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NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

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NASA tests high-tech software for future mission to search for life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Space.com December 10, 2024

Artificial intelligence is being developed to provide a robotic brain for a future NASA mission to land...

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Cosmic rays may complicate the quest to find life on Mars

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Cosmic rays may complicate the quest to find life on Mars

Space.com December 10, 2024

On Mars, some of the most likely places to look for traces of ancient life may also...

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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter

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James Webb Space Telescope finds smallest asteroids ever seen between Mars and Jupiter

Space.com December 10, 2024

By reverse-engineering James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) exoplanet data, a team of astronomers just spotted dozens of...

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The moon’s oldest crater is super round – and that’s great news for NASA’s Artemis astronauts

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The moon’s oldest crater is super round – and that’s great news for NASA’s Artemis astronauts

Space.com December 9, 2024

New research published in the Earth and Planetary Science Letters journal suggests the moon’s oldest crater, the...

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Hubble Telescope sees ‘weird things’ in closest-ever look at a quasar from monster black hole

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Hubble Telescope sees ‘weird things’ in closest-ever look at a quasar from monster black hole

Space.com December 9, 2024

The Hubble Space Telescope has stared deeper into a quasar than ever before, discovering “weird” features in...

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‘Our understanding of the universe may be incomplete’: James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a ‘new cosmic feature’ to explain it all

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‘Our understanding of the universe may be incomplete’: James Webb Space Telescope data suggests we need a ‘new cosmic feature’ to explain it all

Space.com December 9, 2024

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have corroborated data from its predecessor, the Hubble...

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Discovery! Newfound exoplanet is 4th ‘hot Neptune’ ever found

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Discovery! Newfound exoplanet is 4th ‘hot Neptune’ ever found

Space.com December 9, 2024

A Neptune-sized planet closely orbiting its host star has just been discovered, making it only the fourth...

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Not all stars with black hole companions die gruesome deaths, scientists say

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Not all stars with black hole companions die gruesome deaths, scientists say

Space.com December 9, 2024

Death by black hole isn’t always inevitable for stars that exist in binary systems with one of...

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A ‘giant’ rising in the desert: World’s largest telescope comes together (photo)

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A ‘giant’ rising in the desert: World’s largest telescope comes together (photo)

Space.com December 9, 2024

Construction of the world’s largest telescope moves forward with progress of the structure’s dome and housing for...

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Sun unleashes surprise X-class solar flare triggering radio blackout over southern Africa (video)

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Sun unleashes surprise X-class solar flare triggering radio blackout over southern Africa (video)

Space.com December 9, 2024

Aurora forecast (Image credit: Daisy Dobrijevic/Canva) Keep up to date with the latest northern lights news with...

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