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Betelgeuse ‘Great Dimming’ Mystery Solved by Satellite Photobomb
In late 2019, mere months before the COVID-19 pandemic would engulf the globe, much of the world was instead concerned…
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What’s next for Event Horizon Telescope after its black hole pictures?
Now that the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released its picture of the Milky Way’s black hole, the team is…
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NASA researchers want to send nude illustrations of humans into space to catch aliens’ attention
Space researchers want to send a coded message to aliens, including illustrations of nude humans. The proposal, “A Beacon in…
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Costly SOFIA Telescope Faces Termination after Years of Problems
NASA and the German Aerospace Center are permanently shutting down the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), a telescope on…
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China Is Hatching a Plan to Find Earth 2.0
After sending robots to the Moon, landing them on Mars and building its own space station, China is now eyeing…
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SpaceX’s Starship and NASA’s SLS Could Supercharge Space Science
Astronomers breathed a collective sigh of relief as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sprung to life. Getting the $10-billion…
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