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20 Jul 2018

New Mars Rover Needs A Name, But Marsy McMarsface Is Definitely Out, So Don’t Suggest It

19 Jul

NASA Deploys Tiny Satellite To Scour The Halo Of The Milky Way

Mars Curiosity Rover

Martian Rock Too Tough To Drill Into Stumps NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Star destroying a planet.

‘Baby’ Star 450 Light-Years Away Spotted ‘Devouring’ Young Planet In First-Ever Direct Observation

18 Jul

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Scores New High, Aces Emergency Abort Test On It Ninth Successful Launch

Very Large Telescope Produces New, Stunningly Sharp Pictures Of Planet Neptune

17 Jul

The planet Jupiter.

Astronomers Spot 12 New Moons Around Jupiter — And One Is Particularly Weird

Engineers are preparing simulation for the BepiColombo mission to Mercury.

Engineers Are Busy Conducting Simulations Ahead Of The BepiColombo Mission To Mercury This Fall

16 Jul

Teenage Girl Prepares Herself To Be The First Human Being To Step Foot On Mars

15 Jul

ESA’s ICE Cube Experiment On Board The International Space Station Is Ready For Action

Alien Life In The Milky Way Galaxy Doubtful, According To New Study

Cygnus 3 S.S. Janice Voss

Cygnus Spacecraft Leaves Space Station, Headed Back To Earth With ‘Thousands Of Pounds Of Trash’ On Board

The planet Pluto.

Pluto Just Aligned With Earth And The Sun For The First Time In 87 Years

NASA Said It Has Plans To Send A Man To Mars In The 2030s

14 Jul

Depressing Reason Why Nobody Has Returned To The Moon In 45 Years, According To Astronauts

New data has shown a difference in the universe's rate of expansion.

Puzzling New Research Shows The Rate Of Expansion In The Universe Varies In Different Locations

The Dust Storm Currently Raging On Mars Won’t Hamper NASA’s InSight Lander When It Touches Down This Fall

NASA Will Soon Release The First Global Maps Of Pluto And Its Moon Charon To The Public

Jupiter and its moon Io.

Jupiter’s Moon Io Could Have A Secret Volcano That No One Knew About

Araneiform terrain on Mars.

NASA Shares Eerie Image Of ‘Spiders’ Crawling On Mars Surface

13 Jul

South Africa Debuts Its Brand-New MeerKAT Super Telescope With A Glorious Image Of The Milky Way

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Rolls Into Florida For Final Preparations Ahead Of The Big Launch

NExSS NASA scientists publish papers on how best to search for life on other planets.

Scientists At NASA’s Nexus For Exoplanet System Science Evaluate How To Distinguish Life On Other Planets

Two Asteroids Shot Past Earth Undetected Last Weekend, Creeping In At One Third The Lunar Distance

India, China, And Israel Will All Head To The Moon In 2018

Artist's concept of binary asteroid 2017 YE5.

Rare Double Asteroid Detected Near Earth In June

12 Jul

Historic Launch Towers At Cape Canaveral Demolished Today To Make Way For Moon Express [Video]

Nearby Planet Ross 128b Likely Has A Temperate Climate, May Be Fit To Accommodate Life

Ghost Particle Found In Antarctica

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

NASA To Peer Into The Atmosphere Of Newfound Gas Giants With The James Webb Space Telescope

Study Claims NASA May Have Found Organics On Mars 40 Years Ago But Accidentally Destroyed The Samples

Ancient ‘Ghost Dunes’ Found On Mars May Hold Clues To Past Alien Life

11 Jul

‘Celestial Artwork’: ESO Unveils Stunning Photo Of Young Star Cluster 5,500 Light-Years Away

10 Jul

New Data Has Captured Strange Space Sounds Between Saturn And Its Moon Enceladus

Fireball Streaks Across Iowa, Other Parts Of Midwest, Leaving Brilliant Green Trail In The Sky

Israel Set To Join Moon Club, Will Send Spacecraft On Back Of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Rocket

09 Jul

New Data Suggests That Apollo Missions Caused The Moon’s Temperature To Rise

Newly-Found Quasar Offers Glimpse At Earlier Universe

Newly-Found Quasar Offers Glimpse At Earlier Universe

08 Jul

Venus Swings By Regulus And The Moon On Monday And Toward The End Of Week

NASA’s GRACE-FO Satellites Turn On Their Lasers To Find Each Other In Earth’s Orbit

A New Study Has Shown That The Moons Of Jupiter Are Leaving A Footprint In The Planet’s Aurorae

Astronomers To Study Jupiter’s Stunning Great Red Spot In Depth With NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Rare Green Comet Twice As Wide As Jupiter Could Be Visible To The Naked Eye In August

The Hayabusa 2 space probe hovering over asteroid Ryugu.

MASCOT Lander Calls Home From Asteroid Ryugu’s Orbit

ICESat-2 satellite over Earth.

NASA Invites 50 Social Media Users To Attend The ICESat-2 Satellite Launch This September

07 Jul

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Adjusts Speed In Hot Pursuit Of Dangerous Asteroid Bennu

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Takes A Parachute Dive, Nails Emergency Abort Test

Blood Moon Preparations Underway As The Century’s Longest Lunar Eclipse Looms

SpaceX Looking To Achieve First Falcon 9 Landing In California, Possibly Even This Year

06 Jul

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Enters ‘Nap Mode’ To Save Up Its Last Remaining Fuel

Senior Scientist Zeroes In On Which Moon To Visit In Search Of Life

NASA Hands New Contract To Technology Company To Develop A Flying Drone That Can Be Sent To Study Venus

A French Company Will Fly You Into Orbit Around The Moon, For A Mere $145 Million

Earth Is Farthest From The Sun Today, But The Heat Wave Remains Relentless

Botswana meteorite

‘Fresh’ Asteroid Fragment Uncovered In Botswana Less Than A Month After It Fell From The Sky

jeff bezos wants to build a moon colony

Jeff Bezos Wants To Have A Moon Colony Up And Running By 2023

Parker Solar Probe Gets ‘Cutting-Edge Heat Shield’ Ahead Of Its Historic Journey To The Sun

Does The Blood Moon Signal An Apocalypse? The World Will Not End According To Astronomers

Dust storm on Mars.

Astronomer Shares ‘Dramatic’ Animation Of The Dust Storm On Mars, While The Opportunity Rover Remains Silent

Einstein’s Gravity Theory Proved Correct Once Again — This Time In A Triple Star System 4,200 Light-Years Away

05 Jul

Trump’s Plan To Return To The Moon, Mine It For Resources, Won’t Harm It, Says Space Specialist

The Earth’s Moon Has A Toxic Side, Could Be Dangerous To Future Colonists

04 Jul

Astronomers have published a new study on a collision between the Milky Way and Sausage Galaxy.

Astronomers Discover Evidence Of A Massive Collision Between The Milky Way And Ancient Sausage Galaxy

The ‘Blood Moon’ Has European Space Watchers Excited, But When Is The Next Blood Moon Visible In The U.S.?

Dawn Snaps ‘Intimate Portrait’ Of Ceres Revealing ‘Dramatic Views’ Of Occator Crater

03 Jul

A New Study Has Determined The Secret Of How The Vast Majority Of Meteorites And Asteroids Originally Formed

NASA Shares Dazzling Photo Of ‘Celestial Fireworks’ Just In Time For 4th Of July

Uranus’ Tilt Caused By ‘Cataclysmic’ Collision From 4 Billion Years Ago

Homunculus Nebula, Eta Carinae binary star system

NASA Study Reveals Massive Star System Eta Carinae Is A ‘Cosmic Ray Gun’

02 Jul

‘Historic’ ESO Photo Captures The Birth Of Baby Planet For The Very First Time

01 Jul

Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Famous Supernova 1987A Reveals The Secrets Of Its Magnetic Field

Mars And Earth Are Headed For A Close Encounter In July, Blood Moon Is Happening At The Same Time

Brazilian Astronomer Discovers Five Ancient Globular Clusters In The Center Of The Milky Way

20 mice going to space

20 Mice Are Going To Spend 90 Days In Space To Help Us Know If Humans Can Survive On Mars

30 Jun

A new study reveals why the asteroid Phaethon reflects like in such an unusual way.

A New Study On Phaethon May Have Finally Cracked The Mystery Of Why This Strange Asteroid Appears Blue

Globular cluster NGC 6139 in the Milky Way.

ESA Unveils Spectacular Hubble Photo Of An Ancient Star Cluster 10-Billion-Years-Old

Mars Was Once Whipped By Heavy Rainfall, Which Carved Valleys In The Martian Surface 3.8 Billion Years Ago

29 Jun

Saturday Is International Asteroid Day, So Here Are Some Asteroid Facts To Blow Your Mind

The SpaceX Dragon Cargo Ship Is Now Soaring Into Space Laden With 20 Mice And Plenty Of Strong Coffee

Asteroid Vesta Makes Closest Approach In 2 Decades: When To See The Massive Space Rock In The Night’s Sky

Study Explores Two Earth-Like Exoplanets Revealing They’re More Like Earth Than Previously Believed

Meet CIMON, The AI Robot That’s Going To Space On Today’s SpaceX Rocket Launch

28 Jun

The Universe Is Filled With Toxic ‘Space Grease’ And Our Milky Way Has Trillions Of Tons Of It [Study]

Michio Kaku Offers Predictions On How Human Colonization Of Mars May Play Out In The 2030s

27 Jun

the james webb space telescope's launch has been delayed

Launch Of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Is Delayed For Three More Years

saturn's moon enceladus may have life

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Found To (Maybe, Just Maybe) Have The Right Conditions For Life

New Study Reveals The True Identity Of Our First Interstellar Visitor, ‘Oumuamua

Mars’ Reconnaissance Orbiter Catches Mysterious And Beautiful Blue Sand Dune

Japan’s Hayabusa 2 Spacecraft Reaches ‘Dragon Palace’ Asteroid Ryugu To Investigate The Origin Of Life

26 Jun

Asgardia is the first space nation to exist.

Asgardia, The First ‘Space Nation,’ Plans To Colonize Space

24 Jun

Strawberry Moon To Coincide With Saturn Opposition Next Week: Here's How To View Both Events

Strawberry Moon To Coincide With Saturn Opposition Next Week: Here’s How To View Both Events

NASA Just Revealed Stunning Close-Up Shots Of Jupiter, And They Are Astounding

A New Study Reveals How Advanced Civilizations Could Survive Cosmic Expansion And Continue Exploring Space

Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold Says NASA ‘Afraid’ To Admit NEOWISE’s Mistakes About Asteroids

23 Jun

Blood Moon Next Month To Be The Longest Total Lunar Eclipse Of The Century, Astronomers Reveal

OSIRIS image from the Rosetta spacecraft's final batch of photos.

ESA Unveils Final Images From The Rosetta Mission, Complete With A Nice Surprise At The End

22 Jun

An Explosion Has Rocked Space 200 Million Light Years From Earth And Scientists Are Unsure What Is Causing It

NASA has released an image of a blue dune on Mars.

NASA Releases Breathtaking Image Of A ‘Blue Dune’ On The Lyot Crater Of Mars

Blue Origin Will Be Selling Tickets For Suborbital Spaceflights As Early As 2019

RemoveDebris, The British Satellite Designed To Wrangle Space Junk, Begins Test Flight

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