Mars Has Meteors To Thank For Its Wispy Clouds
Mars isn't exactly known for being a cloudy place. It's dry, dusty, and barren, but the planet does indeed have a bit of cloud cover.…
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NASA Is Going To Fire An Atomic Clock Into Space So Astronauts Know Where They're Going
As NASA and other organizations begin to lay the groundwork for crewed missions to places other than an orbiting space station or even the Moon,…
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NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Finally Has Its Head
NASA's Mars 2020 mission will be its most ambitious trip to the Red Planet yet. The Mars 2020 rover is absolutely packed with the latest…
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Daring Maneuver Brings NASA's Orbiter Closer To An Asteroid Than Ever Before
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been orbiting the space rock known as Bennu since the start of the year. It caught up with the asteroid in…
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Hubble Spots Tiny Galaxy Working Overtime To Build New Stars
Like everything else in the universe, galaxies are born, live, and ultimately die, and thanks to incredibly powerful tools like the Hubble Space Telescope, we…
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NASA Says Now Is A Great Time To Leave Earth
When you're planning on taking a trip it pays to plan ahead, and one of the first things you should do is check the weather…
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NASA Will Send Three Landers From Three Different Companies To The Moon
NASA plans to return humans to the Moon within the next five years. That's a tall order and, while many people remain skeptical that the…
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Astronomers Captured An Image Of A Double Asteroid As It Sped Past Earth
Astronomers eager to observe bizarre visitors to our neck of the Solar System were in for a real treat late last month as the rare…
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If We Sent Astronauts To Mars Right Now They'd Almost Certainly Die
Mankind seems destined to one day set foot on Mars. NASA and other space agencies around the world are already making big plans for sending…
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NASA's Spitzer Telescope Snaps 'Family Portrait' Of Epic Proportions
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has a habit of providing us with some downright gorgeous views of deep space, but its latest snapshot might actually be…
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Scientists Suggest A Nearby Supernova May Have Prompted Human Ancestors To Walk Upright
For scientists studying the history of human evolution, determining when certain changes happened and what may have prompted those changes are very important questions to…
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'MOONRISE' Project Will Use Lasers To Melt Moon Dust
Building a structure anywhere other than Earth is something that has never been done before... at least by mankind. We all like to imagine a…
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NASA's Kepler Just Spotted 18 New Earth-Sized Planets, But Only One Is Worth Dreaming About
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope may be dead, but that doesn't mean that the wealth of data it gathered doesn't still hold some untold surprises. A…
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NASA Is Asking For Another $1.6 Billion To Fulfill The Moon 2024 Promise
Back in March, the Trump administration declared that it was directing NASA to send humans back to the Moon no later than 2024. That's an…
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New Study Suggests The Moon May Be Shrinking
Earth isn't the only place that "quakes." Rocky planets and moons regularly experience similar movements, and faults can form between massive chunks of crust on…
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The Next 'Gold Rush' Will Happen In Space, But Should We Try To Prevent It?
Earth is a pretty big place, but it has a finite amount of resources. Mining companies that seek to exploit untouched parts of our planet…
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Atmospheric CO2 Levels Just Hit The Highest Point In The History Of Our Species
The Earth is dealing with something that it hasn't faced in at least the last 800,000 years. It's a dramatic shift in the levels of…
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Researcher Claims Life May Still Exist On Mars, But It's Probably Hiding
As far as we know, there's no life that currently exists on Mars. Missions to the Red Planet have yielded tantalizing clues that life may…
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Elon Musk Mocks Blue Origin's Lunar Lander Announcement, Embarrasses Himself In The Process
SpaceX is the current leader in commercial spaceflight worldwide, but it's far from the only game in town. Blue Origin, founded by billionaire Amazon boss…
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NASA Is Designing Flexible Robots That Could Find A Home On Mars
Robots and space exploration go hand-in-hand, so it's no surprise that NASA is on the forefront of experimental new robotics technologies that could be used…
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NASA Will Test Asteroid Defenses By Slamming A Spacecraft Into A Space Rock In 2022
If Earth were ever to be threatened by a large space rock — and it definitely will at some point in the future — humanity…
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NASA's InSight Robot Is Now Covered In Mars Dust, But That Might Actually Be Good News
Mars is a dry and dusty place, and strong winds can kick up huge plumes of material that block out the Sun for days, weeks,…
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Massive Dust Storms May Have Sucked Martian Water Away
Mars as we know it today is a mostly dry, dusty place with a few pockets of ice in remote regions. It's barren and we're…
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SpaceX Finally Offers New Details Surrounding The Bizarre Crew Dragon Explosion
It's been well over a week since news first broke of a serious malfunction with SpaceX's hotly anticipated Crew Dragon capsule. The spacecraft self-destructed during…
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SpaceX Forced To Delay NASA Launch Over Drone Ship Glitch
Resupply missions to the International Space Station are typically routine affairs, and SpaceX has completed well over a dozen such missions ahead of this week's…
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A Huge Asteroid Will Squeak By Earth In 2029, And You'll Be Able To See It Without A Telescope
Roughly a decade from now, a rather sizable space rock is going to have a very close encounter with Earth — on Friday the 13th,…
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Saturn's Moon Titan Has A Massive Strip Of Water Ice, And Scientists Don't Know Why
Like many of the larger bodies in our solar system, Saturn's massive moon Titan has long been of interest to astronomers due to its unique…
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