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Advancing Deep Space Travel with Nuclear Propulsion

How can fission-powered propulsion help advance deep space exploration, specific...

We Need to be Looking for Life in "Continuous" Habitabl...

Exoplanet science is shifting from finding any detectable exoplanets we can to s...

June's Full Moon is the Southernmost for a Generation

Not all Full Moons are created the same. Follow the familiar Moon long enough, a...

Strange Object is Releasing Regular Blasts of Both X-Ra...

Just when astronomers think they're starting to understand stellar activity, som...

The Habitability of Earth Tells Us the Likelihood of Fi...

In a universe of a billion galaxies, Earth is the world known to have life. If w...

Webb Reveals that Europa's Surface is Constantly Changing

You'd think that icy worlds are frozen in time and space because they're - well ...

Could Satellites Endanger Radio Astronomy?

Could Satellites Endanger Radio Astronomy?

Martian Probe Rolls Over to See Subsurface Ice and Rock

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is equipped with a powerful tool called SHARA...

The Search is on for Betel-Buddy

Betelgeuse is dying—but not quietly. This colossal red supergiant, already famou...

The Challenge Of Coordinating Multiple Robots On The Moon

Frameworks are a critical, if underappreciated, component of any space explorati...

Did a Large Impact on the Moon Make its Rocks Magnetic?

We've been gazing at the Moon for a long time, yet it's still mysterious. We've ...

Venus Shows Why Ozone Isn't a Good Biosignature

Just because we can find ozone in the atmosphere of other planets doesn't mean t...

The Biggest Ideas in the Universe – Quanta and Fields

What happens when you see something that just doesn’t make sense? Perhaps you ru...

How to Handle Resource Waste from ISRU on the Moon

In-situ resource utilization (ISRU) is commonly cited as being a critical step t...

Space Power Satellites at the Moon Could Keep a Base Warm

Lunar exploration is gaining momentum, but one of the biggest challenges remains...

China's Tianwen-2 is Off to Collect an Asteroid Sample

China's Tianwen-2 mission blasted off on Wednesday, embarking on an epic 8-year ...

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