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50 years on, Apollo 16 moonwalker still ‘excited’ by space

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Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U.S. to get back...

Thousands of satellites are polluting Australian skies, and threatening ancient Indigenous astronomy practices

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Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples worldwide have observed, tracked and memorized all the visible objects in the night sky. This ancient star knowledge was meticulously...

Eight years later, an explosion far out in space is still revealing secrets about the lives of stars

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An international group of astronomers has uncovered new clues about a mysterious stellar explosion that was discovered eight years ago, but is continuing to...

There should be more evidence of alien technology than alien biology across the Milky Way

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The Drake equation is one of the most famous equations in astronomy. It has been endlessly debated since it was first posited in 1961...

Two rocky exoplanets discovered around nearby star

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Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected two rocky alien worlds orbiting a nearby M dwarf star known as HD 260655....

Enigmatic rock layer in Mars’ Gale crater awaits measurements by the Curiosity rover

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Scientists have been studying the sediments within Mars' Gale crater for many years using orbital data sets, but thanks to the Curiosity rover driving...

Blasting Earth’s location out to potential aliens is a controversial idea

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If a person is lost in the wilderness, they have two options. They can search for civilization, or they could make themselves easy to...

Venus and Jupiter to get hearts racing with celestial ‘kiss’

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Early risers are in for a celestial treat this weekend when four planets in our solar system align in the sky, culminating in a...

The instability at the beginning of the solar system: Does it portend an undiscovered planet?

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Michigan State University's Seth Jacobson and colleagues in China and France have unveiled a new theory that could help solve a galactic mystery of...

Earth’s atmosphere may be source of some lunar water

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Hydrogen and oxygen ions escaping from Earth's upper atmosphere and combining on the moon could be one of the sources of the known lunar...

Jessica Watkins makes history as first Black woman launched to ISS for extended space mission

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Jessica Watkins made history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black woman launched into space for an extended mission on the International Space Station. Watkins,...

Could the blueprint for life have been generated in asteroids?

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Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be...
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