A Pair Of Asteroids Are About To Whiz Past Earth, But We'll Be Fine
One of the great things about having powerful observational tools to scan the heavens is that we have a good chance of spotting potential planet-killing…
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NASA Snapped A New Image Of Saturn, And It's A Real Stunner
Of all the planets in our solar system, most people would agree that Saturn is the most instantly recognizable. Its massive rings make it an…
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Amateur Astronomers May Have Spotted The Second Interstellar Object Ever Found
The astronomy community was buzzing in late 2017 after an object believed to have originated from outside our solar system was spotted speeding around the…
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Japanese Cargo Mission To ISS Scrubbed After Fire
Sending stuff to space is very, very difficult. It can be easy to forget that, especially with the seemingly constant stream of rocket launches we…
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Scientists Spotted A Bizarre X-Ray Blast In A Distant Galaxy
Thanks to ever-advancing observational technology, astronomers can now spot distant galaxies in greater detail than ever before. For scientists, being able to study these distant…
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The Eye Of Hurricane Dorian Looks Absolutely Insane From Space
Hurricane Dorian continues to batter the East Coast of the United States with high winds and plenty of rain, and as the storm creeps slowly…
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ESA Forced To Redirect Satellite After SpaceX Ignores Collision Risk
You'd never be able to tell from the ground, but the area around Earth is getting a bit crowded. Fully functional satellites from NASA, the…
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Astronomers Spot Distant Gas Giant On A Bizarre Journey Around Its Star
In our solar system, each planet has a reasonably well-defined and mostly circular path that it follows around the Sun. This, astronomers think, is true…
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NASA Telescopes Reveal Secrets Of The Dark Sides Of 'Hot Jupiter' Exoplanets
Of all the types of exoplanets researchers have discovered in recent years with ever more powerful telescope technology, the so-called "hot Jupiters" might be the…
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When Aliens Spot Earth, What Will They See?
Researchers have made incredible advancements in the detection and study of exoplanets in recent years, spotting literally thousands of new planets and learning tantalizing details…
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Earth Might Not Be The Best Place For Life After All
In the ongoing search for worlds outside of our solar system, scientists often compare newly-discovered planets with our own as they offer educated guesses about…
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This Inflatable Space Habitat Was Built For Comfort, And Could Travel To Mars
Humans are headed back to the Moon and, eventually, Mars, and for space-faring astronauts, luxury is often the last thing on their mind. Still, orbiting…
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India's Moon Lander Just Snapped Its First Photo Of The Lunar Surface
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has had a big week already. The group's Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft successfully entered orbit around the Moon a few days…
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A Red-Hot Alien World Was Found Orbiting Three Stars
NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite has already made some incredible discoveries in its first couple of years in service, but its latest find will definitely look…
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Scientists Found Stardust In The Most Unlikely Of Places
Earth has managed to avoid any truly catastrophic impacts from objects in space for quite some time, but that doesn't mean material from the cosmos…
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Scientists Stunned After Spotting Record-Shattering Supernova
Scientists have a pretty good handle on the life cycle of various stars. They know the types of stars that are likely to die in…
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Scientists Tasked A Supercomputer With Building Millions Of Simulated Universes
Figuring out how our reality took shape over billions of years is no easy task for scientists. Theories about how the Big Bang played out…
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Astronomers Just Found A Black Hole So Huge It Makes Our Galaxy's Black Hole Look Like A Baby
At the heart of our home galaxy is a supermassive black hole that gobbles up anything that gets too close. It's huge, with a mass…
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Dead Planets Beam 'Zombie' Radio Signals Into Space For Up To A Billion Years, Scientists Say
New exoplanet discoveries have been popping up with increasing regularity in recent years thanks to technological advances that allow scientists to spot evidence of their…
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Hubble Just Snapped A Glorious New Image Of Jupiter
The Hubble Space Telescope is really, really good at spotting distant objects in space, but it's just as well-suited for catching a snapshot of planets…
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NASA Just Received A Major Data Dump From Its Mission To 'Touch The Sun'
We're rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of the launch of NASA's much-hyped mission to "Touch the Sun" with its Parker Solar Probe. The spacecraft is…
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Scientists Spotted An Incredibly Old Star Breathing Its Dying Breath
Age is a relative thing. With our finite (and relatively short) lifespans, humans tend to think of anything older than 100 years as being "really…
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The Most Accurate Model Of Our Galaxy Ever Created Shows The Milky Way Is Warped
Considering we can't actually see the Milky Way from the outside — since, you know, we're in it — astronomers know a surprising amount about…
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Astronomers Stumble Upon A New Kind Of Star, And It's A Heavy Breather
Humans don't yet possess the technology required to visit neighboring stars, but astronomers can still learn a great deal about them just by looking. The…
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Scientists Just Discovered A Planet Shaped Like A Football
If you were to make a list of exoplanets that would be worth visiting in person, WASP-121b wouldn't be anywhere near the top of your…
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Solar Sails Actually Work, And LightSail 2 Just Proved It
The idea seems totally crazy: A spacecraft with no active propulsion system that can travel through space using light in the same way that a…
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NASA's Exoplanet Hunter Just Spotted A 'Super Earth' Orbiting A Nearby Star
In its 15 months of service, NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite has racked up many exciting exoplanet discoveries, but few show promise in the search for…
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