Harnessing Celestial Mechanics: A Space Elevator on Ceres?
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Space elevators have long been a staple of science fiction, representing a bridge between Earth and the heavens. Yet, what…
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Join us as we explore the cosmos and some of the most interesting cosmic bodies (places) in the universe.
A New Era of Space Exploration: The First-Ever Civilian Spacewalk
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Early Tuesday morning marked a bold step into the cosmos with the launch of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission from…
Mars Has Fascinating Clouds — And Now There’s an Atlas to Explore Them
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Cloud enthusiasts and researchers now have a powerful new tool to explore the mesmerizing cloud formations and atmospheric phenomena on…
Elon Musk Predicts Starship Will Land on Mars by 2026 Despite Its Challenges
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“If these landings are successful, we could see crewed flights to Mars within four years.” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has…
Chinese Lander Discovers Evidence of Active Volcanoes on the Moon – Here’s Why It Matters So Much
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Scientists have made an exciting discovery while studying samples from China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission. Among the materials were tiny…
China Aims to Beat NASA in the Race for Mars Samples
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China has accelerated the timeline for its Mars sample return mission, aiming to outpace NASA and become the first nation…
Scientists Confirm Most of the Universe Is Darkness—And Little Else
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The universe is overwhelmingly dark, with very little light. Thanks to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, scientists have now made the…
Could Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Hold a Clue to Dark Matter?
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A new study hints that dark matter, one of the most elusive components of the universe, might be interacting with…
Did the Universe Have a Hidden ‘Life’ Before the Big Bang?
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This bold theory of bouncing cosmology challenges the standard model of the Big Bang as the universe’s beginning, proposing that…
The First Ever Image of an Alien Planet
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Twenty years ago this week, a groundbreaking moment in astronomy unfolded as scientists captured the first direct image of a…
The James Webb Telescope Found Hundreds of ‘Little Red Dots’ in the Ancient Universe—What Are They?
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a new cosmic mystery: a collection of compact, extremely red galaxies, dubbed…
Hubble’s New Image Reveals Triangulum Galaxy’s Swarm of Stars and Gas Clouds
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The Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33), a vibrant hub of star formation, has been showcased in a stunning new image captured…
Ancient Earth’s Atmosphere May Be Preserved in Lunar Rocks
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A groundbreaking study suggests that the key to unlocking the secrets of Earth’s earliest atmosphere may be found not on…
Researchers Discover Mysterious Exoplanet Exhibiting Very Unusual Movement
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In an exciting discovery that could redefine planetary science, astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have identified a mysterious exoplanet…
The Enigma of Dark Matter: 85% of the Universe’s Matter Remains Unseen
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A staggering 85% of the matter in the universe is unaccounted for. Scientists believe that this missing matter is composed…
NASA’s GOLD Mission Unveils Unexpected Atmospheric Structures
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NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD) mission has revealed a groundbreaking discovery in Earth’s upper atmosphere. The…
Rising Concerns Over Space Warfare Highlight Existing International Laws as Potential Solutions
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Rising Concerns Over Space Warfare Amid growing fears of space warfare, a recent analysis suggests that current international laws might…
NASA Confirms Overheating Issues with Stranded Starliner Spacecraft’s Thrusters
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NASA has acknowledged that the thrusters on Boeing’s beleaguered Starliner space capsule have been experiencing significant overheating issues. This malfunction…
James Webb Telescope Unveils Distant Quasar with Jewel-Like Brilliance
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The James Webb Space Telescope continues to capture the universe’s most mesmerizing phenomena, its latest discovery being a dazzling quasar…
Alien Civilizations Could Be Trapped on Their Home Planets
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The Drake Equation, devised by Frank Drake in 1961, has long served as a beacon in the quest for extraterrestrial…
There is a Strange Deformation in Earth’s Magnetic Field
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Recent studies shed light on a peculiar dent in Earth’s magnetic field located above the South Atlantic Ocean, known as…
What are Alien Technosignatures?
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Technosignatures: Clues to Alien Life When it comes to the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), it’s not enough to aim…