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“We aim to continue to investigate ways we can use geophysical measurements to better understand the conditions which may enable life to form and evolve on Enceladus.” Comments (0). a close up view of an icy moon of saturn showing deep fissures along …

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Even in quarantine, the first NASA astronauts to fly aboard Boeing Starliner are still practicing their mission just a week before launch. NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams finished a big dress rehearsal on Friday (April 26) …

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Launch preparations are quickening for China’s next spacecraft sendoff to the moon — the robotic Chang’e 6 mission. The spacecraft now sits atop a Long March 5 rocket at its departure site in Wenchang, in China’s Hainan province.

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NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams are slated to launch to the International Space Station on May 6. Comments (0). two astronauts pose for a portrait in blue spacesuits. Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore, the crew of the first …

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured incredibly sharp images of the Horsehead Nebula, one of the most iconic celestial bodies in the sky over Earth. The most powerful telescope ever placed …

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And you thought rush hour was hell on Earth! New research suggests some “cosmic intersections” have failed “traffic lights” that deem black hole collisions almost inevitable. At the hearts of all large galaxies lie cosmic monsters called supermassive …

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NASA has selected four volunteers to go on a mission to Mars — without actually leaving Earth. The simulated mission to the Red Planet will take place at a habitat created at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston; it will simulate what it would be …

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China has released a highly detailed geologic atlas of the moon. The atlas, which is available in Chinese and English, depicts the surface of the moon with a scale of 1:2.5 million. It highlights many intriguing geological features, such as impact …

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Texting on the moon? For future lunar astronauts, that may very well be a possibility. Nokia is developing a LTE/4G communications system for the moon, and its first piece of the network might launch as soon as late this year. Hardware for a simplified …

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In a new perspective article, a team of engineers from the United States and Canada, including CU Boulder roboticist Kaushik Jayaram, set out to answer that riddle. The group analyzed data from dozens of studies and came to a resounding “no.” …