The Space Junk Problem Just Keeps Getting Worse
Skywatchers spent much of Wednesday watching the progress of two satellites which were rapidly approaching each other. A collision seemed unlikely earlier in the day,…
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Voyager 2 Is Acting Strange, And It's Up To NASA To Figure Out Why
It's not often that a NASA mission is still up and running over four decades after launch, but the space agency's Voyager twins are anything…
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NASA's Kepler Spots A Star Slurping Up A Planet
NASA's Kepler space telescope is extremely good at spotting the subtle hints of distant exoplanets. It does this by detecting slight drops in the brightness…
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China Just Released The Most Stunning Images From The Far Side Of The Moon
China started off 2019 by completing the first soft landing on the far side Earth's moon. It was a monumental achievement, and the months since…
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The European Space Agency Is Going To Make Oxygen Out Of Moondust
Humans are headed back to the Moon. That much is abundantly clear, as NASA, the European Space Agency, China, and others have either announced plans…
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Jupiter Keeps Flinging Space Rocks At Earth
Jupiter has long been credited with protecting the inner solar system from pesky asteroids and other objects that could potentially cause a problem for us…
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'Mighty Mice' That Traveled To The Space Station Are Now Back On Earth
Unless you're incredibly fit, smart, and young, there's very little chance you'd even make it into NASA's astronaut training program, much less have an opportunity…
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NASA's TESS Spots Possible 'Second Earth' Nearby
In the exoplanet-hunting game, scientists are collecting discoveries faster than they can actually sit back and study them. There's a lot of planets out there,…
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Hubble Spotted A Gigantic Galaxy That Makes Our Milky Way Look Tiny
We tend to think of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, as being impossibly large. To us here on Earth, our galactic home is indeed…
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One Of NASA's Exoplanet Hunters Has Gone Quiet
NASA has a lot of high-tech hardware cruising around in space right now, but one of the space agency's pint-sized exoplanet hunters appears to have…
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NASA's Hubble Spots 'Flying Saucer,' But Not The Alien Kind
If science fiction flicks have taught us one thing, it's that when aliens eventually discover our planet they'll be arriving in flying discs that seem…
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Boeing's Starliner Returns To Earth After Glitch Prevents Space Station Rendezvous
Last week was supposed to mark a major milestone for NASA's Commercial Crew program. Boeing's much-hyped Starliner was supposed to travel to the International Space…
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The First Humans To Travel To Mars Might Be In This Photo
NASA is sending humans back to the Moon. That's a plan that's been in the works for some time now, but when the current presidential…
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Astronomers Just Spotted A Black Hole More Massive Than Any In Our Cosmic Neighborhood
Of all the objects astronomers have observed in space over centuries of scientific investigation, black holes are one of the most bizarre and mysterious. Objects…
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There It Is! NASA Finally Spotted Crash Site Of India's Moon Lander
It's been over two months since India's mission to land on the Moon was cut short by a mysterious and unexplained failure of the Vikram…
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Hubble Spots Two Galaxies Rubbing Off On Each Other
Size is always relative, and that's especially true when it comes to outer space. We're tiny creatures, so we think of the Earth as this…
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NASA Is Losing Its Patience With Its Misbehaving Mars Mole
NASA's InSight lander is really starting to give scientists a headache. Most of the lander's high-tech sensors and systems are working just fine, and it's…
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Be Thankful You're Not An ISS Astronaut, Because This Is How They Celebrate Thanksgiving
For most of us here on Earth, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to forget about our jobs for a moment and enjoy some good food with…
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SpaceX's Shiny New Starship Just Blew Up - Watch The Video Right Here
A cryogenic pressure test resulted in an explosion of a SpaceX Starship prototype in Texas on Wednesday. The blast produced a huge cloud of vapor…
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ISS Astronauts Are Having A Much More Stressful Friday Than You Are
It's Friday. If you work an office job, you're probably doing your best not to should too large of a workload. Maybe you'll shuffle some…
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Our Galaxy Spat Out A Star So Fast That It's Never Coming Back
When you look up at the night sky you see a lot of stars that, in relation to our own planet, haven't moved a whole…
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Nobody Knows What's Creating Oxygen On Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover returned some seriously surprising data to Earth earlier this year, with readings of elevated methane levels that were hard to explain. Subsequent…
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Boeing's Starliner Falls Short Of Perfection In Launch Abort Test
Boeing's Starliner has seen many, many delays, cost overruns, and setbacks during its lengthy development. NASA is paying Boeing a fortune for its work on…
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Voyager 2 Escaped The Solar System, And It's Telling NASA The Secrets Of Interstellar Space
NASA launched the Voyager 2 space probe in August of 1977. It's since spent nearly four decades making its way out of the massive bubble…
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Maybe We're The Only Intelligent Life In The Universe After All
Despite the countless scientific and technological advancements over the course of human history, there are still a few big questions we're no closer to answering…
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Hubble Spies 'Alien' Comet For The First Time
It's now been over a month since an amateur astronomer spotted what is now believed to be the second interstellar object ever observed by mankind.…
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NASA Denies Finding Life On Mars, Countering Scientist's Claims
It's been one heck of an exciting week for anyone who dreams of one day hearing about extraterrestrial life. In a recent op-ed, former NASA…
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