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Urine luck: Astronauts’ pee could be the secret ingredient to future moon bases

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Groundbreaking A.I. brain implant translates thoughts into spoken words

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The peaceful-looking Umbrella Galaxy has a violent, cannibalistic past

The spiral galaxy NGC 4651, captured in by the Hubble Space Telescope in an image released on March 30, 2020.

Uranus is losing its atmosphere because of its weird wobbly magnetic field

Voyager 2 took this image as it approached the planet Uranus on Jan. 14, 1986. The planet's hazy bluish color is due to the methane in its atmosphere, which absorbs red wavelengths of light.

11 million names to be carried to Mars on NASA’s Perseverance rover

A placard commemorating NASA's "Send Your Name to Mars" campaign was installed on the Perseverance Mars rover on March 16, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center. Three silicon chips (upper left corner) were stenciled with 10,932,295 names and the essays from 155 finalists in NASA's "Name the Rover" contest.

SpaceX selected to deliver cargo to NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station

Illustration of the SpaceX Dragon XL as it is deployed from the Falcon Heavy's second stage in high Earth orbit on its way to the Gateway in lunar orbit.

AR therapy for kids with autism may be headed for FDA approval

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See the strange and beautifully layered terrain of Mars’ Juventae Chasma

This image shows plains North of the Southwestern Juventae Chasma, a canyon part of the gigantic Valles Marineris system.

Problem in parachute test forced SpaceX to drop its mock spacecraft

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Pandemic drones that can detect fevers and coughing will soon take to the sky

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A.I. could help spot telltale signs of coronavirus in lung X-rays

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U.S. Space Force first launch: How to watch live

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Worried about bills during the coronavirus pandemic? This A.I. lawyer can help

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Stanford’s shape-shifting ‘balloon animal’ robot could one day explore space

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Deep-space missions impacted by coronavirus, says European Space Agency

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All traditions are scrapped: Keeping coronavirus off the ISS

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy suits up for spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in preparation for his upcoming Expedition 63 mission to the International Space Station

French police the latest to use speaker drones to enforce coronavirus lockdown

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How to survive self isolation, according to an astronaut

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See massive stars being born in a corner of the Tarantula Nebula

This image shows a region of space called LHA 120-N150.

NASA suspends work on the James Webb Space Telescope

Artist's conception of the James Webb Space Telescope

Curiosity rover snaps a selfie of Mars’ rocky Greenheugh Pediment

A cropped closeup of the Curiosity rover's selfie.

Always-on illness detection system could help prevent future viral outbreaks

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Can a supercomputer save us from the coronavirus? We spoke to the man who knows

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NASA asks for the public’s help to design a robot for digging on the moon

A close-up view of the bucket drums on Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot (RASSOR) in the regolith bin inside Swamp Works at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5, 2019.

NASA’s Perseverance rover almost ready for its trip to Mars

NASA's Mars 2020 rover, now called Perseverance, undergoes processing at a payload servicing facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Feb. 14, 2020.

NASA suspends work on Space Launch System and Orion, may delay moon mission

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Brain-stimulating implant can turn down Parkinson’s symptoms as required

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Because 2020’s not crazy enough, a robot mouth is singing A.I. prayers in Paris

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Tesla, other carmakers could repurpose factories to build ventilators

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SpaceX and NASA still set for historic May mission despite coronavirus

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NASA ramps up remote working measures to tackle coronavirus

nasa ramps up remote working measures to tackle coronavirus a patch is seen at the unveiling event of orion

3D-printed ventilator valves help out Italian hospital rocked by coronavirus

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How to keep astronauts sane: The psychology of long-duration space missions

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Cargo ship-scrubbing HullSkater robot is like a Roomba for the high seas

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Thermal AR glasses give screening for possible coronavirus a high-tech twist

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Spanish cops deploy speaker-drones to enforce coronavirus lockdown

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Virtual learning: How to keep your kids engaged while they’re off from school

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NASA’s Orion craft completes space environment testing ahead of lunar mission

The Orion spacecraft completes its testing

NASA’s InSight lander is winning the battle to free its stuck drill

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Alphabet-owned Verily pilots a coronavirus screening website in California

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New York City turns to remote learning as it shuts schools due to coronavirus

NASA urging employees to work remotely after second confirmed coronavirus case

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testifies before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during a hearing titled, “Moon to Mars: NASA’s Plans for Deep Space Exploration,” on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington.

Today’s SpaceX Starlink launch was aborted due to engine power issue

60 Starlink satellites are launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday, 17th February 2020.

SpaceX performs its sixth Starlink launch tomorrow: Here’s how to watch

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NASA’s Lunar Gateway will research radiation and space weather

Artist's visualization of the Gateway spacecraft with scientific instruments aboard.

This hellish planet is so hot that iron rains from the sky

This comic-book-style illustration by Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters shows a close-up view of the evening border of the exoplanet WASP-76b. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough to vaporise metals. Strong winds carry iron vapour to the cooler night side where it condenses into iron droplets.

Deep-learning A.I. is helping archaeologists translate ancient tablets

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Discovery of 139 new minor planets in our solar system may help find Planet Nine

The Blanco Telescope dome at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, where the Dark Energy Camera used for the recently completed Dark Energy Survey was housed.

SpaceX will use a different kind of stainless steel for its Starship rockets

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ExoMars mission delay means no launch until at least 2022

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