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[ad_1] A team of astronomers using the latest set of data from ESA’s Gaia mission to look for high-velocity stars being kicked out of the Milky Way were surprised to find stars …

[ad_1] A new NASA-funded study reveals that exposure to space radiation on long trips, like a voyage to Mars, could permanently harm astronauts’ intestines and lead to stomach and colon cancer. The …

[ad_1] Marie Curie (Left), French physicist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, Canadian Donna Strickland (Middle), who won the 2018 prize for her work with lasers, and physicist Maria …

[ad_1] Artist’s concept of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft approaching asteroid Ryugu. Credit: DLR A German-built landing probe the size of a microwave oven carrying a camera and a suite of scientific instruments …

[ad_1] Cyanobacterial cells, seen in the red fluorescent color, attached to rock samples. Image: PNAS An international team of researchers has identified a peculiar population of cyanobacteria living within rocks deep below …

[ad_1] The European Space Agency has released a new image of what it’s like to actually stand on a comet, courtesy of the Rosetta spacecraft, now lost in space. The image, which …

[ad_1] As if serving as commander aboard the International Space Station wasn’t enough of a challenge, NASA astronaut Drew Feustel teamed up with Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip to record a …

[ad_1] An overhead view of South Africa’s MeerKAT radio-telescope array while it was under construction. The 64-dish network was inaugurated in July 2018. Credit: SKA South Africa The hunt for intelligent aliens …

[ad_1] Radar images from the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, taken on Oct. 30, 2015. Image credit: NAIC-Arecibo/NSF  There’s so much cool stuff in outer space that nobody has …

[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is swinging by Venus on its unprecedented journey to the sun. Launched in August, the spacecraft gets a gravity assist Wednesday as …