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They Just Shut Down Gaia, the Spacecraft That Mapped Two Billion Stars
After over a decade of stellar service, ESA’s Gaia spacecraft has been retired – but its legacy is just beginning. From ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: The Fastest Spacecraft Ever Just Skimmed the Sun at 430,000 MPH
NASA's Parker Solar Probe just screamed past the Sun for the 23rd time, once again matching its own records for closest ...
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Astronomers Stunned to Stumble on 'Cosmic Horseshoe' With a Black Hole the Size of 36 Billion Suns
Experts have detected a humongous extraterrestrial object in space. This phenomenon was located ... the size of this black ...
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RTGs: The nuclear heart that runs spacecraft far beyond the sun’s reach
Ever wonder how a spacecraft millions or even billions of miles from the Sun can keep its lights on? After all, solar panels ...
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A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) — A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe made its record ...
Water in Space: 100 Trillion Times Earth's Oceans—Found 12 Billion Light Years Away!
Scientists have discovered a colossal water reservoir in space, containing as much water as 100 trillion times all the oceans ...