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To Study the Moon’s Ancient Ice, We First Have to Pollute It
There is a fundamental tension in space exploration that has created ongoing debates for decades. By creating the infrastructure we need to explore other worlds, we damage them in some way,...
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I visited the largest collection of public telescopes in the US in Oregon’s high desert, and the dark skies blew me away
SUNRIVER, Oregon — Perfectly perched amid an expansive plateau of sagebrush, Ponderosa pines, and juniper trees in Central Oregon's High Desert, the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory offers exceptional vantage points to observe all the wonders of the heavens.During...
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Final Steps Underway for NASA’s First Crewed Artemis Moon Mission – NASA
As NASA moves closer to launch of the Artemis II test flight, the agency soon will roll its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launch pad for the first time at the agency’s Kennedy Space...
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Why does the United States want to buy Greenland?
The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future
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Week in images: 05-09 January 2026
Week in images: 05-09 January 2026
Discover our week through the lens
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To Keep Water Liquid, the Red Planet Needed to Freeze
Mars has a curious past. Rovers have shown unequivocal evidence that liquid water existed on its surface, for probably at least 100 years. But climate models haven’t come up with how...
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NASA to Provide Media with International Space Station Update Today – NASA
NASA will host a live news conference at 5 p.m. EST on Thursday from the agency’s headquarters in Washington to discuss the International Space Station and its crew.
On Jan. 7, the agency announced it was postponing a planned spacewalk...
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Snow-covered Amsterdam
As many people across Europe returned to work and school this week following the festive season, a sharp cold snap swept across the continent, bringing snow and ice to several regions. The sudden winter weather caused widespread disruption, with...