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Astronomers have discovered that a strange dwarf galaxy hidden for years in our cosmic neighborhood looks like it belongs in the early universe, despite having formed more recently. The tiny galaxy measuring just 1,200 light …

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Scientists have tracked a high-energy blast of radiation back to the collision of two neutron stars and the kilonova explosion that resulted from the violent merger. The discovery could change theories regarding the origins of the universe’s most …

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Dec. 7 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Blue Marble (opens in new tab) photograph. The astronauts of NASA’s Apollo 17 spacecraft — the last crewed mission to the moon — took a photograph of Earth and changed the way we visualized our planet forever.

NPR

Fifty years ago, on December 7, 1972, a powerful Saturn V rocket blasted off carrying three astronauts, including Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan, who wore those overshoes. He knew that his crew would …

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On Dec. 3, while Orion was departing its distant retrograde orbit around the moon, the spacecraft was broadcasting its data signal back to ground stations on Earth with the help of NASA’s Deep Space Network. One …

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It has now been 50 years since astronauts last launched to the moon. NASA’s Apollo 17 mission lifted off on Dec. 7, 1972, sending Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans toward Earth’s nearest neighbor. The trio arrived in orbit around the moon …

Astronomy Magazine

The crew’s most prominent member was not its commander, but rather Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Harrison “Jack” Schmitt. A geologist by training, Schmitt was hailed as the first Apollo “scientist-astronaut” — a novelty in an era when the U.S. astronaut corps …

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During the violent early epoch of the solar system, high-energy gamma-rays may have triggered chemical reactions that created the amino acids within these meteorites, which then bombarded Earth, kick-starting the origins of life, scientists propose in a …

CNN

The little 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper completed its 35th flight on December 3 and reached a new altitude record of 46 feet (14 meters). The aerial excursion lasted for 52 seconds …