A NASA team uses supercomputing to evaluate a retropropulsion-powered descent to the Martian surface for a Mars landing. …
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Gravitational-wave researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a new model that could help astronomers track down …
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How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over …
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When small, dense stars called white dwarfs explode, they produce bright, short-lived flares called Type Ia supernovae. These …
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Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by “tuning in” to the …
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A determined bunch of scientists set out to map the Moon in preparation for the Apollo landings, but …
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Meteor Magnets in Outer Space: Astronomers Find Elusive Giant Planets
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesAstronomers believe planets like Jupiter shield us from space objects that would otherwise slam into Earth. Now, they’re …
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New Horizons Team Publishes First Kuiper Belt Flyby Science Results
by Troy Oakesby Troy OakesNASA’s New Horizons mission team has published the first profile of the farthest world ever explored, a planetary …
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Approximately every two Earth years, when it is summer on the southern hemisphere of Mars, a window opens: …
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Astronomers have discovered rapidly swinging jets coming from a black hole almost 8,000 light-years from Earth. Published today …