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Astronomy & Astrophysics
Astronomy & Astrophysics Bare Rock: Hubble Catches a Rocky Exoplanet Glowing at Full Heat
Most of the scorching rocky planets astronomers have studied turn out to be cooler than they ought to be. Something...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Cosmic Leaf Blower: Hydrogen Light May Explain Bright Early Galaxies
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has a counting problem. When it looks back to the first few hundred million...
Astronomy & Astrophysics Meeting Point: SETI Listens for Aliens at the Anti-Solar Point
The hardest part of listening for alien radio signals may not be where to point the telescope. It may be...
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If a large asteroid were found heading for Earth with too little warning to nudge it gently, the last resort...
Quick Reads Powered Swing: ESCAPADE Earth Flyby Sends Twin Probes Towards Mars
Miss a launch window to Mars and the usual penalty is a 26-month wait on the ground. NASA's twin ESCAPADE...
Quick Reads Final Unroll: Space Station Solar Arrays Complete a Five-Year Upgrade
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Quick Reads Five-Minute Gamble: A Solar Flare Alert Helps Time Rocket Launches
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The best of the November night sky arrives before breakfast. Between now and the third week of the month, two...
Our Planet & Beyond Cold Storage: Small Craters Track Mars Polar Ice Year by Year
Mars keeps a climate archive at its north pole, written in stacked layers of ice and dust. Reading it means...