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Did Water Emerge from Dying Stars in the Early Days of the Universe?
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Ancient Water
Telescopes looking at the farthest reaches of space have found that abundances of water existed less than two billion years after the Big Bang. But a recent study suggests something rather explosive: water may have been present as early as 100 to 200 million years after the universe came to be. According to the simulations, huge volumes of it were formed very close to, or at, cosmic dawn — the moment the very first generation of stars set the dark skies ablaze with light.
Is China Learning to Snatch Satellites for Future Space Wars?
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Satellite Weapons
Five Chinese satellites were observed by the U.S. military, “maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” and that scares Western forces and their allies.
Record-Breaking Polaris Dawn Astronauts Honored in Kansas City
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Baseball x Space
The Kansas City Royals and Supercluster joined forces again this year to bring the excitement of space exploration and human spaceflight to students, teachers, and baseball fans from around the area. School Day at the K, held on Thursday, May 8th this year, honored record-breaking Polaris Dawn astronauts Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis.
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Did Water Emerge from Dying Stars in the Early Days of the Universe?
Telescopes looking at the farthest reaches of space have found that abundances of water existed less than two billion years after the Big Bang. But a recent study suggests something rather explosive: water may have been present as early as 100 to 200 million years after the universe came to be. According to the simulations, huge volumes of it were formed very close to, or at, cosmic dawn — the moment the very first generation of stars set the dark skies ablaze with light.
May 20, 2025
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Is China Learning to Snatch Satellites for Future Space Wars?
Five Chinese satellites were observed by the U.S. military, “maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control,” and that scares Western forces and their allies.
May 13, 2025
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Record-Breaking Polaris Dawn Astronauts Honored in Kansas City
The Kansas City Royals and Supercluster joined forces again this year to bring the excitement of space exploration and human spaceflight to students, teachers, and baseball fans from around the area. School Day at the K, held on Thursday, May 8th this year, honored record-breaking Polaris Dawn astronauts Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis.
May 13, 2025
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20 Years After Revenge of the Sith We Still Ask: Who is Darth Plagueis?
20 years have passed since the release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, the grand and tragic finale to a polarizing trilogy of films that chronicled the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker. But today, we fans still have many questions about the Sith lord that set the events of Lucasfilm and Disney's 10-film space opera franchise in motion.
May 6, 2025
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The Cold War's Impact on SETI
Contact between Soviet and American SETI scientists during the Cold War was multi-layered. At face value it was a sharing of ideas. At a deeper level it showed that people of the East and West could work together as human beings. And deeper still, the difficulties that they faced in reaching out from their separate nations, quite alien to one another, and be understood was like role play for the day we really do make contact with an alien intelligence.
April 29, 2025
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The Maya Structures that Brought Cosmic Order to Earth
Ancient structures built by the Maya appear to have played a complex role in their political and social lives, and were especially important to ritual practice. Debates have raged for a century among archaeologists about the significance of these captivating constructions, some showing cosmic inspiration and alignment.