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Mars Sample Return Concept Illustration (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Shaky future of Mars sample return

Chris Impey - The Conversation
The vantage point of the foothills of the Chilean Andes provides some of the best views of the night sky in the world, especially from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. Earth is oriented in such a way that most of the Milky Way can be seen on a clear night from the southern hemisphere, where CTIO is located. (CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský)

Protecting darkness in Atacama desert

Alexa Robles-Gil - Undark
Artist’s concept of Dragonfly soaring over the dunes of Saturn’s moon Titan. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben)

NASA officially headed to Saturn moon

Rae Hodge
Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both the star and the black hole, dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common centre of mass. (ESO/L. Calçada)

Unexpected massive black hole discovery

Rae Hodge
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U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

First non-American to walk on the Moon

Rae Hodge
This picture taken early on December 26, 2019 shows a seagull flying above a beach in Kuwait City during the partial solar eclipse event. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

How will birds respond to the eclipse?

Kimberly Rosvall, Liz Aguilar - The Conversation
Alex Jones | Solar Eclipse (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Solar eclipses breed conspiracy theories

Nicole Karlis
Moon (Getty Images/MASTER)

NASA instructed to make a Moon clock

Rae Hodge
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An illustration of the Earth Return Orbiter bringing samples from Mars back to Earth. After capturing the samples in orbit around Mars, the orbiter would return to Earth and release its Earth Entry System, which is depicted here in the distance. (NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC)

Is it worth returning samples from Mars?

Sarah Scoles - Undark
A view of the Milky Way supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* in polarized light. (EHT Collaboration)

Black hole pic reveals Milky Way enigma

Rae Hodge
Total Solar Eclipse (Getty Images/Pitris)

Enjoy the eclipse, even if blind

David Hurd, Cassandra Runyon - The Conversation
Mars Dust Storm (Getty Images/MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

The secret history of water on Mars

Rae Hodge
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Artist’s Impression of Heaviest Supermassive Binary Black Hole (NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. daSilva/M. Zamani)

Heaviest black hole pair ever measured

Matthew Rozsa
Planets Neptune and Uranus (Getty Images/Jason Reed)

New moons of Uranus and Neptune found

Nicole Karlis
Logo of NASA is displayed on mobile phone screen in front of Blue Origin icon on February 27, 2023. (Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Going to space? Fly at your own risk

Elizabeth Hlavinka
An artist's impression of the Voyager 1 space probe flying past Saturn in the outer solar system, circa 1980. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

Efforts to revive NASA’s Voyager 1 probe

Troy Farah
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A girl standing in the midst of the stars at night (Getty Images/sarayut Thaneerat)

Are we really made of stardust?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a news briefing at the White House on December 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fears over nuclear weapons in space

Rae Hodge
Aiming the A&M 80mm refractor on the Astro-Tech Voyager mount at the Milky Way with its laser pointer finder showing the way. (Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Satellites are ruining space exploration

Samantha Lawler - The Conversation
Moon (Getty Images/MASTER)

New Moon research illuminates its past

Matthew Rozsa
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A worker wears a clean room suit as they walk past a propulsion component of the Europa Clipper spacecraft while it is prepared for a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa inside a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California on April 11, 2023. - In October 2024, NASA will launch the Europa Clipper spacecraft that will study Jupiter's moon and its underground oceans. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) (PATRICK T. FALLON / Contributor (Getty Images))

NASA lays off 530 workers at JPL

Rae Hodge
Jupiter's moon Europa in front of the planet Jupiter (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Planets' striking gravitational dance

Chris Impey - The Conversation
Artist's impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the right it fades to invisibility. (Philip Lucas/University of Hertfordshire)

Strange new star discovered in Milky Way

Rae Hodge
This illustration shows a concept for one of two NASA helicopters that would provide a secondary capability to pick up additional samples stashed on the surface on Mars by the Perseverance rover. (NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech)

NASA's next generation space helicopters

Rae Hodge
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