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The Roman Space Telescope will study the expansion of the universe and search for distant planets.
New analysis of Apollo 17 sample reveals clues to the Moon’s violent history.
If you were awaiting screaming death from the skies, you can relax. For now.
Here’s what the world’s space agencies hope to learn about the Red planet.
The lessons we’ve learned here on Earth will affect how we govern a new world.
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The 57-year-old is teaming up with NASA and SpaceX for the film project, which is to be set aboard the International Space Station.
Do space and time really exist? NASA astronomer Michelle Thaller looks at the implications of Einstein’s famous equation E=mc2.
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A leading British space scientist thinks there is life under the ice sheets of Europa.
Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Because they didn’t have a space program.
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USGS’s ‘Unified Geologic Map of the Moon’ is the definitive blueprint of the lunar surface.
Being stuck at home is not as intense as being away from Earth, but there are ways to cope in either scenario.
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Astronomers release new data to challenge claims about the mysterious Planet Nine.
If you’re right all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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New research proposes possible origins of the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua.
A binary white dwarf in a tight, super-fast rotation looks to be pumping out gravitational waves.
Need a distraction during these stay-at-home times? Look up tonight to see the first supermoon of spring.
The space agency is ready to establish a base camp by 2024.
Astronaut Garrett Reisman talks NASA, SpaceX, and where we’re headed next.
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New study of gamma rays and gravitational lensing points to the possible presence of dark matter.
A NASA-sponsored competition asks participants to improve the design of a bucket drum for moon excavation.
The ESO finds another exoplanet that’s definitely not a place for us to go.
A mission is planned for just three weeks from now, but NASA has a plan.
A new study rocks prevailing theories on antimatter in the early Universe.
Here’s a look at the space agency’s astronaut candidate requirements.
A new batch of papers reveals some of Mars’ subterranean secrets.
A volcano in California is a hot spot for conspiracy theorists.
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid.
Physicist Frank Wilczek proposes new methods of searching for extraterrestrial life.