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Exomoons Could Reveal Themselves Through Lunar Eclipses

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons, with more than 400 orbiting the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Of these, only a handful are targets for astrobiology and could potentially support life as we know it, including Jupiter’s moons Europa and Ganymede, and Saturn’s moon Titan and Enceladus. While these moons orbit two of the largest planets in our solar system, what about moons orbiting giant exoplanets, also called exomoons? But, to find life on exomoons, scientists need to find exomoons to begin with. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/SL0scXg via IFTTT
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Researchers Examine How We Could Achieve Sustainable Water Systems for Space

If humans want to live in space, whether on spacecraft or the surface of Mars, one of the first problems to solve is that of water for drinking, hygiene, and life-sustaining plants. Even bringing water to the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit costs on the order of tens of thousands of dollars. Thus, finding efficient, durable, and trustworthy ways to source and reuse water in space is a clear necessity for long-term habitation there. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/XvFhVuw via IFTTT
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NASA's Techno-Wizardry Grants The Perseverance Rover Greater Autonomy

When the Perseverance rover was sent to Mars, it was largely dedicated to astrobiology. It's driving around an ancient paleolake, Jezero Crater, looking for evidence of past life. But the rover mission is also a testbed for greater autonomous operations. Now, NASA has given the inquisitive rover a way to better navigate the Martian surface with less human intervention. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/zK8bGSA via IFTTT
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NASA Blames Itself and Boeing for Botched Starliner Flight Test

In a report released nearly two years after Boeing’s botched Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA put the mishap in the same category as the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters — and said the spacecraft wouldn’t carry another crew until dozens of corrective actions are taken. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/deRDW0c via IFTTT
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No Supernova Needed. This Star Collapsed Directly Into A Black Hole

Theory says that, under the right conditions, massive stars can collapse directly into black holes without exploding as supernovae. But observational evidence of the phenomenon has been hard to get. Now astronomers have found some sequestered in archival data. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/L8RXCfM via IFTTT
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Ancient Massive Stars Enriched Early Clusters and Birthed First Black Holes

The early Universe was a busy place. As the infant cosmos exanded, that epoch saw the massive first stars forming, along with protogalaxies. It turns out those extremely massive early stars were stirring up chemical changes in the first globular clusters, as well. Not only that, many of those monster stars ultimately collapsed as black holes. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/UECFnPQ via IFTTT
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Hubble and Euclid Team Up To Identify A Dark Matter Galaxy

We know galaxies by their powerful illumination, generated by multitudes of stars. But some galaxies can be very dim. These are hypothesized to be dark galaxies, or dark matter galaxies. They're theoretical, and only candidates have been identified, but researchers may have confirmed the very first one. from Universe Today https://ift.tt/yR4OBtp via IFTTT
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