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Breaking Records, Returning Asteroid Samples Among NASA’s Big 2023
In 2023, as NASA pushed the limits of exploration for the benefit of humanity, the agency…
Webb Sheds Light on an Exploded Star
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Review: Unistellar’s eQuinox 2 Telescope and New Smart Solar Filter
I recently had the chance to try out one of Unistellar’s smart telescopes, the eQuinox 2.…
Moon, asteroids and new rockets topped the world’s space news in 2023
This photo provided by NASA shows, from left, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and…
Webb Sheds Light on an Exploded Star
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The Positions of Stars on an Ancient Navigation Device Tell us When it was Made
Astrolabes serve two purposes. First, they are useful as an astronomical tool, especially for finding a…
Encounter with humpback whales reveals potential for nonhuman intelligence communication
Twain fluke. Credit: Jodi Frediani A team of scientists from the SETI Institute, University of California…
New NASA Satellite To Unravel Mysteries About Clouds, Aerosols
Some of the same properties of light and optics that make the sky blue and cause…