Will Perseverance Find Ancient 'Fossils' On Mars?
The Perseverance rover is currently on route to Mars, and once it gets there it will have the ability to hunt for signs of life…
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A Space Probe Was Already Headed For Venus Before The 'Life' Debate Began
A space probe is about to fly by Venus, and it could help search for the faint signatures of life in the planet's atmosphere. The…
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In An Incredible First, Scientists Detect An Aurora Around A Comet
Scientists have spotted an aurora coming from a comet for the first time ever. The comet, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, has an aurora of far-ultraviolet light that can't…
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If You're Looking For Extraterrestrial Life, These Four Planets May Have It
Space science researcher Gareth Dorrian runs down his top four worlds with the possibility of hosting life. Planets like Mars and icy moons like Europa…
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This Hubble Photo Might Be Its Best Ever
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an absolutely stunning image of Jupiter. The image shows a multitude of storms and even the icy moon Europa…
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Our Solar System May Have Evolved Differently Than Previously Thought
Researchers studying meteorites from a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter have discovered evidence that an event known as the late heavy bombardment happened differently…
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Planets Made Of Diamond May Be Hanging Out In The Cosmos
Researchers theorize that, under the right conditions, carbon-rich exoplanets could generate huge quantities of diamonds beneath their surface. The recipe including heat, pressure, carbon, water,…
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Researchers Find Hints Of Life In Venus Atmosphere
Scientists have detected higher-than-expected levels of a chemical in Venus's atmosphere that may indicate the presence of life. The chemical can be produced by microbes,…
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NASA Wants You To Help Collect Moon Rocks
NASA wants to enlist private companies to build hardware that can gather lunar surface samples and prepare them for return to Earth at a later…
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After Searching 10 Million Stars For Signs Of Life, Researchers Find Nothing
Scientists using a powerful radio telescope array scanned over 10 million stars in the hunt for technological signatures that would indicate the presence of intelligent…
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Scientists Puzzled At Discovery Of Rust On The Moon
Scientists have discovered traces of rust minerals on the Moon's surface. The Moon has iron, but no liquid water or oxygen, so rust shouldn't be…
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This Solar System Has Three Stars, And That's Not Even The Weirdest Part
Astronomers have observed what they believe is a triple-star system in space surrounded by a chaotic disc of dust that could form planets. The stars…
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Hubble Captures Gorgeous, Delicate Supernova Blast Wave
NASA's Hubble telescope spotted a wispy orange ribbon in space, but it's actually the destructive blast wave of a supernova. The supernova is located in…
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NASA Just Spotted A Galaxy That Looks Like A TIE Fighter
Scientists using NASA's Fermi space telescope have spotted a distant galaxy that looks strangely familiar. The galaxy has the appearance of a TIE Fighter, a…
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Something Strange Is Generating A Ton Of Radiation From Our Galaxy's Core
Scientists are trying to narrow down the possible sources of gamma radiation coming from the center of the Milky Way. The latest research shoots down…
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Earthly Bacteria Survives For Years In Space, Study Proves
An experiment has proven that bacteria can survive in the harsh conditions of space for years on end. A Japanese mission placed bacteria pellets in…
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Are Rogue Planets Common? NASA Hopes Its New Telescope Will Find Out
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to detect rogue planets by spotting their gravitational lensing. The telescope, which is slated to launch…
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Lava Tubes On The Moon And Mars Could Be Homes For Space Travelers
Research shows that cooled lava tubes beneath the surface of the Moon and Mars could be used as temporary shelter or even locations for settlements. …
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Scientists Think There Was Another Sun Just Like Ours, But It Vanished
Researchers have theorized that our Sun once had a binary companion or another star that was roughly the same size as itself. The binary pair…
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Scientists Say 'Anomaly' In Earth's Magnetic Field Is Splitting
Researchers have spotted interesting changes in the South Atlantic Anomaly, which is a region of Earth's magnetic field that has a large dent. The area…
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Scientists Might Have Figured Out Why Betelgeuse Keeps Dimming
Astronomers using observations from the Hubble Space Telescope have come up with a new theory as to why the star Betelgeuse is dimming. The researchers…
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NASA's Exoplanet Hunter Finished Its Mission... Sort Of
NASA's TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has completed its primary mission and will now move on to an extended mission where it will continue…
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I Bet You've Never Seen A Pink Planet Before, But It Exists
Astronomers have spotted a new gas giant exoplanet that formed roughly 160 million years ago and is now glowing pink. The big pink planet is…
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There's Another Ocean World In Our Solar System
Researchers say they've found evidence of recent activity on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres that suggests there's water beneath the surface. If Ceres…
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Hubble Just Made A Major Breakthrough In The Search For Alien Life
NASA used the sunlight beaming through Earth's atmosphere and bouncing off of the Moon to analyze our planet's atmosphere. The experiment was a sort of…
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This Massive Cosmic Butterfly Is Pure Galactic Eye Candy
Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory have captured the most detailed images yet of a planetary nebula that looks like a brightly colored butterfly. The…
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Astronomers Just Spotted Ancient Stars Lurking At The Edges Of Our Galaxy
Astronomers have discovered some truly ancient stars hanging around the edges of the Milky Way galaxy. The scientists believe the stars are all that remains…
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