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March 22, 2024

NASA Announces We May Have a Chance to See a Star Explosion With the Naked Eye This Year

This year is full of exciting astronomical events. In just a few weeks, a good chunk of North America will get to see a total solar eclipse, which could also feature a green “devil comet.” Now, NASA has revealed that yet another stellar occurrence will take place later this year.

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March 21, 2024

James Webb Space Telescope’s Findings Confirm We Know Very Little About Our Universe

From the moment of the Big Bang, our universe started expanding and has not stopped.

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March 20, 2024

Scientists Discover Brightest Object in Space That Is 500 Trillion Times Brighter Than Our Sun

Stars dominate our nighttime visual universes, dazzling us with beauty and sparkle as they rise in the evening and shift...

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March 20, 2024

Female Space Pioneer Makes History By Sending Jeff Koons’ Art to the Moon [Interview]

In late February 2024, history was made when the first female-led space company, 4SPACE, took Jeff Koons‘ art to the Moon. The successful launch makes Koons the first artist to have authorized artwork on the lunar surface and everything came together thanks to the vision of 4SPACE founder Chantelle Baier. Baier founded 4SPACE as a vehicle to bridge non-traditional space companies with the space industry.

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March 18, 2024

Giant Volcano the Size of Mount Everest Is Discovered on Mars

According to recent findings, there is a huge volcano the size of Mount Everest on the surface of Mars with...

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March 5, 2024

Astronaut Takes Photo of Pyramids During His Last Day on ISS

The International Space Station is a triumph of human dreams and engineering.

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February 27, 2024

Explore the Surface of Mars in 4K Resolution With Footage Captured by NASA’s Rovers

Space enthusiasts have long dreamed of exploring Mars. Today, we may be closer than ever to this dream coming true. One of the main goals of NASA's Artemis mission is to establish a permanent base on the Moon that will facilitate human missions to the Red Planet. With a little luck, this may happen in the 2030s.

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February 26, 2024

Photographer Captures Rare “Green Flash” Coming From Venus

Recently in Sweden, photographer Peter Rosén caught a burst of several colors, especially green, around Venus in a dazzling, rare...

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February 17, 2024

New Study Finds That Earth’s Core Wobbles on Its Axis Every 8.5 Years

The Earth spins around an axis that is roughly vertical, and as it spins, we move through day and night.

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February 8, 2024

Newly Discovered Super-Earth Is Perfectly Placed To Have Water on Its Surface

NASA has revealed a newly discovered exoplanet located 137 light-years away, relatively close to Earth by space standards. Located in the habitable zone relative to its parent star, this super-Earth is one and a half times as wide as our own planet. The discovery is exciting because its location in relation to its star could make it possible for liquid water to form on its surface.

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