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Lava tubes in Hawaii could be a dress rehearsal for Mars colonies
When humans build the first bases and habitats on other worlds, they'll confront dangers and challenges unlike any faced by the astronauts who went before them. To prepare for such challenges, scientists are descending deep underground into lava tubes in Hawaii that simulate conditions on rocky alien worlds.
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Mysterious rumblings from inside of Mars detected by NASA lander
Scientists at NASA have reported an exciting detection by its Insight lander on Mars - mysterious rumblings coming from the interior of the planet. The researchers believe the seismic events may be caused by a sudden release of energy from the planet's interior, but the nature of that release remains unknown and puzzling.
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NASA’s Mars rover drops off Ingenuity helicopter ahead of historic flight
Its first flight will take place "no earlier" than April 11th.
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String theorist Michio Kaku: 'Reaching out to aliens is a terrible idea'
The physicist on Newton finding inspiration amid the great plague, how the multiverse can unite religions, and why a ‘theory of everything’ is within our grasp
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China Is Evolving a Distinct Space Culture
With all eyes on the development of China’s space technologies, one vital area has been overlooked: the swelling wave of a unique Chinese “space culture.”
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Far from science fiction, space elevators may be nearing deployment
With one end of a steel cable hovering in Earth's orbit and the other end somewhere in outer space, the concept of a futuristic floating
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New images of M87’s black hole reveal magnetized ring around it
In the nearly galaxy M87, more than 50 million light years from Earth, a supermassive black hole feeds on vast clouds of gas and dust. Jets, more than 5,000 light years long, erupt from this enigmatic body six billion times more massive than the Sun. In 2019, the first detailed images ever recorded of the region around a black hole were released, showing a bright ring-like structure surrounding a dark void.
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Guess What Just Happened to The Latest SpaceX Starship Prototype
SpaceX chief Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Tuesday that the latest prototype of the company's Starship rocket series had crashed, after the video feed of its test flight cut out.
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Stunning New Image Of Black Hole Reveals Surrounding Magnetic Fields
The Event Horizon Telescope project, which produced the world's first image of a black hole in 2019 in the M87 galaxy, unveiled a new view of its magnetic fields as captured by polarized light.
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First X-rays from Uranus discovered
Astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result may help scientists learn more about this enigmatic ice giant planet in our solar system.
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NASA's Mars helicopter is slowly unfolding beneath the Perseverance rover
Perseverance is continuing its littering on Mars in a controlled fashion, as it gets ready to deploy the first helicopter on the Red Planet.
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Astronomers find the 'safest place' to live in the Milky Way
Astronomers have searched the entire Milky Way to identify the safest places to live. It turns out, we're in a pretty good spot. But if the past year has made you feel ready to relocate to another planet, you might want to look toward the center of the galaxy, according to the new research.
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Elon Musk’s new Dragon capsule will let astronauts stick their head out into space
‘Probably most “in space” you could possibly feel by being in a glass dome”, Elon Musk tweeted
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NASA's Oxygen-Making Machine Could Change Mars Forever
Whether for breathing or sending rockets back home, we'll need to make oxygen on Mars. Soon, we'll know if it's possible.
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NASA declares Earth is safe from 'Apophis' asteroid for 100 years
NASA announced this week that Earth will remain safe from the threat of a specific asteroid's impact for at least the next 100 years.
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The ‘USS Jellyfish’ emits strange radio waves from a distant galaxy cluster
The unusual pattern of radio waves dubbed the USS Jellyfish tells a story of intergalactic gas meeting black hole by-products.
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President Biden Should Push for the Human Exploration of Mars
Robotic rovers like Perseverance are great, but they can’t answer the most fundamental questions about the Red Planet
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Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper
A piece of the Wright brothers’ first airplane is on Mars.
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Interstellar object 'Oumuamua is a pancake-shaped chunk of a Pluto-like planet
The first known visitor from interstellar space, 'Oumuamua, was likely a pancake-shaped chip off a Pluto-like world, researchers say. These findings may shed light on the stuff a new class of planet, an exo-Pluto, is made of, scientists added.
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NASA to offer funding for initial studies of commercial space stations
NASA is shifting direction in its effort to support development of commercial space stations, with plans to issue a series of awards for initial studies.
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