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Is the Solar System Missing a Planet?

You’ve probably had the layout of the solar system drilled into you so much that at this point it’s second nature. Which is why it might surprise you to learn that those 8 planets in that...
30 November 2021 ·
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· 259 · Kelly

How Space-Time Works When You Look At The Stars

In life, we're used to looking at everything around us unfolding in real time. But looking up at the night sky is different. When we look at the stars we're actually looking at the past, we aren't see...
29 January 2021 ·
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· 180 · Alex

The most exciting telescope that no-one is talking about

We are all, in my opinion, rightfully excited about the James Webb Space Telescope launch in 2021. Such a powerful space telescope will allow us to see things extremely far away with a heretofore un...
02 September 2020 ·
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· 165 · Alex

This Massive Wall of Galaxies Is Lurking Beyond the Milky Way

Do you ever feel like you were born too late? You may have the urge to be a great explorer, but the age of cartographers mapping our continents’ shores and mountains has long since passed. Well,...
14 September 2020 ·
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· 161 · Kelly

NASA Is Getting New Spacesuits, Here’s What Makes Them So Special

NASA’s Artemis program plans to return humans to the moon by 2024, 55 years after astronauts first set boots on lunar regolith. In that time technology has come a long way, so those boots—...
12 February 2021 ·
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· 132 · Alex

Forget GPS, Future Missions May Use Neutron Stars to Navigate Deep Space

Lighthouses have helped safely guide mariners for centuries. As space explorers consider traveling to destinations like the moon and beyond, future interstellar travelers may one day receive similar g...
12 August 2020 ·
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· 123 · Alex

This Is the Largest Map of Our Universe Ever Created

Dark energy is the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. In an effort to understand it, scientists are planning to make the largest 3D map of the universe to date. But...
13 March 2021 ·
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· 121 · Alex

There May Be 300 Million Earths in Our Galaxy Waiting to Be Found

Our home planet Earth is just one of the over 100 billion planets found in the entire Milky Way galaxy. Orbiting our Sun at literally the perfect distance to support life, it kinda makes you wonder: O...
27 January 2021 ·
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· 115 · Alex

11 Billion Years of Our Universe’s History Were Missing… Until Now

We think it all started with a Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. Just like that, the universe burst into existence, and we can still see the remnants of this event’s afterglow in the form of cosm...
27 August 2020 ·
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· 100 · Alex

What We Lost When the Arecibo Observatory Collapsed

The Arecibo Observatory has fallen. This marks the end of a nearly 60 year sky gazing career that has not only helped us to better understand the universe, but has also scoured the skies searching for...
23 January 2021 ·
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· 97 · Den W.

In Space, Every Poop Is a Floater: Why the New ISS Toilet Costs $23 Million

We have a habit of deifying astronauts, but the truth is they’re humans just like us. They put on their space suits one leg at a time, they have to eat, sleep, and just like us, poop. The only differe...
09 September 2020 ·
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· 90 · Den W.

This Upcoming NASA Mission Could Discover How Our Solar System Began

As of this month, NASA officially approved the construction  of their asteroid hunting spacecraft, Lucy. Little Lucy will visit two large asteroid clusters near Jupiter known as the Trojan aster...
02 September 2020 ·
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· 88 · Kelly

The Mystery of Saturn’s Giant Hexagonal Storm May Soon Be Solved

Since its discovery 40 years ago, Saturn’s mysterious hexagon has left scientists scratching their heads. But a recent computer simulation designed by researchers at Harvard may provide some clu...
16 October 2020 ·
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· 88 · Jacob Enderson

A Guide To Navigating the Stars Without a Smartphone

What happens when you’re lost and you don’t have your phone to give you directions? We all have that one road, building, or tree that helps us remember where we’re going. Without tho...
19 March 2021 ·
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· 88 · Jacob Enderson

Max Polyakov Develops Innovative Space Tech even as War Rages in Ukraine

The theory of Noosphere was voiced almost a hundred years ago by prominent scientist Volodymyr Vernadsky, but even today, it has plenty of ardent supporters. The concept envisions the next stage of hu...
31 December 2022 ·
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· 83 · Alex

NASA’s Solar Probe Did the Impossible, Here’s How

Thanks to the Parker Solar Probe we’re up close and personal with our host star. And just one step closer to understanding space weather and so much more about how the Sun impacts life right her...
14 April 2022 ·
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· 78 · Kelly

Space Telescope James Webb: Evidence of planetary system around Fomalhaut

The outermost ring around Fomalhaut has been known for years, and now two more have been discovered with the space telescope James Webb. They indicate the presence of exoplanets. The space telescope...
09 May 2023 ·
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· 77 · Kelly

China’s Chang'e 5 Will Collect the First Moon Rocks in Nearly 40 Years

China is no stranger to lunar missions. Over the years, the country has sent a number of increasingly challenging missions to our natural satellite. The most famous of which, was the historic landing...
21 November 2020 ·
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· 71 · Alex

This New Martian Moon Mission Could Explain How Life Began

We’re heading to Mars again. But this time, it will be the first round-trip mission, not to the Red Planet itself, but to its moons. In case you didn’t know, Mars actually has two moons a...
08 October 2020 ·
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· 70 · Jacob Enderson

Earth’s “Evil” Twin May Hold Signs of Life

After earning a bad reputation as Earth’s “evil twin”, Venus is finally getting some good press. Recently, a team of international astronomers announced the discovery of a rare gas...
29 September 2020 ·
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· 69 · Alex