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NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2026

After the moon, they also want to put one on Mars.

Ancient Kraken hiding inside the Milky Way gets revealed by artificial intelligence

The Milky Way has intertwined with other galaxies multiple times. Now, astronomers have put the puzzle pieces together.

Water stripped from Mars' upper atmosphere may explain how it became a barren Red Planet

For billions of years, Mars has had quite the leak.

Water could be a natural byproduct of rocky planets forming -- so it could be almost everywhere

This would be very helpful.

Could bacteria take up jobs mining in space? Turns out, they could

It's honest work.

This company's weird mission: turning moon dust into oxygen

To build a moon base, you first need oxygen.

Twinkle, twinkle, little ... moon? Jupiter's icy moon Europa glows in the dark, researchers find

As if Europa needed to get even cooler.

Stellar flares can strip away the atmosphere of planets, make them less habitable

A new study highlights the importance of solar flares and space weather in reducing the habitability of exoplanets.

Astronomers stunned by hellish world where it rains rocks on oceans of molten lava

Scientists hope to verify their observations with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope in 2021.

'Lonely' Rogue Planet Discovered Wandering the Milky Way

Astronomers have discovered a free-floating planet, not associated with any parent star wandering our galaxy.

Early SpaceX Starlink users claim they're 'streaming 4K with zero buffering'

Beta testers for SpaceX's internet satellite network are reporting good connections so far.

Astronomers scout metal-rich asteroid thought to be worth 10,000 quadrillion dollars

Its astronomical value is another reason why we should invest more in space.

Water Found on the Moon's Sunlit Surface

NASA has announced that water is more common on the Moon than previously believed, with traces now discovered at its sunlit Lunar South Pole. This is an area that has been traditionally considered free of water.

NASA's asteroid sampling mission ran into a problem: they sampled too much asteroid

Suffering from success.

A dwarf galaxy may have collided with the Milky Way 3 billion years ago

Shell-like structures in the Milky Way were created when a dwarf galaxy plunged through our galaxy’s heart around 3 billion years ago, new research suggests.

NASA makes history, harvests its first sample from an asteroid

Getting excited over a handful of dirt is sometimes very warranted.

A broken toilet and faulty oxygen supply ruined the night on the International Space Station

The crew was in no danger but the ISS is showing its age.

Today, OSIRIS-REx will be landing on an asteroid in space

Good luck!

4G on the Moon? Yes! NASA and Nokia are already working on it

Cat videos and memes -- soon on a Moon near you.

Pluto's white-peaked mountains are actually covered in methane frost

It's the only place other than Earth in our solar system that's known to have white-peaked mountains

Death By Spaghettification! Astronomers Spot a Star Being Consumed by a Black Hole

This could solve the mystery of tidal disruption events or ‘spaghettification.’

NASA tests its new spacesuits underwater, finds them "acceptable"

They pooled a lot of expertise into making these suits.

New study lists 24 exoplanets that may be better for life than Earth

Isn't this a plot twist?

Small air leak identified aboard the International Space Station -- astronauts are not in danger

Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

'Cosmic Web' of a Supermassive Black Hole Ensnares Six Galaxies

Astronomers have discovered a tremendous cosmic web in the early Universe. Trapped within its threads, six galaxies feeding gas to a central supermassive black hole.

Venus might be a hellscape today because of Jupiter

The bigger they are the… harder they mess up Venus, I guess.

This could be the first extragalactic planet we've ever found

Status report: astronomers may have found a planet outside our galaxy, something that has never been done before.

How much matter is there in the universe? Now we (kind of) know

How do you measure... everyhing?

Mars has 'multiple bodies' of liquid water, new study concludes

This has been a tremendous month for discoveries on the inner planets.

American probe is one month away from touchdown on asteroid Bennu

Hopefully it's better at parallel parking than I am.

Scientists turn the first picture of a black hole into a movie

The historic image was joined by previous observations of the black hole at the heart of the M87 galaxy.

This newly-discovered Hot Neptune is one of space's most unlikely planets

We've never seen anything like this before.

"π Earth": Astronomers discover Earth-sized planet that takes 3.14 days to orbit its star

Like clockwork, the planet moves around its star in Pi days.

NASA unveils plans to send first woman, next man to the Moon

The $28-billion Artemis program will mark the next phase in NASA's moon exploration project.

Infrared mosaic reveals hot geology on cold moon

Saturn's moon Enceladus features ice tectonics and subsurface liquid water.

Surprisingly enough, comets can generate auroras too -- in ultraviolet light

Does this mean we can get a tan on a comet?

Pastel Jupiter showcases violent storms in unprecedented details

The big Red Spot is just one of several massive jovian storms.

How Stellar Winds of Dying Stars Are Shaped

Astronomers have captured stellar winds emitted by aging stars in unprecedented detail.

Astronomers Investigate Dark Matter's Missing Ingredient

Small-scale concentrations of dark matter produce lensing effects that are 10 times stronger than expected, a new study found.

Meteorites might have helped create life on Earth (and beyond)

They killed the dinosaurs but might have also kicked off life as we know it.

Europe's most powerful solar telescope lets us see its surface and spots up close

Up close and per-Sun-al.

Warped gas disc torn apart by three stars directly observed for the first time

This spectacular three-star system is radically different than our solar system.

The moon is getting rusty due to oxygen stripped from Earth's atmosphere

An oxidised form of iron was surprisingly common the moon, which may reveal insights about Earth's atmospheric history.

Gravitational waves reveal largest black hole merger and the first intermediate-mass black hole

The black hole is the first object of its kind with a mass above 100 solar masses but below a million solar masses to be discovered.

Martian dust devil seen skipping across the red planet

Researchers had to process the images to make this impressive dust devil really stand out.

Scientists spot space debris in daylight, helping satellites 'social distance'

Spotting space debris during the day could help save satellites from costly collisions.

Machine learning helps identify 50 new exoplanets, more to come

It's not perfect yet, but it's still effective.

Space doesn't make for a good sleeping spot, a new paper reports

Astronauts can see an almost 20% drop in sleep efficiency while off-world.

Bacteria can survive interplanetary travel between Earth and Mars

Even though they might be exposed to outer space for years, bacteria can still survive on the surface of a spacecraft.

Comet NEOWISE Comes into Focus for a Close-up

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning close-up image of comet NEOWISE, which recently captured the public’s imagination becoming visible in the night sky.

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