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The Liquid Oxygen Flight demonstration (LOXSAT) will help NASA test and develop technologies to support in-space transfer...
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No quantum gravity. The wrong peak in the wave function. Boltzmann Babies. Roger Penrose pointing out that...
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While neutrinos are some of the most abundant particles in the universe, they remain among the least...
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The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered 15 new millisecond pulsars in...
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Arnaud Malleval M82, also known as the Cigar Galaxy, lies about 12 million light-years away in Ursa...
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'Star Wars' used to be the ultimate theatrical experience, but have years of Disney+ spin-offs dulled its...
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On May 19, 1939, Francis “Dick” Scobee was born in Washington State. Scobee joined the Air Force...
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Plotting the optimal trajectory to visit multiple asteroids is a fiendishly difficult take on the Traveling Salesperson...
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Cosmologists have long struggled to determine whether the universe’s accelerating expansion is being driven by a simple...
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Asteroid mining seems simple in theory. A spacecraft flies up to a giant rock in space, scoops...
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On May 8, the Pentagon released its first tranche of "UFO files." Space.com reached out to experts...
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Tidal wetlands are critical, yet vulnerable ecosystems. Tidal marshes, mangrove forests, and tidal flats support biodiversity, protect...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. May 18: The Moon...
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A joint European-Chinese spacecraft blasted off into orbit Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and...
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You’re doing some late afternoon work on the habitat as part of humanity’s first exoplanet settlement, but...
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Before Smile can begin studying how Earth responds to the streams of particles and bursts of radiation...
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As the global push toward a carbon-neutral society accelerates, understanding how microorganisms metabolize methanol with high efficiency...
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There’s a distinct category of exoworlds out there that orbit two stars. They’re called “circumbinary” planets and...