In the realm of science fiction, Dyson spheres and ringworlds have been staples for decades. But it is well known that the ...

Florida Tech's Caldon Whyte is two years into a lengthy universe exploration to earn his Ph.D. in space sciences. After ...

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and ...

The Solar System's first-of-its-kind finding may be a 90% water planet. Is the dwarf planet, Ceres, holding the possibility ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

Seismic readings of the interior of Mars strongly suggest large quantities of water buried 6 to 12 miles underground.

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