China?s Super-Heavy Lift Rocket Will Carry 100 Tons to the Moon

   19 hours ago  |  Universe Today

China’s proposed next-generation rocket reached the final stage of feasibility studies this month. The planned launch vehicle, known as the Long March-9, will be capable of sending 100 tons to the Moon, and could see its first launch as early as 2030. Announced in 2018, the Long March-9 will play a key role in China’s …
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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Get A Starshade Of Its Own

   04 Mar 00:00:13  |  Universe Today

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is getting closer and closer to its launch date in 2025. This Hubble-class wide-field infrared telescope is going to help astronomers discover the nature of dark energy, discover planets, and perform large area surveys of the night sky. But even with its power, the telescope will be limited in …
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What Happens if Perseverance Finds Life on Mars

   04 Mar 00:00:13  |  Universe Today

It's a fair question, isn't it? What IF Perseverance finds evidence of life on Mars? What will the implications of this be?
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Sand Dunes on Mars Shift From Season to Season

   03 Mar 00:00:31  |  Universe Today

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Jupiter has Added a Comet to its Trojan Collection

   03 Mar 00:00:31  |  Universe Today

Jupiter is notorious for capturing objects that venture too close to the gas giant and its enormous pull of gravity. Asteroids known as Jupiter Trojans are a large group of space rocks that have been snared by the planet, which usually remain in a stable orbit near one of the Jupiter?s Lagrangian points.   But …
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Phobos and Deimos: Two Moons, From One Source

   02 Mar 00:00:23  |  Universe Today

Running the clock back on the enigmatic pair of Martian moons Phobos and Deimos gives researchers insight to their possible origin.
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An Exotic Explanation for the Most Extreme Gravitational Wave Detected so far

   02 Mar 00:00:23  |  Universe Today

A new study proposes an exotic boson star to explain the largest gravitational wave merger we've observed.
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A Review of ?Extraterrestrial? by Prof. Avi Loeb

   01 Mar 00:00:19  |  Universe Today

Professor Avi Loeb's new book, Extraterrestrial, tells the tale of how he 'Oumuamua may be humanity's first interstellar messenger.
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Parker Solar Probe Captured Images of Venus on its way to the Sun

   01 Mar 00:00:18  |  Universe Today

Last summer, the Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus on its way to fly closer to the Sun. In a bit of a surprise, one of the spacecraft?s cameras, the Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR, captured a striking image of the planet?s nightside from 7,693 miles (12380 km) away. The surprise of …
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