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Never-before-seen rocks found in these exoplanet graveyards

Researchers studying the atmospheres of white dwarfs have discovered previously unknown rock types which made up the exoplanets that once surrounded the stellar remnants.

The Parker Solar Probe is getting pelted by hypervelocity dust. Could they damage spacecraft?

There’s a pretty significant disadvantage to going really fast – if you get hit with anything, even if it is small, it can hurt.  So when the fastest artificial object ever – the Parker Solar Probe – gets hit by grains of dust that are a fraction the size of a human hair, they still do damage.  The question is how much damage, and could we potentially learn anything from how exactly that damage happens?  According to new research from scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder (UCB), the answer to the second question is yes, in fact, we can.

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The Decadal Survey is out! What new Missions and Telescopes are in the Works?

It’s that time again.  Once every ten years, the American astronomy community joins forces through the auspices of the National Academies to produce one of the most important and influential reports in their discipline – the decadal survey.  This report has been the impetus for some of the great observational instruments of our time, including Spitzer, the Large Millimeter Array, and Chandra. Upcoming heavy-hitting observatories, such as Nancy Grace Roman and Vera C. Rubin, also spawned from suggestions made in the Decadal Survey.  In short, if you want to get a grandiose space telescope funded, your best bet is to have it supported by the National Academies in the form of the Decadal Survey.  Now a new one is out – so what does it back for the upcoming decade and beyond?

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This Cyber Monday deal on Vanguard VEO ED 8X binoculars $30 off and the lowest price we've ever seen

Vanguard's VEO ED 8X42 Lightweight Binoculars are on sale right now at Amazon for $169.10, 15% off the original price of $199.99.

This is a Classic Example of a Reflection Nebula, Where the Reflected Light From Young Hot Stars Illuminates a Protostellar Cloud of Gas and Dust

The interplay of energy and matter creates beautiful sights. Here on Earth, we enjoy rainbows, auroras, and sunsets and sunrises. But out in space, nature creates extraordinarily dazzling structures called nebulae that can span hundreds of light-years. Nebulae are probably the most beautiful objects out there.

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Save 27% (and the galaxy) with this Cyber Monday board game deal on Star Wars Outer Rim

It is your destiny to make your mark on the Star Wars universe with this early Cyber Monday deal on Star Wars Outer Rim.

Cyber Monday camera deal: Save $800 on the Sony a7R III

This Cyber Monday deal means you can snap up a great camera for a fraction of the price.

Memorabilia dealer to fly diamonds, personal photos on space station

"Up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky." How do you make a diamond more precious than it already is? Like the nursery rhyme says, fly it high. The Space Collective is doing just that.

Cyber Monday Oculus Quest 2 deal: Get a free carry case worth $50 when you buy at Walmart

Get a free carry case when you buy the Oculus Quest 2 from Walmart, or snag a $50 voucher instead at Amazon, Best Buy, or Newegg.

Earth's earliest water may have come from solar wind and space rocks

Samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by a Japanese space probe suggest that Earth's water may have come from the sun.

Dell Cyber Monday deal saves you $380 on this VR laptop

Get over 20% off this powerful gaming VR laptop from the Dell Cyber Monday deals.

Save 35% on a DJI Mini 2 Drone for Cyber Monday

This beginner-friendly drone is $245 cheaper today.

Cyber Monday streaming deals: Discounts on Disney Plus, Hulu and Paramount Plus

These Cyber Monday streaming deals will give you tons of great sci-fi content for you to enjoy.

A Gravitational Lens Shows the Same Galaxy Three Times

Images from the Hubble Space Telescope are often mind-bending in both their beauty and wealth of scientific wonder. And sometimes, Hubble captures light-bending images too.

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Cyber Monday deal: Fujifilm GFX 50R drops to lowest ever price on Adorama

The Fujifilm GFX 50R camera is now available for less. Much, much less.

Sentinel-6 returning most precise data ever on sea level

Sea-level rise is one of the most immediate consequences of climate change, as highlighted recently through urgent pleas from leaders of island nations at the COP26 summit. Global measures of sea-level rise are imperative to underpinning global policy and for strategies to protect coastlines and low-lying lands. Measuring tiny differences in the height of the sea surface from space is no easy task – but that’s exactly what the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is doing. And, after a year of exhaustive testing, this new mission is now delivering the world’s most accurate data on sea-level rise. 

This Star Wars themed camera from Polaroid is 27% off for Cyber Monday

Take fun point-and-shoot snaps with this heavily reduced Star Wars themed Polaroid camera

Astronomers Watch Black Hole Jet Launch

Astronomers have watched a jet launch from a stellar-mass black hole inside the Milky Way.

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Bethesda's Deathloop for PS5 is 50% off for Cyber Monday

Bethesda Softworks' sci-fi mystery release, Deathloop, is 50% off at Best Buy for Cyber Monday

Did astronomers see the light from two black holes colliding for the first time?

Astronomers may have seen the light from two black holes smashing into one another for the first time ever.


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