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Flowing Martian Water was Protected by Sheets of Carbon Dioxide
Mars’ ancient climate is one of our Solar System’s most perplexing mysteries. The planet was once…
Japan Launches the First Wooden Satellite to Space
Space debris, which consists of pieces of spent rocket stages, satellites, and other objects launched into…
You Can Build a Home Radio Telescope to Detect Clouds of Hydrogen in the Milky Way
If I ask you to picture a radio telescope, you probably imagine a large dish pointing…
A Space Walking Robot Could Build a Giant Telescope in Space
The Hubble Space Telescope was carried to space inside the space shuttle Discovery and then released…
New Report Details What Happened to the Arecibo Observatory
In 1963, the Arecibo Observatory became operational on the island of Puerto Rico. Measuring 305 meters…
New Glenn Booster Moves to Launch Complex 36
Nine years ago, Blue Origin revealed the plans for their New Glenn rocket, a heavy-lift vehicle…
Habitable Worlds are Found in Safe Places
When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we hone in on…
We Understand Rotating Black Holes Even Less Than We Thought
Black holes are real. We see them throughout the cosmos, and have even directly imaged the…
How Many Additional Exoplanets are in Known Systems?
One thing we’ve learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we’ve…