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January 24, 2020 Science

NASA’s Kepler witnesses vampire star system undergoing super-outburst

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was designed to find exoplanets by looking for stars that dim as a planet crosses the star’s

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NASA/MIT TESS replaced Kepler in search for exoplanets

December 3, 2019 Science

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail

Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, Maryland,

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An artist’s conception shows NASA’s VIPER rover roaming the moon.

October 25, 2019 Science

NASA is Sending a Rover to the Moon to Find Water for Astronauts

Before sending the first woman and next man to the moon, NASA will send a golf cart-sized rover to the

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This NASA handout photo shows beds of sandstone inclined to the southwest toward Mount Sharp and away from the Gale Crater rim.

October 25, 2019 Science

Mars Once Had Salt Lakes Similar To Earth

Mars once had salt lakes that are similar to those on Earth and has gone through wet and dry periods,

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The Artemis I SLS core stage mated with the first of four refurbished Space Shuttle-era engines

October 24, 2019 Science

NASA’s Space Launch System gets its first rocket engine

NASA has integrated the first RS-25 engine with the recently-completed core stage of its upcoming super heavy-lift Moon rocket –

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In this image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2007, the plumes of Enceladus are clearly visible. The moon is nearly in front of the Sun from Cassini’s viewpoint.

October 5, 2019 Science

New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains

New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from Saturn’s moon

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NASA says Europa Clipper, seen in this concept image, could be ready for launch as early as 2023

August 20, 2019 Science

NASA confirms mission to discover if Jupiter moon Europa can support life

NASA is moving ahead with an ambitious mission to explore a moon of Jupiter and discover whether it could support

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July 4, 2019 Science

Flying on Saturn’s moon Titan: what we could discover with NASA’s new Dragonfly mission

Flying on other worlds is the next leap in the exploration of our solar system. The Mars Helicopter will piggyback

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July 2, 2019 Science

NASA picks a dozen science and tech projects to bring to the surface of the Moon

With the Artemis mission scheduled to put boots on lunar regolith as soon as 2024, NASA has a lot of

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A NASA team has recreated the atmosphere of a "hot Jupiter" exoplanet, similar to this artist's rendition of WASP-18b

March 16, 2019 Science

NASA lab brews up alien atmospheres here on Earth

Earth’s pleasant, life-giving atmosphere is turning out to be somewhat of an oddity. With almost 4,000 planets so far discovered

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Two merging galaxies known as Arp 302, also called VV 340

February 28, 2019 Science

Decade long study sheds light on “killer” galactic mergers

Images taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope are providing insight into the phenomenon of “killer” galaxies that, when they merge,

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An artist's impression of Ultima Thule, which is already turning out to be quite mysterious before New Horizons even arrives

December 27, 2018 Science

NASA’s New Horizons probe seems to be approaching a surprisingly “dark” world

NASA’s New Horizons probe is just days away from its historic flyby of Ultima Thule, a mysterious object on the

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