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How Astronauts' CPR Training Could Save Lives on Earth (Op-Ed)
April 27, 2018 | ArticleThe rigors of astronaut training determine who has the "right stuff." What some may not know, however, is that every astronaut undergoes life support training.
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Small Stars are Awesome — But Can They Support Life?
April 27, 2018 | ArticleExoplanets are showing up in some unexpected places.
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Planets Aplenty with the TESS Mission: Q&A with the Director of the Kavli Institute
April 24, 2018 | ArticleJacqueline Hewitt discusses how NASA's TESS exoplanet mission has already changed the institute she directs and will bring about further evolution in the years to come.
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Big Bang, Big Claim: Why This Bold Idea Is Right
April 21, 2018 | ArticleAt 13.8 billion years ago, our entire observable universe was the size of a peach and had a temperature of over a trillion degrees.
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To Seek Out New Life: How the TESS Mission Will Accelerate the Hunt for Livable Alien Worlds (Kavli Roundtable)
April 20, 2018 | ArticleThe just-launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) could soon provide the breakthrough identification of dozens of potentially habitable exoplanets right in our cosmic backyard.
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Goodbye, Kepler, Hello TESS: Passing the Baton in the Search for Distant Planets
April 16, 2018 | ArticleFor centuries, human beings have wondered about the possibility of other Earths orbiting distant stars. Perhaps some of these alien worlds would harbor strange forms of life or have unique and telling histories or futures.
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60 Years in Orbit for 'Grapefruit Satellite': The Oldest Human Object in Space
March 30, 2018 | ArticleSixty years ago, a grapefruit-sized aluminium sphere with six antennas and some tiny solar cells was launched into Earth orbit. The Vanguard 1 satellite is still up there and is the oldest human-made object in space.
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China's Falling Space Station Highlights the Problem of Space Junk Crashing to Earth
March 29, 2018 | ArticleAny day now, the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is expected to fall back to Earth – but it's uncertain where it will crash land. We know that Australia is in the potential zone, and we have been hit before by a falling space station.
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Chinese Space Station Crash: Why It's So Hard to Predict Where Space Debris Will Land
March 29, 2018 | ArticleThe now defunct Chinese space station Tiangong-1 is en route to crash into Earth – completing its "atmospheric reentry phase."
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The March of Women: A Giant Leap for Humanity (Op-Ed)
March 26, 2018 | ArticleTo march is to "walk or proceed quickly, and with determination" — a fitting definition for the month of March, as we celebrate Women's History Month and commemorate the achievements of countless women.
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