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Scientists Have Figured Out How to Create Wormholes For Transportation Across Space
jalopnik.com, Mar. 22, '23

So far, the research team has demonstrated its workings in a lab, and a team of scientists in China has also sent a bitmap image from one location to...

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Rolls-Royce's new micro-reactor design could send humans to Mars
interestingengineering.com, Feb. 2, '23

Rolls-Royce revealed a new image of a micro-reactor for space that it says is "designed to use an inherently safe and extremely robust fuel form."...

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Hubble telescope observes a hungry supermassive black hole devouring a star
theverge.com, Jan. 18, '23

...some stars suffer a more drastic fate as they are ripped apart and devoured by a hungry black hole. Such an event happens only a few times every...

JWST gets all the attention now, but Hubble's still at it! - TGR Editor

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Another Earth-size exoplanet discovered in habitable zone of nearby star
theverge.com, Jan. 13, '23

The planet, named TOI 700 e, is one of four known planets orbiting a cool star approximately 100 light-years away. The planet was discovered by...

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NASA’s JWST discovers its first Earth-sized exoplanet
theverge.com, Jan. 12, '23

LHS 475 b is a rocky exoplanet roughly the same size as Earth that orbits very close to a small, dim star. And for the first time, researchers are...

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The moon beckons once again, and this time NASA wants to stay
washingtonpost.com, Jan. 10, '23

The moon NASA is seeking to visit is not the same moon that Neil Armstrong and the rest of the Apollo astronauts left behind some 50 years ago. It is...

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Are chemical rockets or solar sails better to return resources from asteroids?
phys.org, Jan. 10, '23

One of the most important decisions to be made in the structure of any asteroid mining mission would be how to get the resources back to where all of...

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This 'Space Bubble' shield could counter the effects of climate change by reflecting the sun's rays
weforum.org, Dec. 29, '22

MIT researchers are exploring the possibility of floating frozen bubbles made of a thin film above Earth to reflect the sun's rays, called 'Space...

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1st TRAPPIST-1 results from Webb Space Telescope
earthsky.org, Dec. 28, '22

The fact is that TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most eagerly anticipated targets for Webb. The system contains no fewer than seven rocky planets, all...

No, the results aren't published yet. But - they will be, and JWST's exceptional imaging means more research to come. - TGR Editor

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Space-based solar power: How it works, and why it's being considered now
abc.net.au, Dec. 19, '22

Space agencies are returning to the idea of constructing enormous orbital arrays of solar panels, then beaming the power to Earth via microwaves. With...

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NASA’s Orion Returns to Earth After Historic Moon Mission
nasa.gov, Dec. 19, '22

Splashdown is the final milestone of the Artemis I mission that began with a successful liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket Nov. 16,...

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