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Eric Betz

Contributing Writer at Discover

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Eric Betz
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Meet the Milky Way’s Neighbor: The Andromeda Galaxy

The Andromeda Galaxy is a giant swirl of around a trillion stars just down the street from the Milky Way. But billions of years from now, it will collide with our home galaxy.
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Space Is Expensive. Can 3D Printing and On-Orbit Construction Drive...

NASA is funding new technologies for building things in outer space, from 3D printed spacecraft parts to habitats grown from fungi.
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Carries Third Set of Astronauts to Orbit

The Crew-2 mission successfully reached orbit in the early morning hours on Friday, lighting up the Florida sky.
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Blue Moon: Will Jeff Bezos’ Lunar Lander Return Astronauts to the M...

Blue Origin’s spacecraft could ferry nearly 10,000 pounds of cargo and crew to the Moon’s surface — if NASA gives it the green light.
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Four Crazy Stars Astronomers Think Might Really Exist

From stars made of dark matter to stars literally living inside their partners, these stellar systems are theoretically possible.
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Are the Egyptian Pyramids Aligned with the Stars? - DISCOVER Magazine

The ancient Egyptians watched Earth’s night sky closely and named constellations after their gods. But did the builders of the pyramids really make these monuments with the stars in mind?
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NASA Keeps Hiding ‘Easter Eggs’ On Mars-bound Spacecraft

Engineers hid the phrase “Dare Mighty Things″ on the parachute of NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. It isn’t the first time they’ve snuck a fun surprise or a sentimental object onto a spacecraft, either.

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The Skycrane: How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Will Land on the Red Pl...

The “Skycrane” maneuver that will soon place Perseverance on Mars’ surface was once considered a crazy idea — even within NASA.
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The Nile Was a Lifeline in the Desert for Ancient Nubia and Egypt

Ancient civilizations used the powerful waterway for trade, agriculture and building projects. In turn, it fueled historic societal growth.
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A Magnetar's Flare Just Helped Unlock the Secrets of These Strange ...

Magnetars are the most magnetic objects in the universe, and they should be relatively common. Yet, astronomers have had a hard time studying them.
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Arecibo is Dead. Should We Build Its Replacement on the Moon?

NASA may finally be serious about the idea of building a large radio telescope in a lunar crater.