Correcting Radius Biases in TESS Exoplanet Discoveries

Astrobitica June 30, 2025

How accurate are the exoplanet radius measurements obtained by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)? This is...

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GJ 12 b: Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting a Quiet M Dwarf Star

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This...

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The Oceans on Enceladus Are Highly Alkaline

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

What can the pH level of the subsurface ocean on Enceladus tell us about finding life there?...

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Worldwide Team of Citizen Scientists Help Confirm a Tricky Exoplanet

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Distant exoplanets can be dodgy to spot even in the best of observations. Despite the challenges, a...

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SpaceX completes 60th Starlink flight of 2025

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force...

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Ars reflects on Apollo 13 turning 30

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Oscar-winning film, Apollo 13, director Ron Howard's masterful...

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Blue Origin launches third New Shepard mission within three months

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Blue Origin launched its third crewed suborbital flight in under three months June 29, flying a group...

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‘War of the Worlds’ at 20: Steven Spielberg made three-quarters of an apocalyptic classic

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Spielberg's contemporary spin on H. G. Wells would be up there with his best if only he...

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Blue Origin launches 6 tourists on suborbital trip from Texas, including 750th person ever to fly into space

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Blue Origin, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its 13th crewed New Shepard rocket...

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New satellite constellation will scan the entire Earth every 20 minutes to find wildfires

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Muon Space released the first images from its new wildfire detection satellite, FireSat.

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Final H-2A launches Earth science satellite

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

An H-2A rocket successfully launched an Earth science satellite June 28 on the final flight of a...

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How do hurricanes and tropical storms get their names?

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy...

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Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

Parisian astronomer Camille Flammarion brought used science fiction to bring Mars to life

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Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China’s Mars Sample Return plan?

Astrobitica June 29, 2025

"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will...

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A strange bright burst in space baffled astronomers for more than a year. Now, they’ve solved the mystery

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we...

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In Situ Resource Utilization and the Importance of Lunar Ice for Artemis III

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

What is the importance of studying and utilizing lunar polar volatiles during the Artemis program, and specifically...

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A Dense Group of Quasars Form the “Cosmic Himalayas”

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

Quasars provide some of the most spectacular light shows in the universe. However, they are typically exceedingly...

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Rocket Lab launches second Electron within 48 hours

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

A Rocket Lab Electron placed an undisclosed satellite into orbit June 28 on the company’s second launch...

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Did you ever hear the tragedy of ‘Star Wars: Underworld’, George Lucas’ cancelled Star Wars TV show?

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

George Lucas had big plans for a live-action TV series before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney in...

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 167 — An Outpost on the Moon

Astrobitica June 28, 2025

On Episode 167 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by AJ...

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