As the New Horizons mission approached Ultima Thule, Rowan University paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara put our close-up study of the Kuiper Belt object into a deep-time perspective.
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Cosmic Collision Created “Snowman” MU69—the Farthest World Ever Explored
Close-up images from NASA’s New Horizons probe show the space rock has two distinct lobes
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China Makes Historic First Landing on Mysterious Far Side of the Moon
The milestone marks a turning point for China’s space exploration, and may unlock deep secrets of lunar history
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Remembering Riccardo Giacconi: A Titan of the Heroic Age of Astronomy
On the occasion of his passing, we honor a man for all seasons and an astronomer for all wavelengths
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Astrobiology Highlights of 2018
A very incomplete list of contributions furthering our search for life elsewhere (and other stuff)
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Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars
Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars (a specific type of neutron star) and got zero credit for it until recently. Here’s her story
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Pluto Is Far in the Rearview. Next Stop: Ultima Thule
NASA’s New Horizons is poised to arrive at the most distant object ever seen up close—and there could be more to come
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A Half Century Later, the Journey of <i>Apollo 8</i> Still Inspires
On Christmas Eve 1968 people worldwide stepped back from the throes of crises and recognized themselves as citizens of a tiny, fragile planet
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The Lunar Farside and the Cosmic Dark Age
China’s Chang’e 4 mission to the moon has something else up its sleeve
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With First-Ever Landing on Moon’s Farside, China Enters “Luna Incognita”
The Chang’e-4 mission could have major effects on Earthbound science and politics
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