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A Global Color Map of Mars, Courtesy of China’s Tianwen-1 Mission

In July 2020, China’s Tianwen-1 mission arrived in orbit around Mars, consisting of six robotic elements: an orbiter, a lander,…

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Gravitational Wave Observatories Could Detect Primordial Black Holes Speeding Through the Solar System

Cosmologists have long hypothesized that the conditions of the early universe could have caused the formation of black holes not…

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Weird mystery waves that baffle scientists may be ‘everywhere’ inside Earth’s mantle

Structures that scatter seismic waves deep in Earth's mantle seem to be everywhere researchers look.

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Astrophotographer captures Comet 13P/Olbers and the Black Eye Galaxy M64 in stunning detail (photo)

Astrophotographer Greg Meyer had just one hour to capture this iconic image of Comet 13P/Olbers and the Black Eye Galaxy…

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By Watching the Sun, Astronomers are Learning More about Exoplanets

Watching the Olympics recently and the amazing effort of the hammer throwers was a wonderful demonstration of the radial velocity…

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Coronal Loops-Digital Art Combination Captures Power of the Sun, Rendered by Andrew McCarthy

Our Sun is one of the most fascinating objects in the universe and photographing it with specialized equipment to capture…

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SpaceX launches back-to-back Falcon 9 rockets within 65 minutes and aces 2 landings days after a failed booster touchdown (video)

SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets in just over an hour early Saturday (Aug. 31) and nailed back-to-back booster landings…

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Estimating the Basic Settings of the Universe

The Standard Model describes how the Universe has evolved at large scale. There are six numbers that define the model…

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Rocket Lab’s Mars probes reach launch site ahead of 1st flight on Blue Origin New Glenn rocket (photos)

The twin ESCAPADE satellites have arrived in Florida for the highly anticipated inaugural flight of Blue Origin's New Glenn megarocket…

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 126 —Danger! Rogue Planets!

On Episode 126 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rosalba Perna about errant planets.

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