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If life exists on Mars, there’s a good chance it’s related to us, say researchers.
Gigantic explosions of light are reverberating across the universe.
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NASA JPL takes a first step toward a GPS for space.
Not every part of a satellite burns up in reentry. Considering the growing number of satellites in orbital space, that’s a big problem.
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When you zoom far enough out, our universe has a very unusual structure.
One of Stephen Hawking’s predictions seems to have been borne out in a man-made “black hole.”
An elegant, 400-year-old means of navigating the stars takes flight.
A surprise on the far side of the Moon.
Some have suggested that there is no hidden giant out there.
We are hurtling through space. But where are we going?
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The massive Starlink satellite network from SpaceX is causing worries.
A new study looks at astronauts’ brains after they come back home.
Black holes may give us a glimpse of the underlying nature of reality.
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Elon Musk took issue with recent ideas for space exploration from Jeff Bezos.
Mega-rich entrepreneurs are taking us where no human being has gone before.
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What if all planets were the same distance from Earth as the Moon?
Light exists outside of time.
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A tiny grain found within a meteorite in Antarctica sheds light on how the solar system itself came to be.
An investigation finds the cause of failed NASA launches and $700 million in losses.
A space memorial company plans to launch the ashes of “Pikachu,” a well-loved Tabby, into space.
What do the inventions of the future look like?
A new method promises to capture an elusive dark world particle.
“Beresheet” is first privately-funded space ship ever to make a lunar touchdown
It’s often said that every element was made in a star, but there’s more to it than that.
There are places in our solar system where you can fly.
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A new computer model solves a pair of Jovian riddles.
It’s one of the most consistent patterns in the unviverse. What causes it?
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“Here I want to remind all of you of a fact that the U.S. publicly defines outer space as a new battlefield,” a Chinese foreign minister said.