Space

Meet Some Out of this World Women Dominating Space

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Generation Artemis: Meet the 16 Active Women Astronauts of NASA

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Astronomy’s Newest Tool: Artificial Intelligence

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In a bowl, combine a tablespoon of hydrogen and a teaspoon of helium to a cup of dark matter. Add a pinch of neutrinos and sprinkling of radiation. Mix well to combine. Heat to several million Kelvin. When mixture has risen, leave to cool for 13 billion years.

What Do Pulsar Waves Tell Us About the Universe?

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Using a network of dead stars, astronomers get closer to seeing the background ripples of the universe.

Check out the Earth’s 800,000 Year Old Battle Wound

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Scientists may have discovered the location of an ancient buried crater, a result of a meteorite that barreled into the Earth some 800,000 years ago.

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 Astronaut, Dies at Age 90

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After a truly legendary life, NASA astronaut Michael Collins passed away at the age of 90. Michael was a vital member of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969 and a pioneer of space exploration.

Celebrating Hubble's 30 Year Legacy

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Three cheers for the Hubble! First launched in 1990 aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, the storied space telescope is celebrating is thirtieth year in lonely orbit around the Earth.

For $3.5 Million, You Can Join Jeff Bezos in Space

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The richest man in the world announced his spaceflight this month in a rocket designed by his own company, Blue Origin.

That’s a (Weirdly) Big Black Hole!

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Recently astronomers identified a black hole near a star called LB-1 and they found out that the black hole is 70 times the mass of the sun. This is a mystery because the biggest black holes we can get from the deaths of the most massive stars are around 30 times the mass of the sun, so how did black hole get this big?

May Sky Watch: What to Look Out For This Month

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Whether you can see it from home or stream it online, here are some of May's wonderous celestial events.

The 2020 Planetary Primaries

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What’s your favorite planet? Before you decide, here are some key facts about each of the candidates.

The Milky Way Broke its Arm (But is Totally Okay)

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The Milky Way is a giant, magnificent, truly transcendently beautiful spiral arm galaxy. It’s too bad we can’t get a decent picture of it. The problem is that we live inside it, and so astronomers have to work extra-hard to construct an accurate map.

When We’ll Know if NASA’s Asteroid Impact Test was a Success

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Recently NASA’s DART mission succeeded in its primary goal, which was to slam a spacecraft face-first into an asteroid. For science. The intention of the mission was to test if we could actually redirect an asteroid and send it into a different orbit. But how and when will we know if it worked?

There’s Gold in Them Thar... Asteroids?

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Gold had to come to Earth from somewhere, right? So why not outer space?

The Geminids Meteor Shower will Grace the Sky Sunday Night

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The Geminids are one of the most spectacular annual meteor showers, with up to 120 meteors per hour visible during peak. You can see it on Sunday, December 13 through night all the way up until dawn on Monday.

Last Call for the King of Planets

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This month Jupiter is entering conjunction which means it's the last chance this year to catch a glimpse of the largest planet in our solar system.

July in the Sky: Celestial Events Happening This Month

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With eclipses, meteor showers, and more, it's a busy month in the night sky this July. Take some time this summer to look up and enjoy these cosmic wonders.

Where should we go? The Moon or Mars?

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There’s been a lot of excitement around space exploration recently. Astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter discusses the viability between the Moon and Mars.