Space

Meet Some Out of this World Women Dominating Space

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The Moon Event: Happy National Moon Day

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Generation Artemis: Meet the 16 Active Women Astronauts of NASA

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The Cost of Global Satellite Internet: Worse Astronomy

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A few billionare-backed companies have ambitious goals: launching tens of thousands of communication satellites to provide global high-speed internet access. Elon Musk’s StarLink, Jeff Bezos’ Project Kuiper, One Web, GuoWang, and more are all competing for this lucrative market. In less than a decade, we can expect over 50,000 new satellites to encircle the Earth. That’s about ten times more than are currently active.

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?

Do You Want to Go to Space?

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Have you always dreamed of going to space? Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino answers our questions about life at the International Space Station.

Scientists Have Discovered Enormous Balloon-Like Structures in the Center of Our Galaxy

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There's something really, really big in the middle of our Milky Way galaxy — one of the largest structures ever observed in the region, in fact.

Want to See a Black Hole’s Magnetic Field? Now’s Your Chance

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A couple years ago, the team of astronomers with the Event Horizon Telescope wowed the world by providing our first-ever snapshot of a real-life black hole. Now they’ve done one better and mapped out the swirling magnetic fields around the monster. It’s our first ever glimpse of the forces that power the largest engines in the universe.

Check Out the Crab Nebula –The Leftovers from a Giant Cosmic Firework

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The Crab Nebula sits 6,500 light-years away, and is currently about 11 light-years across. But while it looks pretty from afar, don’t give in to the temptation to visit it up close.

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.

The Secret of Pluto’s Ocean

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When we think of an ocean, we don't necessarily think of Pluto. If we can’t see the liquid water, why do astronomers think it’s there?

The Nobel Prize Fell Into a Black Hole (and That’s a Good Thing)

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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded to scientists to have dedicated their careers to the study of black holes.

Welcome to the Surface of Mars

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Through the use of cutting-edge instruments, scientists finally have the opportunity to probe deep beneath the surface and ascertain exactly how the terrestrial planet formed.

An Asteroid is Going to Kill Us All Before the Election... Or Not

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So you may have heard the news by now that an asteroid is hurtling towards the Earth.

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.

Why Does Pluto Have Such a Weird Orbit?

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Pluto is the black sheep of the planets in our solar system and it looks like astronomers aren’t sure how long Pluto will remain in its present orbit.

Lowell Observatory Astronomers Celebrate Hubble

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Astronomers from Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope with personal stories from their research.

It's Time for a 2021 Space Flight Round-up

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Space is a busy place, with a lot of things going up (most of the time) and coming down (when we want them to). Let’s check in on the latest orbital happenings.