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Name	More Mysterious Space Blobs Have Been Found Near the Center of the Milky Way \| Technology Org
Description	At the center of our galaxy lies a region where roughly 10 million stars are packed into just 1 parsec (3.25 light-years) of space. At the center of this lies the supermassive black hole (SMBH) known as Sagittarius A*, which has a mass of over 4 million Suns. For decades, astronomers have been tryin #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Echoes of light help scientists map the behaviour of a black hole \| Technology Org
Description	Scientists, including Dr Matthew Middleton from the University of Southampton, have for the first time mapped the behaviour of gas approaching a black hole by studying vibrations of the light it fires out. As material spirals into a black hole, it emits X-rays that echo and reverberate as they inte #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Towards Monthly Moonshots – NextBigFuture.com
Description	Google and others have used the term Moonshots to define highly ambitious technological projects and a mindset of big goals.... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers find an oddball asteroid entirely inside the orbit of Venus \| Ars Technica
Description	"Getting past the orbit of Venus must have been challenging." #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket dramatically explodes mid-flight during key safety test
Description	A SPACEX rocket has exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as part of a key test ahead of the firm's first manned missions this year. The successful test of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which did not have any astronauts on board, mimicked an emergency mid-flight escape. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Mystery burst of gravity waves sent from 'Betelgeuse' star – as scientists predict explosion
Description	A BURST of gravitational waves, usually caused by cataclysmic events in the universe, has been detected coming from an unstable star, leading some experts to think it may explode soon. Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star that is expected to turn into a supernova explosion, however, this wasn't predicted to happen for another 100,000 years. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX, seeking NASA approval, purposefully blew up a Falcon 9 rocket
Description	SpaceX and NASA blew up a Falcon 9 rocket to test a very important safety feature, Crew Dragon's in-flight escape system. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Watch NASA Astronauts Spacewalk to Replace Space Station Batteries
Description	Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station will shortly begin a spacewalk to perform upgrades, and you can watch the event happen live. Jessica Meir and Christina Koch will be suiting up and heading out of the station to replace batteries as part of a long-term project to update the station's power system. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	A New Facility Is Set to Produce Oxygen From Moon Dust at an Unprecedented Scale
Description	Although the Moon has no atmosphere, it has loads of oxygen, all mixed up with the dust on the lunar surface in the form of oxides. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	NASA, SpaceX Complete Final Major Flight Test of Crew Spacecraft \| Technology Org
Description	NASA and SpaceX completed a launch escape demonstration of the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket Sunday. This was the final major flight test of the spacecraft before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. The laun #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Did you know? NASA building homes made of fungi for Moon, Mars
Description	The harsh environments of the Moon and Mars will require new ways of living - growing homes instead of building them, mining minerals from sewage instead of rock. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Asteroid Twice the Size of Big Ben to Skim Past Earth Today \| Technology News
Description	Flying towards the planet at a speed of over 61,500 miles per hour, the Near-Earth Object (NEO) is big enough to destroy an entire city if collides with the Earth. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Earth From Space: Japanese Archipelago [Video]
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Oxygen on the Moon? ESA Prototypes Plant That Extracts Oxygen From Lunar Soil \| Technology News
Description	European Space Agency (ESA) claims to have developed a solution that enables oxygen production from resources found on the Moon, including lunar soil or what is commonly known as moondust. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	20 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers Just Detected 2 Potentially Habitable Super-Earths Orbiting Nearby Stars
Description	A cache of five newly discovered exoplanets orbiting nearby stars has been revealed in a new study. The bounty includes two potentially habitable super-Earths that are perfect candidates to study further in our search for life outside the Solar Sys #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX just launched — and purposefully destroyed — a rocket for a key test
Description	The "abort demonstration" assessed how well SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule can survive in the event of a catastrophic rocket failure. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	New Space Force uniforms mocked by Star Wars fans - CNET
Description	The space military uniforms are covered in camouflage, perfect for fighting on forest moon Endor. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Fireball Caused by a Chunk Falling off a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
Description	On April 29, 2017, something strange appeared over Kyoto, Japan: A bright, slow fireball streaking through the in the sky. At the time, astronomers were baffled as it what it could have been. But now, researchers from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan have figured out what it was and where it came from. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	The Nearest Star to Our Sun, Proxima Centauri, May Host Second Planet
Description	Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a second exoplanet in orbit around the nearest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri. The planet candidate is called Proxima c, its mass is around half that of Neptune, and it orbits its star at a distance 1.5 times greater than the distance between the Earth and the sun. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX Crew Dragon Escape Demonstration Was Successful – NextBigFuture.com
Description	SpaceX tested the escape of the crew dragon. They also purposely blew up the Falcon 9.... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	See Video of Boeing's Starliner Orbital Flight Test From Inside the Capsule
Description	Boeing's first Starliner orbital test flight might not have gone as planned, with the craft failing to reach the correct orbit. However, there's still plenty to be learned from the test. Boeing has released a video of highlights of the test, showing the interior of the capsule and the view from the window. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX Crew Dragon Escape Demonstration Was Successful – NextBigFuture.com
Description	SpaceX tested the escape of the crew dragon. They also purposely blew up the Falcon 9.... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX successfully completes its Dragon abort test [Updated] \| Ars Technica
Description	The capsule successfully separated and splashed down gently into the Atlantic. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Watch SpaceX appear to nail its final test for sending people to space
Description	The In-Flight Abort test went through its sequence smoothly, paving the way for SpaceX to continue its mission to put human passengers on its next launch. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX’s Crew Dragon abort system works—now it’s ready to send astronauts into space - MIT Technology Review
Description	The successful demonstration of Crew Dragon's in-flight abort system means SpaceX is officially ready to send astronauts to the ISS later this year. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	The James Webb Space Telescope Is the Largest, Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built [Video]
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers Discover the Best Places to Look for “Genesis II” and Intelligent Alien Life
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Drive me to the moon in one of these lunar cars
Description	Lexus designed concept moon cars for lunar driving with one selected for a magazine. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Why is the sky blue? The reality explained - as well as whether it's the same for other planets
Description	IT'S a question as old as humanity itself – why is the sky blue? There are many myths and legends surrounding the query, but we've got the science behind the phenomenon below. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	19 January 2020

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Name	Samsung Galaxy S20 full specs leak: Why 120Hz display, 108MP Space Zoom camera and more make it a game changer - Technology News
Description	Barely weeks ahead of its launch, the Galaxy S20 series has been leaked in all its glory, revealing to the world the complete specs the devices from the line-up could sport upon launch. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	NASA Building Homes Made of Fungi for Moon, Mars \| Technology News
Description	Instead of habitats made of metal and glass, NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	This is Elon Musk’s plan for Mars human ‘colony’ - Latest News \| Gadgets Now
Description	Tech billionaire Elon Musk seems to have everything figured out when it comes to settling humans on Mars. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Scientists Are Generating Oxygen from Simulated Moon Dust \| Gizmodo UK
Description	Scientists are aiming to have a functional, Moon-ready version by the mid 2020s. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Huge Philippines Volcano Blasts Ash 9 Miles Up As Satellites Watch (Video) \| Live Science
Description	The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	NASA Snow-Chasers Set to Fly Into Winter Storms to Study the Inner Workings [Video]
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Space Startup Investments in 2019 Dominated by Blue Origin, OneWeb and SpaceX – NextBigFuture.com
Description	In 2019, Space Investment reached $5.8 billion. 2019 set a record for Space investment. In total from 2009-2019, $25.7 billion was invested into 535 unique space companies since 2009.... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Scientists Develop a Method to Make Oxygen From Moon Dust
Description	The moon is covered in fine dust called regolith which sticks to absolutely everything and causes all sorts of technical problems. But now, the European Space Agency has come up with a plan for the tricky substance: Turning it into oxygen to be used by lunar explorers for breathing and for the production of fuel. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Europe's ExoMars rover completes environmental tests ahead of launch
Description	NASA's Mars 2020 rover isn't the only robotic explorer set to head to the Red Planet this year. It will also be joined by the European Space Agency's Rosalind Franklin rover, as part of the ESA and Roscosmos ExoMars mission. The rover has now completed its final environmental tests before launch in July this year. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Nemesis brings alien impregnation horror to your tabletop—and it works \| Ars Technica
Description	Beware both the chestburster and your fellow players. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	H0LiCOW! Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe's Expansion That Adds to Troubling Discrepancy
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	New Space Force uniforms have Star Wars fans cracking Endor jokes - CNET
Description	The space military uniforms are covered in camouflage, perfect for fighting on the forest moon. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Elon Musk Wants Each Starship to Fly 1000 Flights Per Year and Retire Starships to Mars – NextBigFuture.com
Description	Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX is targeting for each fully reusable Starship to fly 3 flights per day. This will be 1000 flights per year. A fleet of ten Super Heavy starship would be able to take up to 1 million tons to orbit every year. They plan to build 100 Starships every year so that after 10 years they would reach 1000 Starships.... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	18 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers Analysis Reveals Outbound Comets Likely of Alien Origin
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Astronaut Shares Heartbreaking Photos of The Australian Bushfire Smoke
Description	NASA astronaut Christina Koch shared a short but powerful message from space on Tuesday: "Australia. Our hearts and thoughts are with you." #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Europe might ban facial recognition in public spaces for up to 5 years
Description	A draft document by the European Commission points to a temporary ban on facial recognition in public spaces, report claims. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Early Weather Reports Positive for SpaceX In-Flight Abort Test \| Technology Org
Description	With the launch of SpaceX’s in-flight abort demonstration three days away, early weather reports are promising. According to Mike McAleenan, a launch weather officer with the U.S. Air Force 45th Space Wing, there is a 90 percent chance of favorable weather at liftoff. The primary concern is flight t #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Top stories: How a tree lives so long, wolf puppies playing fetch, and a giant telescope’s uncertain future
Description	This week’s top Science news #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX will shut down its rocket mid-flight to test Dragon’s escape system \| Ars Technica
Description	"We’ve got work to do, but honestly getting this test behind us is a huge milestone." #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Lexus had its European design team imagine vehicles for moon mobility \| Ars Technica
Description	The designs were invited by the art and fashion magazine Document Journal. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	HBO’s ‘Avenue 5’ asks what happens if tech bros conquer space \| Engadget
Description	If you thought that HBO was done mocking technology companies now that Silicon Valley is done, think again. Avenue 5 is the channel's new sitcom, and one that a... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	First Spacebus Neo Satellite Launched Aboard Ariane 5 Rocket
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Evolving Energy of a Solar Flare’s Explosive First Minutes Captured With New Radio Telescope
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	2019 Was the Second Hottest Year on Record According to Both NASA & NOAA
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Peter van de Kamp: the astronomer who was wrong in all the right ways - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Though the planets van de Kamp claimed to find were not there, the method he devised was on the right track. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Chinese Chang’e 4 engineer explains how to garden on the moon \| New Scientist
Description	The brains behind the first plant ever to germinate on the moon explains how the Chinese mission succeeded #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	What’s a halo made of? Scientists have new insights on the galactic kind \| Technology Org
Description	The halo that surrounds our Milky Way galaxy is hotter and made up of different proportions of elements than scientists previously thought new research shows. The findings are the first to show that multiple gases exist in the Milky Way’s halo — or in any galaxy’s halo — and could shed new light #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Rocket Report: Russia talking big boosters, fly us to the Moon \| Ars Technica
Description	"We aim to change the history of space launch." #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Nasa wants to grow 'living' astronaut homes on Moon and Mars out of mushrooms
Description	NASA scientists are working on a bizarre mushroom Moon and Mars base project that could result in lunar homes for astronauts being built onsite out of living fungi. The researchers have been conducting tests to determine if they could successfully grow mycelia fungus in outer space soil. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Swarm of SIX asteroids starts skimming past Earth today – and one is 650ft wide
Description	A SWARM of six asteroids is heading past Earth and they're set to skim our planet within 48 hours of each other. Nasa has listed all of the asteroids on its 'close approach' list and the largest one could be up to 656 feet. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	How to Watch SpaceX's In-Flight Abort Test This Saturday
Description	This weekend, SpaceX is planning a dramatic test of its Crew Dragon capsule, in which it will blow up a Falcon 9 rocket to test the capsule's emergency escape system. The launch will take place from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and you can watch it happen live. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Falling chunks of massive asteroid pose a future threat to Earth - CNET
Description	A binary asteroid has been leaking dust into our atmosphere, but if it totally cracks up we could have problems. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	ESA Opens Oxygen Plant – Making Breathable Air Out of Moondust
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	17 January 2020

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Name	Moon Rooms Made of Mushrooms Could Be the Future of Space Habitat
Description	Potential future inhabitants of the moon and Mars could live in rooms made of mushrooms. NASA is looking at the possibilities of fungi as a more sustainable option to metal and glass, since it can easily grow around an existing frame. Scientists are also looking into whether these 'shroom rooms could be used on Earth. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	NASA Pays Tribute, Says Goodbye to One of Agency’s Great Observatories \| Technology Org
Description	NASA will host a live program at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 22, to celebrate the far-reaching legacy of the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope – a mission that, after 16 years of amazing discoveries, soon will come to an end. The event will air live on NASA Television, Facebook Live, Ustream, Y #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal 2019 Second Warmest Year on Record \| Technology Org
Description	According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth's global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. Earth’s long-term warming trend can be seen in this visualization of NASA’s glo #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Could Future Homes on the Moon and Mars Be Made of Fungi? \| Technology Org
Description	Science fiction often imagines our future on Mars and other planets as run by machines, with metallic cities and flying cars rising above dunes of red sand. But the reality may be even stranger – and "greener." Instead of habitats made of metal and glass, NASA is exploring technologies that could gr #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Massive Black Hole Collisions Illuminated by X-Rays and Gravitational Waves
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	NASA Contest to Name Mars Rover Narrows to 155 Student Entries \| Gizmodo UK
Description	We imagine NASA will have a hard time choosing just one. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Elon Musk drops details for SpaceX Mars mega-colony - CNET
Description	SpaceX CEO wants to put a million people on the Red Planet by 2050. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Hubble Space Telescope Spies NGC 1803 in the Painter’s Easel
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Spy Satellite Images Uncover Staggering Mount Everest Ice Loss \| Live Science
Description	Declassified spy-satellite photos show that the glaciers near Mount Everest are shrinking more than expected. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Goofy, Pluto, and Donald Duck Make Their Lego Brickheadz Debut \| Gizmodo UK
Description	Also, a random sheep joins the fray. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Huge 5,000ft asteroid poses 'danger to life on Earth' if it breaks up – and it's already shot fireballs at us
Description	AN ENORMOUS mile-long double asteroid could threaten life on Earth in millions of years if it eventually breaks up. This is according to a recent study which proposes that the space rock could be responsible for a catastrophe on our planet. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy Is Forging a Strange New Kind of Star \| Live Science
Description	The black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be warping and combining binary stars into a strange new kind of object, according to a new study. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers Detect Second Planet Orbiting Nearest Star
Description	In 2016, astronomers detected an exoplanet around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun. Now, it looks like there ... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Coast Guard: Indian Coast Guard in talks with DoT for satellite bandwidth - Latest News \| Gadgets Now
Description	The Indian Coast Guard is in discussion with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for alloting it the necessary satellite bandwidth for its needs as sending up a dedicated satellite for its use is costly, its chief K. Natarajan said. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Potential second exoplanet discovered orbiting closest star to the Sun - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Proxima c is approximately half the size of Neptune and orbits Proxima Centauri, scientists say. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Researchers Develop Smart Glove to Help Astronauts Explore The Moon and Mars \| Technology Org
Description	Nothing is worse than trying to unlock a phone on a cold day when wearing gloves. Some people punch in their passwords with their nose, while others give up and peel off a glove to swipe. Now imagine being on the surface of the Moon or Mars, where taking off a glove isn't an option to survive in #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	First Asteroid Found Inside Orbit of Venus \| Technology Org
Description	A rare asteroid orbiting snugly within the inner confines of our solar system has been discovered by Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility, or ZTF, a survey camera based at Palomar Observatory. The newfound body, named 2020 AV2, is the first asteroid found to orbit entirely within the orbit of Venus. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Astronomers Reveal Interstellar Thread of One of Life’s Building Blocks \| Technology Org
Description	ALMA and Rosetta map the journey of phosphorus. "Life appeared on Earth about 4 billion years ago, but we still do not know the processes that made it possible," says Víctor Rivilla, the lead author of a new study published today in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Th #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	A Second Planet May Have been Found Orbiting Proxima Centauri! And it is a Super Earth. \| Technology Org
Description	Astronomers have discovered another candidate exoplanet orbiting our neighbor, Proxima Centauri. A paper announcing these results was just published in the journal Science Advances. If confirmed, it will be the second exoplanet orbiting the star. It was big news in 2016 when astronomers disco #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Japanese billionaire receives 20,000 'girlfriend applications' for his Moon trip on Elon Musk's rocket
Description	A JAPANESE billionaire in search of a girlfriend to join him on a trip to the Moon has received thousands of applications from prospective lovers. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, 44, is seeking single women over the age of 20 to become the "first woman" to fly to the Moon – aboard a private flight in 2023. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Six mystery objects are orbiting our galaxy's black hole – and scientists are baffled
Description	STRANGE objects have been spotted orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Astronomers aren't quite sure what they could be so they've used 13 years worth of data to identify them as a new class of object. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	NBC's Peacock Event Previews Battlestar Galactica Reboot From Mr. Robot Creator
Description	Sam Esmail, the man behind USA's techno-thriller Mr. Robot and Amazon Prime's Homecoming, is revamping Battlestar Galactica for NBC's streaming service Peacock. The series will tell a "new story within the mythology" of the fan-favorite show and address the modern political climate. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	20,000 Apply to Be Billionaire’s Girlfriend, Get Free Moon Trip
Description	Over 20,000 people have offered to become Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa's flight companion on his trip around the Moon and "life partner." #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Researcher: SpaceX Satellite Plans Break US Environmental Law
Description	Vanderbilt University law student Ramon Ryan argues in a new paper that the FCC's approval of over 30,000 planned SpaceX satellites could've been unlawful. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	A star called Betelgeuse might be ready to explode into a giant supernova - MIT Technology Review
Description	If we confirm its in its final phase of life, we might learn how to actually predict when these red supergiant stars suddenly explode. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	16 January 2020

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Name	Key DNA ingredient phosphorus could have arrived on Earth via a comet - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Phosphorus, which is present in the DNA of all living organisms, may have been delivered by the icy wanderers billions of years ago. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	NASA's new video succinctly captures how much the world has warmed
Description	In a video just over one-minute long, NASA gives a succinct rundown of climate trends since 1880, emphasizing that Earth is relentlessly warming. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	New 'lost' planet orbiting the nearest star to our Solar System discovered
Description	SCIENTISTS have discovered a new planet orbiting the closest star to our Solar System. The mysterious world "Proxima c" sits just over four light-years from Earth, or about 270,000 times the distance from our planet to the Sun. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	“Cold Neptune” And Two Temperate Super-Earths Found Orbiting Nearby Stars \| Technology Org
Description	A “cold Neptune” and two potentially habitable worlds are part of a cache of five newly discovered exoplanets and eight exoplanet candidates found orbiting nearby red dwarf stars, which are reported in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series by a team led by Carnegie’s Fabo Feng and Paul Butler. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	World’s largest radio telescope needs to hit US$1-billion target
Description	TBD #Astronautics
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Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	This year may finally fulfill the promise of private human spaceflight \| Ars Technica
Description	Big and small rockets. The Moon and Mars. Lots of asteroid stuff, too. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	NASA, NOAA say 2019 was the second-warmest year ever - CNET
Description	The past five years have been the warmest of the last 140 years, with 2016 taking the hottest spot. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Just add water: NASA thinks your future Mars home could be made of fungi - CNET
Description	Please step into my humble Mars mushroom room. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Weird dust balls seen impossibly close to our galaxy’s huge black hole \| New Scientist
Description	At the centre of our galaxy, six strange clouds that look like dust and gas orbit a black hole so closely that if they were really just clouds they should have been sucked in by now #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	NASA Data Confirms the Last Decade Was the Hottest on Record
Description	2019 was the second hottest on record, but more troubling, it also made the last decade the hottest period since ... #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Scientists Find Material in Meteorite Older Than the Solar System Itself
Description	When we talk about extremely #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	The last decade was the warmest on record, NASA and NOAA find
Description	The past decade was the warmest recorded, government science agencies announced Wednesday. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Galactic Gamma-Ray Source Map Reveals Birthplaces of High-Energy Particles: Study \| Technology News
Description	A total of nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays have been identified in a new catalogue compiled by researchers. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Mars bars: Why it’s time to write a national anthem for the Red Planet \| New Scientist
Description	Stirring music for stirring deeds, plus the correct name for an Earthling and how Google got its emoji scissors wrong in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Here's Why SpaceX Plans to Blow Up a Rocket This Weekend
Description	This week SpaceX is testing out its Crew Dragon capsule, which will eventually ferry astronauts to the International Space Station, in a particularly dramatic demonstration of the capsule's emergency systems: it will perform an "In-Flight Abort Test," which involves blowing up a Falcon 9 rocket. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Stunning Jupiter 'mega-storm' caught on camera by Nasa spacecraft
Description	NASA'S Image of the Day is usually awe-inspiring but this snap of a storm swirling on Jupiter's surface is on another level. The beautiful photo was taken by Nasa's Juno spacecraft and looks more like a surrealist painting than a planet after enhancements brought it to life. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Puzzled Flat-Earthers left raging after Nasa astronaut posts photo from the ISS
Description	FLAT-EARTHERS were left shocked, confused and angry after a Nasa astronaut posted a photo of Earth from space. The impressive but unusual image was posted by seasoned space hero Jessica Meir, who captured our blue planet from the International Space Station. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Swarm of SIX asteroids to skim past Earth this week – and one is 650ft wide
Description	A SWARM of asteroids is heading towards Earth and should skim past our planet within 48 hours of each other. Nasa has listed the six asteroids on its 'close approach' list and the largest one could be up to 656 feet. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	NASA’s New Moon Rover Tested in Lunar Operations Lab \| Technology Org
Description	An engineering model of the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, or VIPER, is tested in the Simulated Lunar Operations Laboratory at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. About the size of a golf cart, VIPER is a mobile robot that will roam around the Moon’s South Pole looking #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	NASA Rings in Busy New Year in Florida to Prepare for Artemis Missions \| Technology Org
Description	NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will have a busy year preparing facilities, ground support equipment and space hardware for the launch of Artemis I, the first uncrewed launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft. In 2020, Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) activities #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	From Smoke Going Round the World to Aerosol Levels, NASA Observes Australia’s Bushfires \| Technology Org
Description	NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the smoke coming off the Australian fires across the globe showing that it has circumnavigated the Earth. In an image created from data gathered by the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Nadir Mapper o #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	There might be another exoplanet hiding around our closest star - MIT Technology Review
Description	Proxima b, a potentially habitable world just 4.24 light-years away. Some astronomers found evidence that there may be a second exoplanet, Proxima c, in the same star system. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Exoplanet Discoveries Include Two Super-Earths That Could Support Life
Description	Two new exoplanets have been discovered outside of our galaxy that have the potential to support life. GJ180 d and GJ229A c are “super-Earths” and are located relatively close to us in space terms. The exoplanets orbit red dwarf stars, which are cooler and dimmer than our sun, meaning that liquid could be stable. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	An All-Female NASA Spacewalk Is Happening Now: Here's How To Watch
Description	The second-ever all-female spacewalk is happening right now, and you can watch it live as it plays out on the International Space Station. NASA TV is currently streaming the spacewalk that features two women astronauts: Jessica Meir and Christina Koch. The two are replacing batteries on the ISS. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Here’s How NASA’s New Machine Weighs Exoplanets
Description	NASA's new instrument, NEID, can measure the mass of a distant exoplanet with three times the sensitivity of any other equipment out there. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Alien life could already be hiding on Earth, top astrobiologist claims
Description	LIFE is pretty easy to recognise. It moves, it grows, it eats, it excretes, it reproduces. Simple. But alien life may be harder to spot. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Huge Eruption of Philippines Volcano Seen from Space \| Live Science
Description	Taal volcano in the Philippines rumbled to life on Jan. 12, sending steam and sulfur skyward. Satellites have captured images of the eruption. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Interstellar Stardust Found Inside Australian Meteorite Is a Staggering 7 Billion Years Old \| Gizmodo UK
Description	The remarkable discovery offers a snapshot of the conditions that existed long before our solar system came into existence. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Bizarre Objects Discovered Near Our Galaxy’s Supermassive Black Hole – “Really Strange Signature”
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	Interstellar Thread of Key Piece in the Origin-of-Life Puzzle Revealed by Astronomers
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	AOC got cult classic movie Spaceballs trending on Twitter - CNET
Description	The Schwartz was with social media this week, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez cited the cult classic film. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	15 January 2020

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Name	China Finally Boots Up Colossal Alien-Hunting Radio Telescope
Description	China's world record, "alien-hunting" telescope, FAST, became fully operational on Saturday, quadrupling the amount of the universe astronomers can examine. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	NASA’s Webb Telescope to Search for Rogue Planets and Young Brown Dwarfs
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	First new comet of 2020 crashes into sun just after being discovered - CNET
Description	The brave sungrazer never stood a chance. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	New front emerges in battle to build giant telescope in Hawaii
Description	TMT opponents try to win over other astronomers in priority-setting decadal survey #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	How the fight over a Hawaii mega-telescope could change astronomy
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	7 Billion Years: Oldest Solid Material on Earth Found Inside a Meteorite, Predates Solar System \| Technology News
Description	A meteorite that crashed into rural southeastern Australia in a fireball in 1969 contained the oldest material ever found on Earth, stardust that predated the formation of our solar system by billions of years, scientists said on Monday. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	If you had a strong enough magnet, could you pull something magnetic out of a black hole? - BBC Science Focus Magazine
Description	Asked by: Kealan Brion, Whitby #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Secret Russian spy satellite 'explodes in space' – and it may have been deliberate
Description	A TOP-SECRET spy satellite operated by Russia is feared to have "disintegrated" in space. The mysterious probe had lurked in Earth's orbit for half a decade and was reportedly designed to inspect and destroy enemy satellites in orbit. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	The Outer Worlds review – a sexy space-hopping romp with delightfully dark humour – The Sun
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX, NASA Gear up for In-Flight Abort Demonstration \| Technology Org
Description	NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the final, major test before astronauts fly aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test, known as in-flight abort, will demonstrate the spacecraft’s escape c #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	The seven most exciting space missions of 2020 - MIT Technology Review
Description	Here are the space missions we’re most hyped to follow in 2020. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	NASA Narrows Down Mars 2020 Rover Names – Here Are the Semifinalists
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps of Dark Matter? \| Gizmodo UK
Description	The search for clumps relies on a concept called gravitational lensing. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	How to watch critical SpaceX Crew Dragon in-flight abort test - CNET
Description	SpaceX needs to show NASA that astronauts will be able escape in case of a problem during launch. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	DC officially connects the TV and film universes in surprise Crisis cameo - CNET
Description	Two DC Comics superheroes come unexpectedly face-to-face in the exciting Arrowverse crossover event on The CW. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Latest NASA Satellite Observations of Australia's Bushfires Show Smoke Going Round the World
Description	TBD #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	A Cosmic Gatekeeper Divides Our Solar System in Two \| Live Science
Description	Billions of years ago, our baby solar system was divided in two by a cosmic gatekeeper that prevented materials in the inner and outer regions from mixing. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	How Viruses Secretly Control the Planet \| Inside Science
Description	(Inside Science) -- Viruses control their hosts like puppets -- and in the process, they may play important roles in Earth’s climate.The hosts in this case aren't people or animals: They are bacteria. A growing body of research is revealing how viruses manipulate what bacteria eat and how they guide the chemical reactions that sustain life. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	SpaceX’s First Private Billionaire Passenger Launches Search for Girlfriend to Take on Trip Around the Moon \| Gizmodo UK
Description	“I want to find a ‘life partner.’ With that future partner of mine, I want to shout our love and world peace from outer space.” #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Check Out the Short List in the Mars 2020 Rover Naming Contest
Description	NASA has revealed the semifinalists in the naming contest for its Mars 2020 rover, which is set to begin its journey to the Martian Surface in July 2020. The public will soon have a chance to vote for their favorite suggestion among nine finalists, though NASA said its judges will have the final say. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Meteorite contains the oldest material on Earth \| Technology Org
Description	Stars have life cycles. They’re born when bits of dust and gas floating through space find each other and collapse in on each other and heat up. They burn for millions to billions of years, and then they die. When they die, they pitch the particles that formed in their winds out into space, and thos #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Collision helped make the Milky Way — and now we know when \| Technology Org
Description	Thanks to some astrophysical sleuthing, researchers have pinpointed an early galactic merger that helped shape the Milky Way. The merger — a collision, actually — happened 11.5 billion years ago. That’s when a small galaxy called Gaia-Enceladus slammed into what then existed of the Milky Way, Ear #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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Name	Stunning -125C Mars ice caps and strong Martian storms revealed by space probe
Description	A BEAUTIFUL image of Mars' north pole captured by the European Space Agency's Mars Express probe has been published by the organisation. The snap shows an icy cap sitting on the red planet and signs of strong winds and storms. #Astronautics
Field	# Astronautics
Updated	14 January 2020

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