NASA Will Live Stream The Arrival Of Its OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Probe
The Mars InSight lander only just touched down on the Red Planet, but NASA is already gearing up for the landing of another incredibly interesting…
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This Incredible Hubble Snapshot Of A Galaxy Cluster Took An Incredible Amount Of Work To Pull Off
Hubble might be nearing the eventual end of its lifespan, but it's still capable of some truly incredible feats. A new image stitched together from…
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NASA's InSight Lander Sends Back First Photos From Surface Of Mars
Yesterday was a big day for NASA. The InSight lander which launched early this year finally arrived at Mars and successfully landed on the planet's…
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No, Asteroid 2018 LF16 Probably Isn't Going To Hit The Earth
Tabloids have always taken great liberty with headlines but some of the current coverage of the asteroid known as 2018 LF16 is really taking things…
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NASA Just Landed Another Robot On Mars, And You Should Be Pretty Excited About That
NASA's InSight lander has spent the bulk of 2018 flying through space towards its target, Mars. Today it finally arrived, passing through the planet's atmosphere,…
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Watch NASA's Mars InSight Landing Live Right Here
Well the big day is finally here! After months and months of travel from Earth the InSight lander is now poised to enter the martian…
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One Of The TRAPPIST-1 Exoplanets Might Have An Ocean, Researchers Now Say
Ever since astronomers announced the discovery of seven exoplanets around the star called TRAPPIST-1, researchers have been diving into the data in an attempt to…
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New Study Reveals Secrets Of Mars' Strangest Moon, Phobos
Of all the moons in our solar system, the Martian moon of Phobos might be the most interesting. It's not a near-perfect sphere like most…
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Elon Musk Just Changed The Name Of The BFR To 'Starship' For Some Reason
Elon Musk, boss of SpaceX and noted flamethrower enthusiast, is a bit of a bizarre character. He has a habit of tweeting random stuff (that…
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Here's How NASA Said Goodbye To The Kepler Space Telescope
NASA was forced to plan for the inevitable death of the exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope a few weeks ago. The spacecraft, which had already discovered…
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You Can Now Visit A Black Hole In Virtual Reality
Black holes are scary. They're like bottomless pits that nothing can escape from, even light, and you probably wouldn't want to get too close to…
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Bill Nye The Buzzkill Guy Says We'll Never Live On Mars
If you've been paying attention to any kind of space news over the past few years, you already know that the race to Mars is…
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Watch Russia Launch An ISS Cargo Ship Live Today
It's been a strange few months for Russia's space program. First, a strange hole showed up in a Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space…
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A New Meteorite Impact Crater Was Just Found Hiding Under Greenland Ice
We might not know a whole lot about what's going on inside Mars, the Moon, or even the deepest reaches of Earth's oceans, but scientists…
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NASA Spots A Distant Galaxy That Is Actually Sucking Up Other Galaxies
When NASA sets its sights on a far-away galaxy, there's often a lot to take in. Even if it only appears to be a dim…
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When NASA Pointed Its Spitzer Telescope At Oumuamua They Couldn't Even See It
If there's one space story that 2018 will be remembered for its the numerous ongoing investigations of the first interstellar object ever to be detected…
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Astronomers May Have Just Spotted A 'Super Earth,' And It's Not Far Away
Lately, a lot of the exoplanets discovered by astronomers have been incredibly far away. Spotting planets at a huge distance is still important, and every…
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Russia Says It's Going To Beat Elon Musk And SpaceX's 'Old Tech' With A Nuclear Rocket
Elon Musk and SpaceX won't be leading the reusable rocket space race long, at least not if Russia has anything to say about it. Russia's…
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Jupiter Looks Like A Delicious Caramel Latte In This Awesome New Juno Photo
Hey, want a cup of coffee? I don't actually have one to give you, but it's a nice intro to talk about NASA's latest photo…
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Rocket Lab Successfully Sent A Whole Bunch Of Satellites Into Orbit And Scared Some Birds
SpaceX gets a whole lot of press for leading the charge in the private spaceflight industry, but there's a number of other companies also vying…
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This Is What A Sunrise On Mars Sounds Like, According To A Computer Algorithm
Scientists know a lot about Mars, at least when it comes to what it looks like. Sound, on the other hand, is a lot more…
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Not Everyone Is On Board With That Wild Oumuamua 'Alien' Theory
Earlier this week, the mysterious interstellar object Oumuamua was back in the headlines. It didn't resurface because of any new observations or studies since its…
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NASA's Sun-Visiting Spacecraft Survived Its First Brush With A Star
It's been a busy week for the folks manning the controls of the Sun-touching Parker Solar Probe at NASA. After breaking a bunch of records…
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NASA's Mission To 'Touch The Sun' Just Reached Its First Major Milestone With Close Flyby
It's been a busy month for the Parker Solar Probe which, if you haven't been keeping track, is currently moving faster than any man-made object…
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Astronomers Spot One Of The Oldest Stars Ever
Our Solar System is incredibly old by human standards. The Sun, sitting in the center, is thought to be just over 4.6 billion years old,…
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SpaceX's Starman, Still Seated In His Tesla Roadster, Just Passed Mars
Time flies when you're cruising through space in a Tesla Roadster, huh? It's hard to believe that it's already been nearly nine months since SpaceX…
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Wait A Second, Was That Weird Interstellar Object An Alien Spacecraft After All?
One of the most bizarre pieces of space news that keeps popping up this year is the story of Oumuamua, a cigar-shaped object that sped…
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