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September 22, 2020 Earl

SwRI instruments aboard Rosetta help detect unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet

SwRI instruments aboard Rosetta help detect unexpected ultraviolet aurora at a comet Data from Southwest Research Institute-led instruments
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September 8, 2020 Earl

Mars’ Twin Peaks – Super-Resolution Image From Mars Pathfinder

NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. It’s tiny rover, named Sojourner after abolitionist Sojourner Truth,
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September 4, 2020 Earl

Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids

Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids Time capsules from the birth of our Solar System more than 4
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September 4, 2020 Earl

The Moon Is Rusting, and Researchers Want to Know Why

The Moon Is Rusting, and Researchers Want to Know Why While our Moon is airless, research indicates the presence of
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September 3, 2020 Earl

Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained

Peculiar planetary system architecture around three Orion stars explained Not only has the discovery of eoxplanets throughout our galaxy provided
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August 31, 2020 Earl

This Is The Most Exciting Crisis in Cosmology

For as long as there has been a Universe, space has been expanding. It winked into existence roughly 13.8 billion
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August 26, 2020 Earl

The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People

The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People Gamma ray pulars werep discovered a little while ago, and
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August 24, 2020 Earl

Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Space Mission and Science News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory The last time we saw NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance
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August 17, 2020 Earl

How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers

How quarantine has inspired new amateur astronomers (some who wouldn’t mind an alien abduction) No surprises that the
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August 10, 2020 Earl

CSIRO Parkes radio telescope added to National Heritage List – CSIRO

The iconic Parkes radio telescope, otherwise known as The Dish, has been officially recognised for its contribution to Australian astronomy
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August 2, 2020 Astronomy / Cosmology

“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind”

“Stellar archaeology” reveals remnant of ancient globular cluster that’s “the last of its kind” A team of astronomers

July 31, 2020 Mars

Mars 2020 opposition

2020_Mars In October 2020 Mars will be roughly the closest it gets to Earth. This close approach is call an

July 27, 2020 Astronomy / Jupiter

NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before

NASA Jupiter probe images huge moon Ganymede like never before (photos) NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe has captured unprecedented

July 23, 2020 Mars

China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration

China’s successful launch of Mars mission seals global era in deep-space exploration Tianwen-1 is the second of three spacecraft

July 14, 2020 Astronomy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Comprehensive Systems Test Are we getting close to the launch of the

July 11, 2020 Quantum

The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing

The biggest flipping challenge in quantum computing To realize their dreams, developers must learn to tame the noise