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[Q&A] Dust VS Interstellar Travel, Nuclear Reactors on the Moon, My Favourite Lagrange Point
[Q&A] Dust VS Interstellar Travel, Nuclear Reactors on the Moon, My Favourite Lagrange Point

Will dust make interstellar travel impossible? Is Oumuamua unique in its weird cigar-like shape? How many nuclear reactors will we need on the Moon? …

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[Q&A] Vera Rubin & Planet 9 SPECIAL
[Q&A] Vera Rubin & Planet 9 SPECIAL

Will there be a northern hemisphere version of Vera Rubin? Or maybe we can put one straight in space? Can Vera Rubin detect alien spacecraft if they …

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[Interview] Revealing the Secrets of Cosmic Dark Ages
[Interview] Revealing the Secrets of Cosmic Dark Ages

What are the cosmic dark ages and what do we know about them? Why are the so hard to study? How can the Dark Age Explorer help with it and why does i…

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[Space Bites] A THIRD Interstellar Object // Pack of Quasars // Tianwen-2 Looks Back
[Space Bites] A THIRD Interstellar Object // Pack of Quasars // Tianwen-2 Looks Back

Astronomers have discovered a third interstellar object. NASA missions are getting prepared to be shut down. The most massive white dwarf has been fo…

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[Q&A] Absent Planets from Our Solar System, Interstellar Black Holes, Non-Conventional Theories
[Q&A] Absent Planets from Our Solar System, Interstellar Black Holes, Non-Conventional Theories

Which type of planet that's not in the Solar System is the most interesting? Can we detect an interstellar black hole? Should science journalists rep…

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[Q&A] Confidence in SpaceX, New Pale Blue Dot, A Day on Gas Giants
[Q&A] Confidence in SpaceX, New Pale Blue Dot, A Day on Gas Giants

Did the recent streak of Starship failures change my confidence is SpaceX's future success? How can we measure the rotation of gas giant planets? Is …

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[Space Bites] Vera Rubin's ONLINE // Huge LISA Update // Record-Breaking JWST Exoplanet
[Space Bites] Vera Rubin's ONLINE // Huge LISA Update // Record-Breaking JWST Exoplanet

The first pictures from Rubin are finally here, construction begins on the LISA mission, Webb directly images a Saturn-sized exoplanet, and do pulsar…

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[Q&A] SMBH Images, Primordial Gravitational Waves, Terraforming Tidally-Locked Planets
[Q&A] SMBH Images, Primordial Gravitational Waves, Terraforming Tidally-Locked Planets

Does terraforming a tidally-locked planet make any sense? Are the images we got of our galaxy's supermassive black hole fake? Can we observe gravitat…

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[Q&A] JWST Image Artefacts, TRAPPIST-1 Planets from the Surface, Liquid Glass Space Telescopes
[Q&A] JWST Image Artefacts, TRAPPIST-1 Planets from the Surface, Liquid Glass Space Telescopes

Why doesn't NASA remove the artefacts from JWST images? How would TRAPPIST-1 planets look from their surface? Why don't they just form space telescop…

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[Interview] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions
[Interview] Improving Nuclear Power Generators for Future Space Missions

Solar power has its limits. Some space missions will need an alternative source of power like RTGs. How can we make them better? Which fuel is optima…

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