Sarah Kaplan The Washington Post
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Is Betelgeuse, One of the Sky's Brightest Stars, on the Brink of a Supernova?
Since the start of December, the star Betelgeuse - the gleaming right shoulder of the constellation Orion - has been rapidly growing dim.
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NASA Spacecraft Circling the Sun Stumbles Upon a Trail of Shooting Stars
Scientists have struggled for years to photograph Phaethon's debris trail - until a NASA spacecraft serendipitously stumbled upon it.
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In A First, Spacecraft Circling The Sun Spots Huge Trail Of Asteroid Dust
Once there was an asteroid that flew too close to the sun. It was small and dark and rocky, too fragile to withstand such scorching conditions. The asteroid cracked, releasing a burst of dust and debris. Though it continued traveling along its orbit, it dropped millions of fragments in its wake.
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Next Task for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft: Kiss an Asteroid and Avoid Mount Doom
OSIRIS-REx's target asteroid, Bennu, is the size of the Empire State Building and the shape of a Fruit Gusher candy.
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An Alien Comet From Another Star Is Soaring Through Our Solar System
Something strange is sailing toward us. This is an interstellar comet - an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of a distant star, which some lucky quirk of gravity has tossed into our path.
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Small And Fast, Strange Alien Comet From Another Star In Solar System
Something strange is sailing toward us. Something small and cold and extraordinarily fast. No one knows where it came from, or where it is going. But it's not from around here. This is an interstellar comet - an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of a distant star, which some lucky quirk of gravity has tossed into ...
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Mars 2020 Rover Will Visit the Perfect Spot to Find Signs of Life, New Studies Show
Two new studies offer a tantalising suggestion that Mars 2020 could find even stronger evidence of Martian life - if it ever existed.
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Mars 2020 Rover Will Visit The Perfect Spot To Find Signs Of Life
On some sunny day next summer, in front of a crowd at Kennedy Space Center, a rocket carrying NASA's next, best hope at finding life on Mars will launch into the sky.
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Meet Arrokoth, The Most Distant Space Object Ever Seen Up Close
The bundle of ice and rock was discovered using a telescope operated in Maryland. It was studied up close by a spacecraft built in the same state. So when NASA scientists had to choose an official name for the most distant object they had ever explored, they borrowed a word from the original inhabitants of this region: Arrokoth, the Powhatan/Algonq...
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Google Scientists Claim Breakthrough That Could Change Computing
For the first time, a machine that runs on the mind-boggling physics of quantum mechanics reportedly has solved a problem that would stump the world's top supercomputers - a breakthrough known as "quantum supremacy."
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Fist-Bump With Obama, TV Appearance: Greta Thunberg's US Itinerary
Teen activist Greta Thunberg has a jam-packed itinerary for her trip to the United States: Lead a global climate protest; appear on "The Daily Show"; learn how to fist-bump from a former president of the United States.
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Water Vapour Found on Potentially Habitable Planet, Scientists Say
In the dim, red light of an alien sun, scientists have found the first evidence for water in the atmosphere of a rocky planet - offering a tantalizing new target in the search for life in the universe.
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NASA Plans To Fly Drone To Saturn's Largest Moon Titan To Search For Life
For its newest planetary science mission, NASA aims to land a flying robot on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, a top target in the search for alien life.
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These Samples Of Moon Rock Have Waited 50 Years For This Moment
Neil Armstrong needed to pick up rocks - as many as he could carry, as interesting as he could find. The material he collected would constitute humanity's first samples taken from another world.
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Scientists Are Preparing For An Asteroid Hit That Could Wipe Out Humanity
Scientists didn't know where it might hit, though New York, Denver and a wide swath of west and central Africa were all in the path of potential destruction. Paul Chodas called the situation "uncertain" and "unprecedented."
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Is Betelgeuse, One of the Sky's Brightest Stars, on the Brink of a Supernova?
Since the start of December, the star Betelgeuse - the gleaming right shoulder of the constellation Orion - has been rapidly growing dim.
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NASA Spacecraft Circling the Sun Stumbles Upon a Trail of Shooting Stars
Scientists have struggled for years to photograph Phaethon's debris trail - until a NASA spacecraft serendipitously stumbled upon it.
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In A First, Spacecraft Circling The Sun Spots Huge Trail Of Asteroid Dust
Once there was an asteroid that flew too close to the sun. It was small and dark and rocky, too fragile to withstand such scorching conditions. The asteroid cracked, releasing a burst of dust and debris. Though it continued traveling along its orbit, it dropped millions of fragments in its wake.
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Next Task for NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft: Kiss an Asteroid and Avoid Mount Doom
OSIRIS-REx's target asteroid, Bennu, is the size of the Empire State Building and the shape of a Fruit Gusher candy.
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An Alien Comet From Another Star Is Soaring Through Our Solar System
Something strange is sailing toward us. This is an interstellar comet - an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of a distant star, which some lucky quirk of gravity has tossed into our path.
-
Small And Fast, Strange Alien Comet From Another Star In Solar System
Something strange is sailing toward us. Something small and cold and extraordinarily fast. No one knows where it came from, or where it is going. But it's not from around here. This is an interstellar comet - an ancient ball of ice and gas and dust, formed on the frozen outskirts of a distant star, which some lucky quirk of gravity has tossed into ...
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Mars 2020 Rover Will Visit the Perfect Spot to Find Signs of Life, New Studies Show
Two new studies offer a tantalising suggestion that Mars 2020 could find even stronger evidence of Martian life - if it ever existed.
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Mars 2020 Rover Will Visit The Perfect Spot To Find Signs Of Life
On some sunny day next summer, in front of a crowd at Kennedy Space Center, a rocket carrying NASA's next, best hope at finding life on Mars will launch into the sky.
-
Meet Arrokoth, The Most Distant Space Object Ever Seen Up Close
The bundle of ice and rock was discovered using a telescope operated in Maryland. It was studied up close by a spacecraft built in the same state. So when NASA scientists had to choose an official name for the most distant object they had ever explored, they borrowed a word from the original inhabitants of this region: Arrokoth, the Powhatan/Algonq...
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Google Scientists Claim Breakthrough That Could Change Computing
For the first time, a machine that runs on the mind-boggling physics of quantum mechanics reportedly has solved a problem that would stump the world's top supercomputers - a breakthrough known as "quantum supremacy."
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Fist-Bump With Obama, TV Appearance: Greta Thunberg's US Itinerary
Teen activist Greta Thunberg has a jam-packed itinerary for her trip to the United States: Lead a global climate protest; appear on "The Daily Show"; learn how to fist-bump from a former president of the United States.
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Water Vapour Found on Potentially Habitable Planet, Scientists Say
In the dim, red light of an alien sun, scientists have found the first evidence for water in the atmosphere of a rocky planet - offering a tantalizing new target in the search for life in the universe.
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NASA Plans To Fly Drone To Saturn's Largest Moon Titan To Search For Life
For its newest planetary science mission, NASA aims to land a flying robot on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, a top target in the search for alien life.
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These Samples Of Moon Rock Have Waited 50 Years For This Moment
Neil Armstrong needed to pick up rocks - as many as he could carry, as interesting as he could find. The material he collected would constitute humanity's first samples taken from another world.
-
Scientists Are Preparing For An Asteroid Hit That Could Wipe Out Humanity
Scientists didn't know where it might hit, though New York, Denver and a wide swath of west and central Africa were all in the path of potential destruction. Paul Chodas called the situation "uncertain" and "unprecedented."
