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Space refers to the science and study of Earth, the atmosphere, and outer space – specifically, the research, design, and technology behind spacecraft and the latest innovations in the study of the void between celestial bodies.
First Underground Radar Images from Mars Perseverance Rover Provides an…
The Mars Perseverance Rover has been probing Mars' 30-mile-wide Jezero crater. In the journal Science Advances, a…
NASA Selects Microchip to Design Cutting-edge Spaceflight Processor for Future…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California has selected Microchip Technology to develop a…
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!
The red supergiant Betelgeuse is as troublesome as Michael Keaton's rambunctious spirit in the 1988 hit:…
Space Anomalies and AI
Most astronomical discoveries are based on observations, and the volumes of data drastically increased with the…
Massive Triple Star System First Detected by Amateurs
Astronomers announced a compact "one of a kind" system of three stars earlier this year. The star system consists…
Machine Learning Finds Martian Rock’s Original Home
Researchers have pinpointed the exact home of the oldest and most famous Martian meteorite for the first time.…
A Star Shredded by a Black Hole
One of the craziest things a supermassive black hole can do is shred a star with its enormous tidal forces. The…
Watch Now: A Flicker from a Black Hole
The bright glow of rapidly orbiting gas has a unique flicker. In a recent paper published in Astrophysical Journal…
Watching a Rare Giant Star Die
A team of astronomers from the University of Arizona created a detailed, 3-D image of a dying hypergiant star. They…
Comet Roasts to Death
For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a periodic rocky near-Sun comet breaking apart, a common…