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Alien Life Might Look Nothing Like We Expect

Paul Sutter, a theoretical cosmologist and science communicator, explains that by only searching for life like our own, we might be overlooking alien life entirely.
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Taurid Meteor Shower is Coming with a Fireball Swarm!

Heads up, skywatchers: the Taurid Meteor Shower is active now through December 10! These exceptionally bright meteors are caused by debris from Comet 2P/Encke, which Earth passes through each fall.
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Beware the Undead: How Stars Become Vampires

The Horror of Dracula is a classic for Halloween and that is a hill I will die on, and it also has put vampires on my brain. And yes, there is a completely legitimate way for me to link vampires to space science, thanks to the phenomenon known as the...
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100 Trillion Neutrinos Just Passed Through You

Did you know 100 trillion neutrinos fly through your body per second? Astrophysicist Erika Hamden unpacks why neutrinos matter in astroparticle physics, and how they help us understand the universe beyond visible light.
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Are You Made of Hydrogen from the Big Bang?

Astrophysicist Erika Hamden breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was likely formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.
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Exoplanet Anniversary: 30 Years Since the Discovery of 51 Pegasi b

This month marks the 30th anniversary of the first discovery of a planet orbiting a main-sequence star. We’ll explore what was discovered, how it was discovered, why it was discovered, and the reason why this was such a big deal even though this was not...
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Rare Interstellar Object Spotted

Could a comet from another solar system be flying past us right now? ☄️Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever spotted in our solar system. It’s an icy traveler that likely formed in a distant star system and has been drifting through...
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Visitors from the Vast Beyond

This past week the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS buzzed past Mars and is on it's way towards its cosmic journey. This seems like a good time to talk about interstellar objects, what we know about them, and what we can learn from them! So let’s take a look...
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400 Meteors an Hour?! The Draconid Meteor Shower Lights Up The Sky!

You could see up to 400 meteors per hour! The Draconid Meteor Shower returns October 6 - October 10 and is visible across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Supermoon Alert: It’s 30% Brighter Than Usual!

The first supermoon of 2025 is coming and it’s the legendary Harvest Moon! On the night of October 6 going into October 7, the full moon will appear 13% brighter and 6.6% larger than a typical full moon.
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Space News Deep Dive: Life on Mars? Not Quite.

NASA announced that the Perseverance rover had discovered a potential biosignature on the planet Mars. Now just so we are quite clear, what Perseverance did not find was proof of either current or past life on Mars. However what it did find is awfully...
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Saturn Could Float in Water! Here’s Why

Saturn is the only planet in our solar system that could float in water. Astrophysicist Erika Hamden breaks down how its composition, 96% hydrogen and 4% helium, makes it lighter than water, with a density of just 0.68 g/cm³.
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Destino Marte: La Nueva Frontera

La NASA, entre otros, tiene la mirada fija en el Planeta Rojo y está desarrollando la tecnología necesaria para llegar hasta allá.
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Who Turned On the Lights??

I’m a space nerd (shocker, I know) so it’s probably not that much of a surprise to find out that I think light pollution is A Bad Thing. For an astronomy fan, the big issue with this is that all that excess light in the sky makes it harder to see the...
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Making Space Accessible for Everyone 🚀

Meet Shelia Xu, the first Deaf Asian American female pilot and an advocate with AstroAccess. From spacecraft and stations to rovers, she pushes for accessibility to be built in from the start, ensuring space exploration is truly for everyone.