An exoplanet 22.5 light years away that orbits in a system with three stars has the…
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NASA is sending a drone to fly around Titan looking for signs of life
The Dragonfly mission, a quadcopter that will flit around Saturn’s hazy moon Titan to look for…
Mystery radio waves from space tracked to a surprising home galaxy
For the second time, astronomers have tracked a strange blast of radio waves from space to…
Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time
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Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected a brief burp of methane on Mars, and we may be…
Unique chance to confirm there is methane – and perhaps life – on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected methane on Mars, and we may be able to confirm the…
NASA is going back to the moon but most people in the US don't want to
Most people in the US don’t support going to the moon or Mars, according to a…
SpaceX is about to launch a sail propelled through space by sunshine
The Planetary Society’s LightSail-2 satellite, which uses sails to harness the energy of sunlight, is planned…
Japan wants to launch the first ever rover to visit a Martian moon
In 2024, Japan wants to send a rover to one of Mars’s moons, Phobos and Deimos.…
Working hypothesis: From DJ sets in space to ancient bagels
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