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Bricks made of dust from the Moon and Mars could make space buildings
Baking a mixture of saltwater and materials that mimic dust from the moon or Mars at a high temperature produced sturdy bricks that could be used to build human habitats in space
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Lonestar plans to put datacenters in the Moon's lava tubes
How? Founder tells The Register 'Robots… lots of robots'
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Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space
Scientists just grew plants in soil from the Moon, but Antarctica has long provided researchers with the perfect place to test their agricultural techniques for a future in space.
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Pollution from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic's rockets could harm human health as well as Earth's climate, study says
The study found that the concentration of nitrogen oxides released into the atmosphere was considered "hazardous to human health" under WHO standards.
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Billionaires on the ISS Weren't Expecting to Work So Hard
The first private astronauts, who paid $55 million to journey to the ISS, needed some handholding from the regular crew.
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'Holy cow ... are you kidding me?' Scientists stunned to see plants grow in soil from the moon
Researchers had no idea if anything would sprout in harsh moon dirt and wanted to see if it could be used to grow food by the next generation of lunar explorers. The results stunned them.
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NASA's Mars lander detects its most powerful quake to date
A magnitude 5 quake shook the surface of Mars on May 4, the strongest temblor ever detected not only on Mars but on any planet besides Earth.
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Apollo 13 astronaut on why preparation, not panic, is key to survival
In his new memoir “Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut’s Journey,” Fred Haise describes a life of hard work and exploration.
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Space DOES NOT Expand Everywhere
Space is big, and it’s getting bigger. But where does all that new space actually come from? And is it popping into existence all around you right now? Is that why the remote control is always further away than I thought?
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“Black widow” neutron star takes an hour to orbit the star it’s roasting
Once an hour, the side of a star bombarded by radiation comes into view.
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Scientists begin studying 50-year-old frozen Apollo 17 samples
Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recently received samples of the lunar surface that have been curated in a freezer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston since Apollo 17 astronauts returned them to Earth in December 1972.
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What would it take for possible lifeforms to survive on Venus?
Venus may be one of the most inhospitable planets in the universe. But, could any alien lifeform call even this "hell hole" home?
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All of the bases in DNA and RNA have now been found in meteorites
Scientists have detected adenine and guanine in meteorites for decades and seen hints of uracil. But cytosine and thymine had remained elusive.
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Two largest marsquakes to date recorded from planet's far side
The seismometer placed on Mars by NASA's InSight lander has recorded its two largest seismic events to date: a magnitude 4.2 and a magnitude 4.1 marsquake. The pair are the first recorded events to occur on the planet's far side from the lander and are five times stronger than the previous largest event recorded.
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The Hunt for Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa Just Got a Little Easier
Thanks to a clue from Greenland, of all places
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Pluto's Orbit is Surprisingly Unstable
A new study has revealed new insights into Pluto's orbit, which is subject to a lot of chaotic perturbance over time!
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We can build a real, traversable wormhole … if the universe has extra dimensions
It may be possible to build a real, traversable wormhole, but only if our universe has extra dimensions, a team of physicists has found.
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China sending up next space station crew in June
China says it will launch three more astronauts to its newest space station in June after the latest crew returned this weekend following a six-month stay in orbit
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The sun has blasted Mercury with a plasma wave
The sun's activity has been increasing far faster than scientists forecasted.
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China is hatching a plan to find Earth 2.0
A satellite will scour the Milky Way for exoplanets orbiting stars just like the Sun.
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