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NASA’s UFO Study Isn’t Really Looking for Space Aliens
Across his years of studying auroras, University of Calgary physicist Eric Donovan had periodically seen pictures and data showing something…
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Controversy Grows Over whether Mars Samples Endanger Earth
Less than a decade from now, a spacecraft from Mars may swing by Earth to drop off precious cargo: samples…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Key Search for Life on Mars
More than 15 months after landing in Jezero Crater on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally begun its hunt for ancient…
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Will NASA Save Europe’s Beleaguered Mars Rover?
Europe’s long-awaited ExoMars rover—the first ever for the continent—seems to be cursed. Parachute problems scuppered its initially planned launch in…
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Origin of Life Theory Involving RNA–Protein Hybrid Gets New Support
Chemists say they have solved a crucial problem in a theory of life’s beginnings, by demonstrating that RNA molecules can…
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Boeing’s Starliner Launch Will Bring New Cargo and Science to the Space Station
Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space Station is poised to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT…
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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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Europe Cancels Joint Moon Missions with Russia
Russia’s moon cooperation plans are yet another space causality of the country’s ongoing attack against Ukraine. In an April 13…
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Next Stop, Uranus? Icy Planet Tops Priority List for Next Big NASA Mission
The long-neglected planet Uranus might get a visitor for the first time in decades. NASA should send a flagship mission…
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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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