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June 18, 2019

Meteor 'smoke' may spawn cotton candy clouds on Mars

Cotton candy clouds in the middle atmosphere of Mars may owe their life to dying meteors.

June 18, 2019

Will Apollo nostalgia help NASA get its Artemis Moon money?

NASA's big moon push may be coming at just the right time.

June 17, 2019

'Cold quasars' may be at the end of their lives, but they can still birth stars

Building a quasar, the brightest type of object in the universe , usually signifies an end of star-formation in a galaxy.

June 17, 2019

NASA atomic clock on SpaceX's next Falcon Heavy will pioneer Mars travel tech

NASA has so many spacecraft at Mars that it's a challenge to communicate with them all, but technology being launched later this month could eliminate that problem in the future.

June 17, 2019

NASA chief says returning astronauts to the Moon could cost $30 billion

It was always going to be expensive, but NASA's first cost estimate for the agency's push to land humans on the moon by 2024 is finally here — and it's surprisingly cheap.

June 17, 2019

New Mars crater exposes mysterious darker material

The Red Planet was hit by an asteroid sometime within the past three years and the resulting crater has exposed a "darker material" underneath Mars' reddish dust that is currently perplexing scientists.

June 17, 2019

Search for habitable alien worlds in Earth's backyard heats up

The hunt for nearby exoplanets has just heated up considerably.

June 17, 2019

Astronomers spot moon ‘flashing at us’ and no one can explain why

June 15, 2019

Trump says he was briefed on Navy sightings of UFOs; 'Do I believe it? Not particularly'

President Trump said he's been briefed by Navy pilots regarding the sightings of unidentified flying objects, but remained skeptical of the existence of UFOs.

June 15, 2019

Luis Elizondo: Why is the government finally admitting UFOs are real, and why should we pay attention?

Americans are becoming aware that UFOs aren't just in the domain of science fiction.