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How Tidally Locked Planets Could Avoid a 'Snowball Earth' Fate
June 17, 2018 | ArticleAxial tilt and tidal locking also matter in a planet's habitability.
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Chandra Space Telescope: Revealing the Invisible Universe
June 16, 2018 | ReferenceThe Chandra X-Ray Observatory has probed the origins of dark matter and revealed much about the parts of the universe we can't see visually.
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This Week's Top Space Stories!
June 15, 2018 | CountdownA Martian dust storm rages against a NASA rover, a baby bird survives a surprise balloon adventure, Jupiter helps out in the search for aliens, and diamond dust explains a cosmic mystery — it's Space.com's best new stories of the week.
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Bridenstine Weighs In On National Space Policy
June 15, 2018 | ArticleNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine used a recent speech to lay out not just the recent space policy changes that directly affect NASA activities but other administration efforts that focus more on commercial space.
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Stephen Hawking's Family Will Beam His Voice Toward a Black Hole
June 15, 2018 | ArticleThe physicist's remains will be interred at Westminster Abbey between those of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. Meanwhile, his voice will stream through space.
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Image of the Day
June 15, 2018 | Image AlbumA cyclone swirls through Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt in this new photo from NASA's Juno spacecraft.
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Weird Low-Light Bacteria Could Potentially Thrive on Mars
June 15, 2018 | ArticleAn international team of scientists has found that a strange type of bacteria can turn light into fuel in incredibly dim environments.
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Japanese Spacecraft Approaches Dumpling-Shaped Asteroid (Photo)
June 15, 2018 | ArticleSaturn has a ravioli moon, so why shouldn't there be a dumpling asteroid?
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Mars Dust Storm 2018: How It Grew & What It Means for the Opportunity Rover
June 14, 2018 | CountdownA huge dust storm began forming on Mars in May 2018 and had expanded to nearly encircle the planet by the middle of June. See images of the storm here.
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This Monster Black Hole's Jet Has 125 Billion Times More Energy Than the Sun
June 14, 2018 | ArticleA dust-enshrouded giant black hole ripping apart a star blasted out a superfast jet of particles that packed about 125 billion times the amount of energy the sun releases per year, a new study finds.
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