Planets are born in cosmic organic soups
Astronomers have found that planets form in cosmic soups of organic molecules. These soups have different ingredients, leading to a wide diversity of planets.
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launches Company to Clean Up Space Debris
An Apple co-founder is launching a company to clean up space debris, and not a moment to soon, as NASA estimates there may have been 27,000 pieces of junk floating or hurtling around the Earth last year. With thousands of additional satellites slated for placement around the Earth as part of future plans for universal […]
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Sex in space: Time to talk about it?
Sex in space has been a taboo subject for decades. But, these authors point out, it’ll be necessary for the survival of the human race.
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 Inspiration4: 1st all-civilian crew goes to space
SpaceX made history again on September 15, 2021, as it successfully launched Inspiration4, “the worldâs first all-civilian mission.”
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SpaceX lasers define next era of Starlink technology
SpaceX lasers launched this week with a new batch of Starlink satellites marks a transition in tech for the satellite broadband network.
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Rerun of a supernova blast expected 2037
Astronomers expect to see a rerun of a supernova blast, whose light traveled 10 billion years to reach us, in about the year 2037.
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Impact on Jupiter surprises skywatchers
An impact on Jupiter has stargazers looking skyward to see if they can spot any lingering evidence of the September 13, 2021, event.
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Missing impact debris mystery solved?
Where is the missing impact debris from the early solar system? A new study says it was probably vaporized into gas that subsequently escaped the solar system.
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This Asteroid is a $10,000-Quadrillion Lump of Iron and a Potential Opportunity to Study an Exposed Planetary Core
Out between Mars and Jupiter in the solar system’s asteroid belt, there’s a lump of iron and nickel called 16 Psyche that has a value of $10,000 quadrillion: that’s 70,000-times more than the entire world economy. With measurements of its density paired with its 140 mile-diameter, recent telescopic surveys with different spectrums of UV light […]
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Dog-bone asteroid Kleopatra makes a fetching portrait
ESO released new images of Kleopatra, the dog-bone asteroid. The images helped astronomers uncover its size and composition, revealing that it’s a rubble pile.
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