Here's What NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Sees As It Orbits Bennu Asteroid
It's only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after…
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Amateur Scientists Just Found A New Planet, And It Might Even Be Habitable
NASA's Kepler space telescope is dead. It ran out of fuel back in October of last year, but the incredible wealth of data that it…
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The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Produced A Tsunami That Devastated Coasts Around The World
The massive space rock that slammed into our planet some 65 million years ago sparked a planet-wide extinction event that ultimately pushed dinosaurs to extinction…
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California's Monarch Butterflies Have Almost Completely Disappeared In Just Two Years
Humans have a complicated relationship with planet Earth. We love it here, we love the sights and sounds, and we sit glued to our television…
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Scientists Taught AI To Spot Alzheimer's Years Before Traditional Diagnosis
Alzheimer's disease is a devastating brain disorder that has no known cure. Studies have shown that you can improve your chances of keeping it at…
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Hubble Snapped A Super High-Res Image Of A Neighboring Galaxy, And It's Too Big For The Internet
Hubble, the trusty space telescope that has been delivering gorgeous views of the cosmos for decades now, just delivered another gift. In a new composite…
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Chinese Scientist Who Produced Gene-Edited Babies May Be Executed, Colleagues Say
In late November of last year, Chinese scientist He Jiankui revealed to the world that he had pursued a goal of genetically altering human embryos,…
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Now, It's China's Turn To Explore The Moon
NASA may have landed on the Moon decades ago, but that doesn't mean we know all that much about our nearest celestial neighbor. We're regularly…
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SpaceX's Crew Dragon Makes Its Way To The Launchpad Ahead Of First Major Test Flight
SpaceX and Boeing are both behind schedule in their independent efforts to create crewed launch systems that will allow NASA to send astronauts to space…
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Does Ultima Thule Have Moons? Scientists Want To Know
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped past the peculiar asteroid binary known as Ultima Thule on New Year's Day, and it collected an incredible amount of…
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The Government Shutdown Is Now Forcing Rocket Launches To Be Delayed
The U.S. government has now been in a partial shutdown for nearly two weeks, forcing many federal employees to take unplanned time off, or, in…
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The Milky Way Is On An Unstoppable Collision Course With A Neighboring Galaxy
Our Solar System has remained largely unchanged for billions of years, and it's likely to remain that way for a long time to come, but…
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China's Lunar Probe Sends Back Its First Photos Of The Far Side Of The Moon
It's not all that often that China breaks entirely new ground when it comes to space science but that's exactly what the country did earlier…
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NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission Will Send A Spacecraft Crashing Into An Asteroid
The relentless march of technology is allowing scientists to consider the possibility of human exploration of the Solar System and beyond but, even as we…
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New Horizons Isn't Done Yet, And NASA Is Searching For Its Next Target
New Horizons gave NASA an amazing New Year's gift when it sent back gorgeous images of the distant Solar System object Ultima Thule, which we…
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NASA Declares New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule A Huge Success
While most of us were popping the corks on bottles of champagne, NASA engineers were holding their breath as they watched the calendar flip to…
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NASA's New Horizons Discovers Ultima Thule Is Not One Object, But Two
The past two days have been incredibly exciting for NASA and its New Horizons spacecraft. The probe made its much-anticipated flyby of the mysterious Solar…
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Scientists Think They Know Where The Early Universe's Dark Matter Has Been Hiding
Most of the mass in the universe is made up of a kind of matter that none of us have ever seen. It's called "dark…
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This Ancient Doritos Bag Is A Reminder Of How Filthy Humans Are
You probably never spare a thought for your trash once you haul your bin to the curb and it's whisked away to a magical land dump…
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NASA Gives The Thumbs Up For Production Of Dream Chaser Space Plane
Sending supplies and other cargo to the International Space Station is something that has to happen on a regular basis in order for crew to…
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NASA's Asteroid Probe Just Entered Orbit Around Bennu In A Record-Breaking Maneuver
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe arrived at its target, a large space rock known as Bennu, in early December. The spacecraft's mission will take several years…
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NASA's New Horizons Zoomed Past Ultima Thule, And Now We Wait
NASA kicked off the new year with a midnight flyby of the most distant Solar System object ever visited by a manmade spacecraft. New Horizons…
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China Will Start Off 2019 By Landing On The Moon
Many of us like to start off a new year by doing something special. Oftentimes it's setting a lofty goal we'd like to achieve over…
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Strapping A High-Speed Camera To A Lawnmower Blade Is The Best Idea Anyone Has Ever Had
People (including myself) love slow-motion videos and we also tend to love watching things being destroyed. Lawnmowers are really, really good at destroying things, but…
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Scientists Invent A Way To Turn Copper Into A Gold Analog
Gold is one of the most highly sought after materials on the planet, so inventing a way to turn a much more abundant material, like…
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Study Finds Rich People Are Generous As Long As They Feel Like They're In Charge
The holidays are supposed to be a time for giving and, as we've seen in a number of instances, sometimes people with disposable income really…
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Short Patients Are More Likely To Die In Intensive Care, And Researchers Don't Know Why
If you end up in the intensive care unit of a hospital or clinic there's a number of things that can affect your eventual outcome.…
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