The Most Accurate Model Of Our Galaxy Ever Created Shows The Milky Way Is Warped
Considering we can't actually see the Milky Way from the outside — since, you know, we're in it — astronomers know a surprising amount about…
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Astronomers Stumble Upon A New Kind Of Star, And It's A Heavy Breather
Humans don't yet possess the technology required to visit neighboring stars, but astronomers can still learn a great deal about them just by looking. The…
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Scientists Just Discovered A Planet Shaped Like A Football
If you were to make a list of exoplanets that would be worth visiting in person, WASP-121b wouldn't be anywhere near the top of your…
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Solar Sails Actually Work, And LightSail 2 Just Proved It
The idea seems totally crazy: A spacecraft with no active propulsion system that can travel through space using light in the same way that a…
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NASA's Exoplanet Hunter Just Spotted A 'Super Earth' Orbiting A Nearby Star
In its 15 months of service, NASA's TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite has racked up many exciting exoplanet discoveries, but few show promise in the search for…
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Apollo 11 Installed An Experiment On The Moon That Is Still Working Today
NASA's Apollo 11 mission broke new ground in a lot of obvious ways. Landing humans on the lunar surface was a huge accomplishment, as was…
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NASA's TESS Planet Hunter Just Spotted A Trio Of New Worlds
NASA's TESS — Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — has been scanning the skies for a little over a year now and it's already returned a…
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A Surprisingly Large Asteroid Just Sneaked Up On Earth, And The Sun Is To Blame
Thanks to powerful telescopes that can detect large objects at extreme distances, we earthlings have a pretty good idea of the space rocks that pose…
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Hubble Captured Gorgeous Snapshot Of A Massive Distant Galaxy
Thanks to the nature of light and the fact that it can only move so fast, peering at objects far away means that astronomers can…
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Watch Scientists Endure The Intense Shaking Of A Marsquake Simulation
Humans have never set foot on Mars, but that's not stopping scientists from doing their best to understand what it might be like when that…
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There May Be Far More Water On The Moon Than Previously Thought
When NASA and other space agencies from around the world eventually send humans back to the Moon in the coming decades they'll likely be doing…
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Astronomers Now Believe Our Galaxy Once Swallowed A Smaller Galaxy
For astronomers, discovering new worlds, stars, and even entire galaxies is really only half the battle. Once discovered, explaining how new features of space formed,…
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NASA Legend Who Helped Propel Astronauts To The Moon Dies Days After Apollo 11 Anniversary
Chris Kraft, NASA's first flight director and a huge driving force behind the mission that eventually sent astronauts to the Moon, died just days after…
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India Successfully Launches Moon Mission After Earlier Scrub
India's Space Research Organization expected to launch its Chandrayaan-2 mission last week, pushing the country one big step closer to becoming the fourth country to…
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Look Up! China's Tiangong-2 Space Lab Is About To Fall Back To Earth
Today is an important day for China's space agency. No, the country isn't launching anything new into space, and in fact, it's sort of the…
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Red Wine May Hold A Secret That Will Keep Mars Travelers Fit
As NASA slowly inches towards the day when it can finally send human travelers to Mars, scientists are doing their best to make sure those…
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Scientists Think They've Found All The 'Missing' Iron In The Universe
These days, scientists think they have a pretty good idea of what the universe is made of. By detecting the telltale signatures of various elements…
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Astronomers Just Spotted An Asteroid That Loves The Sun
Thanks to astronomers and their constant search for new bodies moving throughout our solar system, we know about a lot of asteroids. Many of them…
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Astronomers Just Spotted Two Supermassive Black Holes On A Collision Course
There's really nothing in the universe that can compare to the awesome power of a supermassive black hole. Well, almost nothing. In a new paper…
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NASA's Voyager Twins Refuse To Die
It's been almost 42 years since NASA sent its two Voyager spacecraft on record-breaking missions, and both of the decades-old robots are still alive. Voyager…
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Hubble Spies Distant Galaxy In Full Bloom
Spring may already be in our rear-view mirror but NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is still in the mood for things that bloom. In a new…
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Scientists Built A New Type Of Artificial Gravity That Could Help Keep Astronauts Healthy
Heading into space means leaving Earth's gravity behind. Astronauts floating around on the International Space Station might look like they're having fun in the weightless…
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NASA's Search For Signs Of Life On Mars Yields Another Shock
It was just a couple of days ago that NASA announced something pretty exciting about Mars. Its Curiosity rover had detected shockingly high levels of…
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New Mars Rover Discovery Hints At Life, But We're Not There Yet
NASA's Mars missions have provided mankind with a wealth of knowledge about our dusty orange neighbor, but signs of life have been hard to come…
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NASA Just Set Preliminary Dates For Its Commercial Crew Launches, With SpaceX In The Lead
There's a space race happening right now. It's not between the United States and Russia, or any nations at all, for that matter, but it's…
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Poll Finds Americans Are Worried About Asteroids, Don't Care About The Moon
As we creep closer to the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, NASA is doing its best to drum up support for a return…
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You Can Own A Flag From The Apollo 11 Mission, If Your Pockets Are Deep Enough
We're now just one month away from the 50th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, and owners of some seriously sought-after space…
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