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A private company has an audacious plan to rescue NASA’s last “Great Observatory”
"I think it would be pretty ambitious... but really great if we could pull it off."
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New study puts a definitive age on Saturn's rings: They're really young
A new study led by physicist Sascha Kempf at the University of Colorado Boulder has delivered the strongest evidence yet that Saturn's rings are remarkably young—potentially answering a question that has boggled scientists for well over a century.
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2 'super-Earth' exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star
NASA's TESS spacecraft found the two planets, which are slightly larger than Earth.
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There are More Than 85,000 Volcanoes on Venus
Researchers have mapped more than 85,000 volcanoes on the surface of Venus — but suspect there may even be more.
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Scientists catch real-life Death Star devouring a planet in 1st-of-its-kind discovery
The action 12,000 light-years away may presage what happens to Earth about 5 billion years from now.
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It’s the End of a World as We Know It
Astronomers spotted a dying star swallowing a large planet, a discovery that fills in a “missing link” in understanding the fates of Earth and many other planets.
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You Don't Want to Be Within 160 Light-Years of a Supernova
When it comes to supernovae, what is the minimum safe distance for habitable planets? Larger than we thought.
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For the first time, scientists detect seismic waves rattling through Mars' core
The observations reveal how the interior of the Red Planet works
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A SpaceX rocket exploded. Here’s why the Space Force remains hopeful.
SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle, the world’s heaviest rocket, could be a game changer for the Space Force, even after its first attempt at a suborbital flight on April 20 ended in an explosion. Despite the failure, service officials told C4ISRNET they’re hopeful about the rocket’s future and what the test flight means for the launch industry more broadly.
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No asteroid impacts needed: Newborn Earth made its own water, study suggests
'We learned something new about our own planet by looking at a large dataset of exoplanets.'
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Object mistaken as a galaxy is actually a black hole pointed directly at Earth
According to new study, an object that was once believed to be a radio galaxy is actually an active black hole that changed angles to aim straight at Earth. Scientists are baffled by a supermassive black hole in a far-off galaxy that has suddenly turned sharply 90 degrees to face straight toward Earth while spewing radiation at close to light speed.
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The solar system was hit with a gamma-ray burst so bright, it blinded scientists' equipment in space
One astronomer dubbed the high-intensity beam of radiation the BOAT: the Brightest of All Time.
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A 2nd giant 'hole' has appeared on the sun, and it could send 1.8 million-mph solar winds toward Earth
The winds, which may trigger auroras, will likely reach our planet on Friday or Saturday, Daniel Verscharen from University College London said.
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Scientists discover supermassive black hole that now faces Earth
This is a galactic-sized problem. Scientists revealed Tuesday that galaxy PBC J2333.9-2343 has been reclassified after discovering a supermassive black hole that is currently facing our solar system, reports Royal Astronomical Society. “We started to study this galaxy as it showed peculiar properties.
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Scientists solve mystery behind strange comet that some thought was alien spacecraft
Scientists have a new explanation for the odd behaviour of the mysterious comet
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Satellites Pose 'Unprecedented Global Threat', Scientists Warn. Here's Why.
Astronomers on Monday warned that the light pollution created by the soaring number of satellites orbiting Earth poses an "unprecedented global threat to nature".
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NASA's AIM mission comes to an end after nearly 16 years
The satellite was put into orbit 312 miles up. Data from the long-running mission helped scientists better understand the formation of these unique clouds, also called night-shining...
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We finally have proof of active volcanoes on Venus
Researchers pored over images from Magellan's visit to Venus in the early 1990s.
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Scientists offer evidence that Venus is volcanically active
Venus appears to have volcanic activity, according to a new research paper that offers strong evidence to answer the lingering question about whether Earth's sister planet currently has eruptions and lava flows.
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A Human Migration to Space is NOT so Inevitable, says New Research
A new study looks at what it takes to survive beyond Earth, raising serious questions about whether or not human migrations to space is "Inevitable."
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