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The best available image of 'Oumuamua shows just an enigmatic dot of light, circled in yellow; the dashed lines are stars that got smeared out as the telescope tracked the interstellar object. (Credit: ESO/K. Meech et al.)

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Life, the Universe, and 'Oumuamua
A technician examines one of Perseverance's sample tubes at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. When the tube returns to Earth, it will contain Mars rocks and, just maybe, hints of alilen life. (Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech)

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If Perseverance Finds Evidence of Life on Mars, How Will We Recognize It?
Mars Perseverance Rover

Planet Earth

Geology of a Formerly Wet Planet at the Mars Perseverance Rover Landing Site
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Outer Space Is a Treasure Chest of Gemstones
Interstellar Probe would build on the technological legacy of the Voyager missions, but go twice as fast and at least twice as far. (Credit: JHU-APL)

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Kirby Runyon is Ready to Go Interstellar. Is NASA?
Parker Solar Probe

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A Sun's Eye View of the Solar System
NASA's Lucy probe will follow a looping path to visit seven different Trojan asteroids — ancient objects that share an orbit with Jupiter. (Credit: SWRI)

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Space: 2021
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Lonely Pair of Mystifying Space Objects Found Traversing the Void
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Here’s the Top 10 Science Stories You Missed This Year (While You Were Distracted by COVID-19)
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Astronomers Are Concerned That a Swath of New Satellites Will Litter the Night Sky
Interstellar Comet Clark looms behind a world tinged orange by fire in the new disaster movie "Greenland." (Credit: STXfilms)

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Attack of the Interstellar Comet
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Earth Isn't the Only Ocean World in the Solar System
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