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Satellite mission finds that Tonga volcanic eruption effects reached space

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When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano erupted on Jan. 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world....

What’s the best way to build landing pads on the moon?

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In the near future, NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), China, and Roscosmos all mount crewed missions to the moon. This will constitute the...

Site of asteroid impact changed the history of life

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An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of...

Progress made in construction of Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

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An enormous hole 22 meters in diameter has been dug near the summit of Cerro Chajnantor in Chile's Atacama Desert, at an elevation of...

Astronomers discover a rare ‘black widow’ binary, with the shortest orbit yet

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The flashing of a nearby star has drawn MIT astronomers to a new and mysterious system 3,000 light years from Earth. The stellar oddity...

Scientists describe a gravity telescope that could image exoplanets

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In the time since the first exoplanet was discovered in 1992, astronomers have detected more than 5,000 planets orbiting other stars. But when astronomers...

Amid tensions on Earth, the United States claims that ‘conflict in space is not inevitable’

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In 1996, Joseph W. Ashy, former U.S. commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, famously said: "We're going to fight in space. We're...

China is building an asteroid deflection mission of its own, due for launch in 2025

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There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike...

The comet that killed the dinosaurs

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It was tens of miles wide and forever changed history when it crashed into Earth about 66 million years ago. The Chicxulub impactor, as it’s...

Canada to prosecute crimes on the moon

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Canadian lawmakers on Thursday passed an amendment to the nation's Criminal Code to allow for the prosecution of crimes committed on the moon. The change...

China plans system to take out asteroids hurtling toward Earth

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China plans to develop a system for monitoring asteroids that pose a threat to earth, highlighting the nation's growing ambitions for its space program. The...

UAE to send astronaut on six-month ISS mission

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The United Arab Emirates announced Friday it will send an astronaut on a six-month mission to space, as it seeks to become a major...
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