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NASA readies for Saturday Moon rocket launch attempt

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The stars appear to be aligned for NASA's Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favorable and technical issues that...

Space station experiment to probe origins of elements

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Astronomer Carl Sagan put it best: "We're made of star stuff." The atoms that make up the chemicals of our bodies didn't originate on...

NASA says Friday launch of giant Moon rocket possible

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A test flight of NASA's powerful new Moon rocket may be possible on Friday, officials said, after the US space agency scrubbed Monday's launch...

AI illuminates permanently shadowed regions on the moon

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With the help of artificial intelligence, an international research team led by ETH Zurich has explored the moon's permanently shadowed regions. The information they...

Evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents

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Researchers at the University of Bristol and Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre have discovered that super-eruptions occur when huge accumulations of magma deep in...

Scientists are turning data into sound to listen to the whispers of the universe

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We often think of astronomy as a visual science with beautiful images of the universe. However, astronomers use a wide range of analysis tools...

NASA’s Lucy team discovers moon around asteroid Polymele

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Even before its launch, NASA's Lucy mission was already on track to break records by visiting more asteroids than any previous mission. Now, after...

Researchers explore how impacts ‘break in’ a new planet

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The harder you hit something—a ball, a walnut, a geode—the more likely it is to break open. Or, if it does not break open,...

Space mission shows Earth’s water may be from asteroids

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Water may have been brought to Earth by asteroids from the outer edges of the solar system, scientists said after analysing rare samples collected...

Which planet has the most moons?

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This great big solar system has plenty of secrets to tell. Just recently, NASA's new James Webb Telescope dazzled us mere Earthlings with the...

Astronomers detect new eclipsing post-common-envelope binary

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Astronomers have conducted photometric and spectroscopic observations of a binary system known as TIC 60040774. Results of the observational campaign shed more light on...

Ever wanted to name a planet? Here’s how to name one found by the James Webb Telescope

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Anyone can name a star online, but the International Astronomical Union is offering a rare space opportunity: to name a planet discovered by the...
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