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Jun 30
2018

At Asteroid Ryugu, Japan’s Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Preps for Exploration

The probe will map the surface, deploy rovers and collect pristine samples that could contain clues about the origins of life on Earth.

By Elizabeth Tasker on June 29, 2018

Jun 30
2018

Meet the creepy new AI system designed to help astronauts in space

Scientists are sending up the new tool, called CIMON, in order to help astronauts on the International Space Station.

Jun 30
2018

Amazing Facts About Star Clusters

#Stars #Astronomy

Jun 30
2018

20 Mice Are Going to Space To Help Us Figure out How to Survive on Mars

Houston, we’ve got mice.

20 astronaut mice en route to the International Space Station (ISS) could shed light on the effect on long-term space exposure on the human body.

Jun 29
2018

Two Earth-size planets now seem even more like Earth

Two of the earliest Earth-ish exoplanet finds are now more exciting targets in the search for habitable worlds beyond this rock.

Jun 29
2018

International Space Station added a new photo

This Dragon has a Maya in it! 🇵🇭️👊.

Jun 29
2018

Wind power will work on Mars, study finds

Wind power on Mars makes it possible for any rover or other craft to collect power at the poles or other areas on the planet that don’t get constant sunlight.

Jun 29
2018

How NASA saved the world

NASA — National Aeronautics and Space Administration literally saved us from a planet-wide apocalypse.

Jun 29
2018

Donald J. Trump Photo

Because space is the new frontier, we will have a SPACE FORCE!

Jun 29
2018

NASA uses earth as laboratory to study distant worlds

New study uses Earth as a stand-in for an exoplanet, and shows that even with very little light — as little as one pixel — it is still possible to measure key characteristics of distant worlds.