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Check out our latest infographic, The Eight Moon Phases. This is classroom-ready!
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Astrobotic staff examine a propulsion tank sitting in front of Griffin-1’s structure. Image: Astrobotic Astrobotic is now...
Hurricane Melissa could make a record-breaking landfall in Jamaica, and satellites are monitoring the situation.
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The 4MOST instrument on the European Southern Observatory's VISTA telescope has captured its first light.
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In a new milestone for space-enabled semiconductor research, the University of Florida, in collaboration with NASA, MIT,...
Turn your telescope on the moon at sunset on Oct. 28 to see a colossal "X" and...
Researchers have uncovered genetic elements that drive the rapid development of marsupials’ facial features.