Yep, A Space Rock Definitely Hit The Moon During January's Lunar Eclipse
Back in January skywatchers were treated to a gorgeous lunar eclipse that was visible across multiple continents. It made headlines as the "Super Blood Wolf…
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Pluto's Atmosphere Might Be Dying Right Before Our Eyes
Pluto, the once-planet and now-dwarf-planet, is an incredibly hostile world as far as life is concerned. Pluto, which sits near the edges of the solar…
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China Pledges To Have The First Moon Base Within A Decade
The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after being the first nation…
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The Universe Is Getting Bigger At A Faster Rate Than Scientists Predicted
The Universe is growing. Scientists have known as much for decades, but the rate at which it is getting bigger has been the topic of…
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This Is Our First Look At The Hole Japan Blasted Into An Asteroid
Earlier this month, Japan's space agency JAXA launched an explosive projectile at the space rock known as Ryugu from its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe. Japan wanted…
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NASA's InSight Lander May Have Just Captured A 'Marsquake' For The First Time
NASA's Mars rovers have provided breathtaking images from the surface of Mars for many years, but listening to Mars is a whole other story. The…
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SpaceIL's Lunar Lander Crashed Because Of 'Manual Command'
It's now been a couple of weeks since Israel's first attempt to land on the Moon was met with disaster at the last possible moment.…
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Yes, There's A Full Moon Tonight, But It Won't Be Pink
If you're an aspiring skywatcher looking for a good reason to stay up past your bedtime and gaze into the cosmos, I have good news:…
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New ISS Astronaut Assignments Mean Christina Koch Will Break A Huge NASA Record
A few weeks back, NASA had anticipated conducting the first all-female spacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClaine on the International Space Station. Unfortunately,…
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Watch A Massive Fireball Light Up The Sky Over The East Coast
Not all meteor sightings are create equal. Seeing any space rock streaking across the night sky is pretty darn cool, but some of them put…
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NASA Plans To Send Astronauts To The Moon's South Pole In Five Years
NASA is moving forward with plans to send a crewed mission to the lunar surface by 2024, a goal that will be impossible to achieve…
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China Is Sending Teens To The Desert To Simulate Life On Mars
Mars is a mostly dry, dusty, barren place. Earth, our big blue-green marble of a planet, has a few places like that too, which makes…
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Earth May Have Been Struck By An Interstellar Meteor Way Back In 2014
It was late 2017 when the astronomy world was buzzing over what appeared to be the first-ever interstellar visitor observed by mankind. It was a…
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NASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter Found Its First Earth-Size Planet, But You Wouldn't Want To Visit
NASA's TESS exoplanet hunting telescope has been on the job for less than a year, but it's already racking up some impressive discoveries. Following the…
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Nearby Exoplanet May Have The Potential To Support Life
Finding planets outside of our solar system is a challenge, and determining the size, composition, and surface conditions of such planets is more difficult still.…
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NASA's Cassini Discovers Shockingly Deep Lakes On Saturn's Moon Titan
It's been well over a year since NASA's incredibly trusty Cassini probe performed its final act, plunging into Saturn's atmosphere where it was obliterated by…
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NASA Sent Mice Into Space, And The Results Are Unintentionally Hilarious
At some point in the not-so-distant future, NASA and other space groups around the world will begin embarking on manned missions deeper into our solar…
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This Is The Last Thing Israel's Lunar Lander Saw Before Smashing Into The Moon
Last week, Israel attempted to do something that only three other countries have accomplished in the history of mankind by landing a spacecraft on the…
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Why Didn't Scientists Photograph The Black Hole At The Center Of The Milky Way?
After years of work and a whole lot of hype, researchers working with the Event Horizon Telescope project finally unveiled the very first image ever…
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SpaceX Is Going To Try To Launch Its Falcon Heavy Yet Again - Watch It Live Here
It's been a rough week for the folks at SpaceX. The second-ever launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket was supposed to happen on Sunday, and…
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Watch Israel's First-Ever Moon Landing Live
It's been a number of weeks since Israel launched a privately-funded mission orbit and then land on Earth's Moon. Things got off to a bit…
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Here Is The First-Ever Photo Of A Black Hole
As we expected, the international collaboration of scientists involved in the Event Horizon Telescope project have made good on their promise to provide the first-ever…
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Watch Scientists Reveal The First-Ever Image Of A Black Hole Live
Well, the day is finally here. After centuries of wondering and developing technology capable of actually spotting a black hole, the international group of researchers…
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NASA's Mission To 'Touch The Sun' Just Hit Another Major Milestone
In 2018, NASA launched a mission to do something that scientists have never done before. The Parker Solar Probe mission is truly the first of…
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The International Space Station Is Disgusting
The International Space Station has been home to space travelers for nearly two decades now, and with the current crew of six, there's been a…
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We May Be Just Days Away From Seeing A Black Hole For The First Time Ever
For how much astronomers know about black holes — it's a lot, trust me — it's a bit of a shock that mankind has never…
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Witnessed Two Solar Eclipses On Mars
When a solar eclipse is expected here on Earth, it can be a pretty big deal. Back in August of 2017, a total solar eclipse…
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