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On Mars, deep-water diversity has stood the test of time, meteorites show

The water buried deep within Mars likely came from at least two very different sources long ago, a new study suggests. "These two different sources of water in Mars' interior might be telling us something about the kinds of objects that were available to ...

SpaceX unveils users' guide for giant Starship rocket

If you're thinking about booking a trip on SpaceX's huge Starship spacecraft, the company has some reading material for you. SpaceX just released a users' guide for Starship, the reusable spaceship-rocket combo the company is developing to help colonize ...

NASA, Japan add 2 more astronauts to SpaceX's 1st operational Crew Dragon flight

The passenger list for SpaceX's first operational crewed mission is now complete. NASA astronaut Shannon Walker will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft on that voyage, agency officials announced today ...

Antarctica's Denman Glacier is sinking into the world's deepest canyon

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The glaciers of Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates, and a giant canyon in the continent's rocky underbelly could make matters much worse. In a study published March 23 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers used more than 20 ...

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What is dark energy?

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Dark energy is one of the great unsolved mysteries of cosmology. It's now thought to make up 68% of everything in the universe. Sharing is caring! Tweet. Share. Pin. Mail. Share. Three boxes outlined with red with what looks like expanding lightning inside ...

ESA to conduct BepiColombo flyby amid coronavirus crisis

Controllers at ESA's mission control center are preparing for a gravity-assist flyby of the European-Japanese Mercury explorer BepiColombo. The maneuver, which will see the mission adjust its trajectory by harnessing Earth's gravitational pull as it swings ...

Hubble finds best evidence for elusive mid-sized black hole

This illustration depicts a cosmic homicide in action. A wayward star is being shredded by the intense gravitational pull of a black hole that contains tens of thousands of solar masses. The stellar remains are forming an accretion disk around the black hole.

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Moon bases could be built using astronaut urine

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(CNN) When NASA astronauts return to the moon in 2024, they'll need a lunar base that allows them to stay on the surface. And the astronauts may build their base using something readily available: their urine. As part of NASA's Artemis program, the first ...

Today's the last day to apply to be a NASA astronaut if you really want to escape the planet for a while

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The Verge

Today is the last day you can submit your application to become a NASA astronaut, in case you have an overwhelming urge to fling yourself off the planet for a while. The deadline to get your application in to NASA is 11:59PM ET tonight, so there's only a few ...

On Mars or Earth, biohybrid can turn carbon dioxide into new products

If humans ever hope to colonize Mars, the settlers will need to manufacture on-planet a huge range of organic compounds, from fuels to drugs, that are too expensive to ship from Earth. University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National ...