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Farewell, Frank Drake, Explorer of the Universe

Prakash Chandra 07/09/2022

Frank Drake formulated an equation (which bears his name)...

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Scientists Are Thrilled That NASA Decided Uranus Deserves a Proper Probing

Shannon Stirone 19/08/2022

Butt jokes aside, Uranus is one of the most...

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How Scientists Use Extreme Physics to Explore Saturn’s Rain, Neptune’s Diamonds

Kimberly M.S. Cartier 25/06/2020

For more than half a century, dynamic compression experiments have...

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First Results From Voyager 2, the Spacecraft at the Edge of Interstellar Space

Jatan Mehta 04/11/2019

The twin Voyagers' observations have given us our first...

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The Simple Physics Trick That’s Allowed Us to Venture Deeper Into Space

Jatan Mehta 30/11/2018

The gravity assist is a versatile instrument in the...

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NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Could Be Nearing Interstellar Space

Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less...

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Telescopes Pick up Strange Radio Signals Three Billion Years Old

Prakash Chandra 06/09/2017

What makes the latest FRBs so dramatic is that...