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White Dwarfs Could Be More Habitable Than We Thought

White dwarfs are the remnants of once brilliant main sequence stars like our Sun...

Dramatically Decreasing the Time it Takes to Measure As...

We all know that asteroids are out there, that some of them come dangerously clo...

Should Astronauts Add Jumping to their Workout Routine?

It’s a familiar sight to see astronauts on board ISS on exercise equipment to mi...

Do We Live in a Special Part of the Universe? Here’s Ho...

One of the basic principles of cosmology is the Cosmological Principle. It state...

A Hyper Velocity Star Found with an Exoplanet Hanging o...

Hypervelocity stars have been seen before but NASA scientists have just identifi...

Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe...

Finding alien life may have just got easier! If life does exist on other worlds ...

Curiosity’s Other Important Job: Studying Martian Clouds

MSL Curiosity is primarily a rockhound. It’s at Gale Crater, examining the rocks...

A Balloon With a Tether Could Explore Venus’ Surface

Venus is very variable. Its surface constantly changes from volcanic activity, a...

Hydrogels Could Be Ideal Radiation Protection For Astro...

Hydrogel protection could be crucial for safe human space exploration. It’s a ke...

To Probe the Interior of Neutron Stars, We Must Study t...

When massive stars reach the end of their life cycle, they undergo gravitational...

The JWST Gives Us Our Best Image of Planets Forming Aro...

Planets are born in swirling disks of gas and dust around young stars. Astronome...

The Euclid Space Telescope Captures a Rare, Stunning Ei...

Sometimes, things across the vast Universe line up just right for us. The Einste...

Tiny Solar Jets Drive the Sun’s Fast and Slow Solar Wind

Our Sun is a giant plasma windbag spewing a constant stream of charged particles...

A Blown-Glass Structure Could House Astronauts on the Moon

Humanity will eventually need somewhere to live on the Moon. While aesthetics mi...

A Lunar Map for the Best Places to Get Samples

How can a geologic map of a lunar impact crater created billions of years ago he...

Temperamental Stars are Messing With Our Exoplanet Efforts

We have the transit method to thank for the large majority of the exoplanets we’...

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