rocket Launch Failure May Have Been A Simple Human Error
A preliminary investigation into the failure of a Vega rocket launched on Monday suggests human error was the cause. The rocket's upper stage likely suffered…
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Uranus May Leak Gas Into Space At Least Once A Day
A new study that modeled Uranus and its magnetosphere suggest that, when the planet is at the correct angle, solars winds can enter the magnetosphere…
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Scientists Spotted An Explosion So Intense It Defies Explanation
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected an explosion that defies their expectations. The event was the collision of two neutron stars, or at…
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If You're Eager To Find Aliens, This Is Great News
A new study suggests that habitable exoplanets may be plentiful in our home galaxy, The Milky Way. Researchers crunched data on thousands of exoplanets that…
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This Extremely Intense Planet Is Basically Hell
Astronomers have spotted a distant exoplanet that is so incredibly extreme, life as we know it wouldn't last there for a second. Temperatures of over…
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What Did NASA Discover On The Moon, And What Is It So Excited To Tell Us?
NASA has something very exciting to tell us about the Moon, so it's holding a conference call on Monday, October 26th. The discovery was made…
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The Moon Might Be The Perfect Tool For Finding Alien Life In The Cosmos
The Moon could be used as a tool for finding life, specifically because it is tidally locked to Earth. Placing a radio telescope on the…
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NASA's First Real Crew Dragon Mission Has Been Delayed
SpaceX and NASA have announced that the next crewed mission in Crew Dragon (the first non-test flight of the spacecraft) will be delayed by a…
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