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Scientists may just have discovered a new class of black holes
Black holes are an important part of how astrophysicists make sense of the universe – so important that scientists have been trying to build a census of all the black holes in the Milky Way galaxy. But new research shows that their search might have been missing an entire class of black holes that they didn’t know existed.
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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft just left Ryugu to bring asteroid samples back to Earth
The Hayabusa2 probe begins its long journey back to Earth with bits of the asteroid on board.
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This spacecraft will detect if exoplanet skies are cloudy, hazy, or clear
NASA announced last week that it will contribute to a European Space Agency mission scheduled to launch in 2028. The spacecraft, called ARIEL (for Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey), will be the first space mission dedicated to studying exoplanet atmospheres.
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How the icy moon Enceladus got 'tiger stripes' at its south pole
Saturn's moon Enceladus has mysterious, evenly spaced fissures in its icy shell where water erupts into space.
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Diving and driving on icy moons: One strategy for exploring Enceladus and Europa
Over the past 60 years, NASA has explored the solar system from the sun to the Kuiper belt. While many of these missions, especially those beyond Saturn, have been one-shot flybys, others have charted many of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn extensively by repeated orbital passes.
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The 15 most awe-inspiring space images of the decade
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Astronomers say view of night sky is under threat
A mission to launch thousands of satellites is about to begin, but scientists say this could affect astronomy.
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The seven most exciting space missions of 2020
2019 was the shot. 2020 is the chaser. Four countries are sending robots to Mars, private companies will send humans into orbit, and we’re inching closer to seeing NASA return astronauts to the moon.
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This year may finally fulfill the promise of private human spaceflight
Big and small rockets. The Moon and Mars. Lots of asteroid stuff, too.
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NASA's Voyager 2 is suffering technical problems in interstellar space
Fixing problems on Voyager is a tricky business given that it is currently located around 11.5 billion miles from Earth.
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A perfect blur – First image by exoplanet watcher Cheops
ESA’s exoplanet-observer Cheops acquired the first image of its initial target star, following the successful telescope cover opening on 29 January 2020. The intentionally blurry image is a product of the specially designed telescope optics, which are deliberately defocused to maximise the precision of Cheops’ measurements and enable its unprecedented study of exoplanets, or planets in other solar systems.
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NASA brings Voyager 2 fully back online, 11.5 billion miles from Earth
Thanks to some (very) remote engineering work by NASA, the intrepid explorer's science mission is back on.
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Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun
ESA's orbiter will work with NASA’s Parker Solar Probe to unveil the mysteries of our home star and the origin of violent storms that spew plasma across space.
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How a Deep Space Antenna Just 'Spoke' with Two Spacecraft at Once
The European Space Agency (ESA) is celebrating a technical achievement. For the very first time, one of its deep space antennas has simultaneously sent a series of commands to two spacecraft orbiting Mars. The antenna sent parallel transmissions to the agency’s Mars Express orbiter, which snaps pictures of the Red Planet, and its ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, which analyzes gas signatures on Mars.
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NASA has a plan for yearly Artemis moon flights through 2030. The first one could fly in 2021.
The first flight of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket and Orion crew capsule — and the first big step in putting astronauts back on the moon — was originally scheduled to launch this year, but the mission is now expected to slip to 2021.
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NASA/ESA video shows explosive Solar Orbiter launch, starting its journey to the Sun
After much anticipation and an unexpected two-day delay, NASA and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Solar Orbiter finally launched on Sunday, February 9 at 11:03 p.m. Eastern. Footage captured by NASA and the ESA reveal the spacecraft's fittingly spectacular send-off into deep space.
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Surprise! There's more water on Jupiter than anyone thought
Jupiter appears to have more water than anyone expected.
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How moon dust will put a ring around Mars
Phobos, a moon of Mars, is destined to be shredded, changing the Red Planet forever.
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NASA's Voyager 2 makes triumphant return to interstellar science after glitch
Whew. Don't scare us like that, Voyager 2.
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The inferno planet where it 'rains metal'
Astronomers study an exotic planet where they suspect iron droplets fall through the atmosphere.
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