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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2
DSS-43 is the only antenna that can communicate with the probe
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NASA Selects New Crew for Next Simulated Mars Journey - NASA
NASA has selected a new crew of four volunteers to participate in a simulated mission to Mars within a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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There's a library on the moon now. It might last billions of years.
From 'Dune' to Dogecoin, the first true backup of human civilization contains a few surprises.
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Overlooked Apollo data from the 1970s reveals huge record of 'hidden' moonquakes
A reanalysis of 50-year-old Apollo mission data long abandoned by NASA has revealed 22,000 previously unrecognized moonquakes, almost tripling the known number of seismic lunar events.
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Magnetic Fingerprints of The Milky Way's Black Hole Revealed in Stunning Image
The magnetic fields that spiral around our galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* have now been revealed by twisted light.
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Why there is a new global race to the moon
Globally, more than 100 lunar missions are expected to take place by 2030, according to the European Space Agency.
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NASA to Study Effects of Radio Noise on Lunar Science - NASA
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 mission will launch to the Moon’s South Polar region, as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS,
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Scientists identify water molecules on asteroids for the first time
Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)—a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency at DLR—Southwest Research Institute scientists have discovered, for the first time, water molecules on the surface of an asteroid.
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Death, Lonely Death
We thought we knew how Voyager would end. The power would gradually, inevitably, run down. The instruments would shut off, one by one. The signal would get fainter. Eventually either the last instrument would fail for lack of power, or the signal would be lost. We didn’t expect that it would go mad.
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It's not just rising sea levels – the land major cities are built on is actually sinking, NASA images show
Images shared by NASA show the U.S. East Coast is actually sinking — including the land that holds major cities like New York and Baltimore.
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NASA is looking for people to test out its Mars simulator for a year
The agency is accepting applicants for the second cohort of its Mars simulator mission. Participants will live and work from a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot facility at NASA's Houston space center.
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Earth has extra moons, and they may hold the secrets of our solar system's past
Earth's closest cosmic companions, known as 'minimoons' or 'quasi-moons', could hold the secrets to the history of our early solar system.
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A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years
A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft has blasted off on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50 years, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft.
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You'll travel nearly a trillion miles in your lifetime, even if you never leave home. Here's how.
Everything in the universe is moving, and fast.
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A Wolf-Rayet star will likely morph into a magnetic monster
Magnetars are the most magnetic objects in the universe and we know surprisingly little about their origins and formation.
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Rocket Lab will launch NASA's Earth energy measuring cubesats
The satellites, called PREFIRE, will measure the infrared radiation that enters and leaves the planet using a spectrometer instrument.
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New 'AI-brained' Chinese satellite has just been launched
Called "WonderJourney," a new AI-controlled satellite has made orbit to autonomously process Earth-side data in a fraction of the time as regular sats.
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Nerves build as India moon mission prepares to make first successful south pole landing
Chandrayaan-3 moves into prelanding orbit amid failure of Russian mission
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A rare ‘super blue moon’ will appear in our night skies this week: Here's what you need to know
Two rare lunar events will coincide this week, making the super blue moon the perfect opportunity to enjoy the night sky.
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First Scientific Data Sent By Chandrayaan-3 From Moon's South Pole
The Indian space agency has obtained the first ever scientific data from the Moon's unexplored South Polar region, marking a major success of its Chandrayaan-3 mission.
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