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Unabashedly lighting the fire under SpaceX, acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced on Monday that the agency is opening its high-profile Artemis III human lunar landing contract to new bidders. The $4.4 billion contract, initially...
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The ever-busy James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently turned its gaze toward the core of our galaxy and revealed unprecedented details of the largest and most active stellar nursery nestled within. Webb's target, the massive Sagittarius...
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NASA has officially introduced its 2025 Astronaut Candidate Class, a group of 10 individuals whittled down from a pool of over 8,000 highly qualified applicants. The group, which includes six women and four men, will hopefully make its...
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We're on a black hole coverage roll this month, so here's another one: a supermassive black hole 12.8 billion lights years from us has been discovered feasting at a rate that scientists describe as "a bit shocking," or more precisely...
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Hubble has captured a dense, burned-out star in the act of consuming a Pluto-like object. Happening some 260 light years from Earth, the new observation, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, revealed a white...
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After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new research that provides the first direct evidence of microbial life recolonizing an impact crater. The study, which...
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From the 1980s thru 2008, scientists observed that nuclear activity inside the Sun was continuously trending downward, and it was expected that this would continue. However, a new study by the American Astronomical Society has revealed...
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A team of Pennsylvania State University researchers has a unique take on mysterious red dots first observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Initially thought to be tiny, crimson galaxies, the red dots are now proposed to be a new and...
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It's probably no secret that NASA is planning on taking astronauts back to the Moon, but now the space agency is inviting the public to play a role in the upcoming 2026 Artemis II mission. No, they're not taking paid ride-along civilians...
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Fresh data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided new clues about the nature of the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e, a rocky world located just 40 light-years from Earth. Even if researchers have yet to definitively confirm it...
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With support from NASA, a team of six researchers from the University of California, San Diego ISSCOR laboratory investigated the effect of spaceflight on human cells. The results show that being in space increases the rate at which human...
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Scientists have sought to understand the nature of the red planet's interior for decades. Recently, the journal Science published a paper authored by researchers from California and the UK Space Agency detailing research showing that Mars'...
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NASA's very productive James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found compelling evidence for a new planet in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest stellar neighbor. This potential gas giant, located just four light-years away, appears...
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Amateur astronomers (who're you calling amateur?) and casual skywatchers alike are in for a treat this month as the night sky transforms into a pretty busy playground. From a rare six-planet alignment to a dazzling conjunction of our two...
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After five months of trying to reestablish contact with the lost NASA Lunar Trailblazer, the agency has released a sad update: the mission is over. NASA launched the Lunar Trailblazer in February 2025 to orbit the moon and investigate its...
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NASA's acting administrator, Sean Duffy, made his first major policy move to fast-track plans to place a nuclear reactor on the moon. NASA has been on this for quite some time now, with the original plan to launch a 40-kilowatt reactor on...
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In early 2004, the Hubble Space Telescope (which turned 30 this year) gained iconic status by giving us the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF): a window into the early cosmos showcasing 10,000 of galaxies in one of the most in-depth...
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A palpable sense of alarm is sweeping through the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), as proposed budget cuts and impending mass layoffs ignite a firestorm of protest from employees, contractors, and even U.S...
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Is it that time already? The Perseids meteor shower, often hailed as the year's most spectacular celestial show, is set to happen across our night skies once again. Known for its swift, bright meteors and frequent fireballs, this meteor...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe (PSP) recently captured some mind-blowing images of the Sun from only 3.8 million miles away from its surface. The photos were taken late last year, and it is the closest any human-made object has ever been to the...
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Our cosmic home, the solar system, contains incredible planets and magnificent celestial objects, all held together with the Sun's gravitational embrace. But, from outside the celestial boundaries of this system, an interstellar comet...
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This week NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provided the first direct image of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn's, orbiting the young star TWA 7. This landmark observation, detailed in the Nature journal, not only marks Webb's...
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