Astronomy

Astronomy

Mars may be too small for Martians

The habitability of Mars may be severely limited by the planet's small size. Water is one of the most important ingredients for life as we...
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Astronomy

NASA sends a rover to Nobile crater on the moon’s south pole

The rover will search here – in one of the coldest regions in our solar system – for a particularly valuable raw material: ice....
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Astronomy

First fully manned space flight ends with a splash, but is also the prelude to more

The four crew members of the Inspiration4 mission are safely back on Earth, where countless other space tourists are eager to follow suit. After three...
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Astronomy

Planet X may be closer than thought

But that still doesn't make it obvious that we'll be spotting the planet anytime soon. That can be read in a new study which has...
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Astronomy

NASA is looking for a car… for the moon

Who oh who wants to build an ingenious moon car with which future astronauts can cruise over the vast lunar landscape? During the Apollo missions,...
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Astronomy

Mars rover Perseverance collects first Mars sample intended for return to Earth

The sample tube appears to have been successfully filled with precious Martian rock. One of Perseverance's main tasks on the Red Planet is to collect...
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Astronomy

Exploded star collides with its stellar sister – which then explodes too

Astronomers have found evidence that a stellar collision can also lead to a supernova explosion. A supernova is the phenomenon where a star explodes in...
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Astronomy

Success! Mars rover Perseverance safely stores first Mars monster

A historic moment; for the first time, materials have been carefully collected on another planet that will be brought to Earth at a...
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Astronomy

Some white dwarfs have been fooling us for years

They pretend to be younger than they actually are. But the Hubble Space Telescope now sees through that outward appearance. When our sun is...
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Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope launch postponed one more time

Actually, the telescope should have been launched at the end of October, but it will be December. It is a relatively small delay...
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Astronomy

New images of asteroid Kleopatra cautiously suggest she gave birth to her own moon

The 'dog bone' asteroid orbits so fast that its mane may have formed from thrown material. In the asteroid belt, located between the planets Mars...
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Astronomy

Was there life on Mars? The first Mars monsters collected by Perseverance are hopeful

An analysis of the rocks that Perseverance sampled suggests that the Jezero crater had been watered for a long time. If you now look...
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Astronomy

History will be made this week with the first-ever fully-manned orbital spaceflight

On the night from Wednesday to Thursday, SpaceX will put four 'ordinary people' into orbit. A first. The first fully civilian-manned orbital spaceflight was...
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Astronomy

Why NASA is using a 40-foot-long air rifle in preparation for a manned moon mission

A huge air rifle is deployed in a special laboratory to ensure the safety of future astronauts. That may sound a bit contradictory, but in...
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Astronomy

Large number of building blocks for life found around very young stars

It cautiously suggests that many other planets are also being treated at birth to the organic molecules that ultimately led to the emergence of...
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Astronomy

SpaceX shoots four civilians into orbit

And with that, the first-ever fully manned orbital space flight is a fact. At the same time, however, it is also the prelude...
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Astronomy

Borisov was not an isolated incident

Comet 2l / Borisov was of interstellar origin. (Image: NASA / ESA and D. Jewitt (UCLA)) It was only a few years ago that...
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Astronomy

“Exhaust gas” from galaxies analyzed

Side view of a galaxy (white) and the gas it emits (orange). (Image: James Josephides / Swinburne Astronomical Productions) Gas is the raw material...
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Astronomy

Milky Way is less homogeneous than expected

Hydrogen gas (magenta) flows into the Milky Way. The section shows the solar neighborhood. (Image: Mark A. Garlick) Our home galaxy consists not...
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Astronomy

News from the “dog bone asteroid”

Recordings from different angles enabled the development of a detailed 3D model of the bizarrely shaped asteroid. (Image: ESO / Vernazza, Marchis et...
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