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Chandra X-ray Observatory Should Return to Action Next Week

October 20, 2018 | Article

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory remains on course to bounce back from its gyroscope issues soon, mission team members said.
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Curiosity Rover on Mars Exercises Its 'New' Brain (Photo)

October 19, 2018 | Article

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is putting its "new" brain to work a bit while mission team members try to fix a memory issue with the "old" one.
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Image of the Day

October 19, 2018 | Image Album

Three galaxies in deep space appear to form an astronomical smiley face in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Beneath its two bright-yellow "eyes" is an arc-shaped galaxy that has been gravitationally lensed.

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This Week's Top Space Stories!

October 19, 2018 | Countdown

New satellites may prove valuable in combating greenhouse gases and NASA astronaut Nick Hague reveals what the failed launch to the International Space Station felt like from his perspective. These are just some of this week's top stories from Space.com.
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Astronomers Just Caught the Tiniest Cannibal Galaxy in the Universe

October 19, 2018 | Article

This cannibal galaxy is tiny, and it's right in our cosmic neighborhood.
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Red Dwarf Star's Mighty 'Hazflare' Could Be Bad News for Alien Life

October 19, 2018 | Article

Another red dwarf has been caught firing off a superpowerful flare, further bolstering the notion that life might have a hard time taking root around these small, dim stars.
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