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The planet that we are searching for is a little bit smaller and closer than we originally thought.
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The Demo-2 mission represents a new era for American spaceflight.
Astronomers spot periodic lights coming from near the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Time runs backward there. Other physicists are not convinced.
A new study discovers the likelihood of extraterrestrial life in the universe.
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.
A Mercury-bound spacecraft’s noisy flyby of our home planet.
When searching for extraterrestrial life, astronomers may want to look at planets with hydrogen-rich atmospheres.
Have we already found dark matter? It may be hiding in existing data, says a study.
Here’s what the world’s space agencies hope to learn about the Red planet.
A European start-up uses satellite data to pinpoint individual sources of abnormal methane concentration.
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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The Space Force will soon launch its X-37B spacecraft on a classified mission.
USGS’s ‘Unified Geologic Map of the Moon’ is the definitive blueprint of the lunar surface.
This article has been retracted.
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.
Gravitational wave researchers observe black holes of different sizes colliding for the first time.
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If you’re right all the time, you’re probably doing something wrong.
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The changes in brain structure aren’t the only bodily changes caused by zero gravity.
New research proposes possible origins of the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua.
Groundbreaking new research suggests gamma-ray bursts are caused by a star’s collapsing magnetic field.