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Samples Returned From Mars Will be Protected by a Micrometeorite Shield

In a few years, NASA and the ESA will conduct the long-awaited Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. This...

A Monster Black Hole has Been Found Right in our Backyard (Astronomically Speaking)

Black holes are among the most awesome and mysterious objects in the known Universe. These gravitational behemoths form...

Our Guide to Tuesday’s Partial Solar Eclipse for Europe

Europe, the Middle East, and northeast Africa will see the final partial solar eclipse of 2022 next Tuesday. ...

Astronomers Just saw the Most Powerful Gamma-ray Burst Ever Recorded

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are one of the most mysterious transient phenomena facing astronomers today. These incredibly energetic bursts...

The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Flooded the World’s Coastlines With a Catastrophic Tsunami

For decades, scientists have theorized that a massive impact caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. This event occurred about...

Shortly Before They Collided, two Black Holes Tangled Spacetime up Into Knots

In February 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) announced the first-ever detection of gravitational waves (GWs)....

TESS has Resumed Normal Operations

In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the successor to the Kepler Space Telescope that...

NASA has Built a Collection of Instruments That Will Search for Life Inside Europa and Enceladus

One of the most exciting aspects of space exploration today is how the field of astrobiology – the search...

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