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There might be a fast radio burst every second
The sky could be filled with brief blasts of energy that will help reveal the universe in greater detail....
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Is our galaxy normal?
The SAGA Survey is studying Milky Way siblings to find out....
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Dust devils toss their dust skyward on Earth and Mars
These whirlwinds can affect climate at home and on the Red Planet....
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Could we survive without our planet?
Leaving Earth means learning how to produce necessities like food, water, and oxygen....
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Cassini meets its end
A chapter in the exploration of the outer solar system ends.
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Goodbye, Cassini
Counting down the final moments of Saturn’s epic spacecraft....
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New Horizons is awake again
It’s time to test the spacecraft’s systems as it flies deeper into the Kuiper Belt....
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Cassini’s final hours by the numbers
With a day and a half to go until Cassini’s demise, here’s what you need to know about the intrepid spacecraft....
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If aliens exist on other worlds, they could spy on us
I always feel like, somebody’s watchin’ me......
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Uranus is a dangerous place for its moons
In a few million years, things are going to get ugly....
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Astronomers find the best evidence yet for a midsized black hole
A cloud of gas in our galaxy’s center might house this long-sought-after object....
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NASA’s SDO catches the brightest solar flare in over a decade
Our Sun threw out two large flares the morning of September 6, and it may not be done....
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The single strange repeating fast radio burst is at it again
Astronomers observed 15 new pulses from this mysterious source — now at higher frequencies than ever before....
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There may be a fighting chance for TRAPPIST-1’s planet habitability
Ultraviolet radiation reaches the outer planets, improving the chances for liquid water. ...
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NASA may make a mechanical computer to navigate Venus’ surface
21st century, meet IRL steampunk. ...
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