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News of the latest adventures into space, and plans of upcoming explorations across the stars.
The Search For Life Beyond Earth Holds New Hope
Using a liquid-based technique known as capillary electrophoresis to separate a mixture of organic molecules into…
Search for life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet
The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has puzzled everyone from biologists and physicists to…
NASA study human behavior in isolated dome on Hawaii volcano
To study human behavior for long-term space exploration, including a planned voyage to Mars, a group of NASA-funded…
The case of the murdered galaxies: The astrophysical ‘whodunnit’
Research published by a global team of researchers, based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research…
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches and lands successfully
SpaceX have successfully launched and landed its first unmanned Falcon 9 rocket since a costly and complicated…
2017 NASA spacewalk completed successfully
At 12:20pm EST, Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet concluded their…
Giant halos created by photon attempts to escape galaxies
Giant halos around early Milky Way type galaxies, made of photons (elementary particles of light) that have…
The moon is older than scientists suspected
Thanks to rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971, it turns out the moon is older than many…
Deep space delicate smudge is more than it seems
This delicate smudge in deep space is far more turbulent than it first appears.
Known as IRAS 14348-1447 — a…
Monster black holes hiding under our cosmic bed
NuSTAR recently identified two gas-enshrouded supermassive black holes, located at the centers of nearby galaxies.…