A Metal 3D-Printing Revolution Is Entering Space
A metal 3D-printing revolution is entering space. AMAZE is a recently announced project that aims to perfect the printing of space-quality metal components on Earth and…
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Hefty Star Spotted in Galactic Bubble
Nestled within the shell around this large bubble is an embryonic star that is already a hefty eight times more massive than our Sun. This…
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Mercury 7 Astronaut Scott Carpenter Dead at 88
Scott Carpenter, who became the second US astronaut to orbit the Earth in 1962, as America battled with Moscow in the space race, died Thursday in…
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Planetary Building Blocks Rich in Water Found Around White Dwarf
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found the building blocks of solid planets that are capable of having substantial amounts of water. This rocky debris,…
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Hebes Chasma and the Scars on Mars
Ripped apart by tectonic forces, Hebes Chasma and its neighbouring network of canyons bear the scars of the Red Planet’s early history. ESA’s Mars Express has…
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Cosmic Mystery Stumps ESA and NASA
A mystery that has stumped scientists for decades might be one step closer to solution after ESA tracking stations carefully record signals from NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
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Public Workshop for NASA’s Asteroid Initiative
Watch the NASA TV coverage of the asteroid redirection systems session of the NASA-hosted public workshop at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston to examine…
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Top 5 Telescopes for Beginners
by Magdalena Szczypa We have all gone through this. You decide to do something with your passion for astronomy and want to buy a telescope, but…
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Elusive Signals From the Early Universe Detected by Herschel
Using a telescope in Antarctica and ESA’s Herschel space observatory, astronomers have made the first detection of a subtle twist in the relic radiation from the…
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Using the Universe’s Most Luminous Beacons for Spacecraft Navigation
Deep-space missions require precise navigation, in particular when approaching bodies such as Mars, Venus or a comet. How precise? It’s necessary to pinpoint a spacecraft 100…
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