Mythical 'Planet Nine' Has Been Re-Debunked
An as-of-yet unseen planet may be lurking at the very distant edge of our Solar System... or it might not exist at all. That incredibly…
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How To Watch The Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse This Weekend
Sadly, the United States (and the rest of the continent) missed out on a lunar eclipse last summer, but we will get one more chance…
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NASA's Cassini Spacecraft Spotted Fresh Rainfall On Saturn's Moon Titan
NASA's Cassini orbiter has been dead for well over a year now, but its incredible discoveries continue to trickle in as researchers pore over data…
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Seeds Just Sprouted On The Moon For The First Time In History
In a development that will likely have huge implications for the future of space travel, China's Chang'e 4 lunar lander successfully managed to plant and…
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The International Space Station Will Release Its SpaceX Cargo Ship This Weekend
Both SpaceX and NASA are eager to get the Dragon cargo spacecraft back to Earth now that it has fulfilled its duties in bringing much-needed…
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NASA's Asteroid Probe Snaps Incredible Shot Of Earth From 71 Million Miles Away
Snapping images of distant worlds, galaxies, and stars is something that NASA is very good at, but it's not often that the space agency has…
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Astronomers Spot Black Hole Spinning Unbelievably Fast As It Swallows Up A Star
Black holes are some of the most interesting features of our universe, but they're also not very well understood. Studying distant black holes in any…
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Scientists Just Detected Another Repeating Radio Signal In Deep Space
As technology improves and instruments used to study the cosmos become more and more advanced, we're answering a lot of questions about our place in…
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Here's What NASA's OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Sees As It Orbits Bennu Asteroid
It's only been about a week since NASA successfully inserted its OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe into orbit around the large space rock known as Bennu, after…
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Amateur Scientists Just Found A New Planet, And It Might Even Be Habitable
NASA's Kepler space telescope is dead. It ran out of fuel back in October of last year, but the incredible wealth of data that it…
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Hubble Snapped A Super High-Res Image Of A Neighboring Galaxy, And It's Too Big For The Internet
Hubble, the trusty space telescope that has been delivering gorgeous views of the cosmos for decades now, just delivered another gift. In a new composite…
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Does Ultima Thule Have Moons? Scientists Want To Know
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped past the peculiar asteroid binary known as Ultima Thule on New Year's Day, and it collected an incredible amount of…
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The Milky Way Is On An Unstoppable Collision Course With A Neighboring Galaxy
Our Solar System has remained largely unchanged for billions of years, and it's likely to remain that way for a long time to come, but…
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China's Lunar Probe Sends Back Its First Photos Of The Far Side Of The Moon
It's not all that often that China breaks entirely new ground when it comes to space science but that's exactly what the country did earlier…
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NASA's First Planetary Defense Mission Will Send A Spacecraft Crashing Into An Asteroid
The relentless march of technology is allowing scientists to consider the possibility of human exploration of the Solar System and beyond but, even as we…
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New Horizons Isn't Done Yet, And NASA Is Searching For Its Next Target
New Horizons gave NASA an amazing New Year's gift when it sent back gorgeous images of the distant Solar System object Ultima Thule, which we…
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NASA Declares New Horizons Flyby Of Ultima Thule A Huge Success
While most of us were popping the corks on bottles of champagne, NASA engineers were holding their breath as they watched the calendar flip to…
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Scientists Think They Know Where The Early Universe's Dark Matter Has Been Hiding
Most of the mass in the universe is made up of a kind of matter that none of us have ever seen. It's called "dark…
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NASA's Asteroid Probe Just Entered Orbit Around Bennu In A Record-Breaking Maneuver
NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe arrived at its target, a large space rock known as Bennu, in early December. The spacecraft's mission will take several years…
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NASA's New Horizons Zoomed Past Ultima Thule, And Now We Wait
NASA kicked off the new year with a midnight flyby of the most distant Solar System object ever visited by a manmade spacecraft. New Horizons…
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China Will Start Off 2019 By Landing On The Moon
Many of us like to start off a new year by doing something special. Oftentimes it's setting a lofty goal we'd like to achieve over…
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NASA Wants You To Celebrate New Years With Its New Horizons Space Probe
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it's about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to…
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What Does It Mean If The Hole In The ISS Was Drilled From The Inside?
There isn't much contest for the most bizarre space news story of the year. If anyone were to give away such an award it would…
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Russia Says The Mysterious Hole In Its Soyuz Rocket May Have Been Sabotage
We already knew that Russia was in the midst of an incredibly deep investigation into the origins of a strange hole that was found in…
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NASA's New Horizons Is Poised For A Historic New Year's Day Flyby
It was back in August that NASA showed off images from its New Horizons spacecraft which had just spotted its next flyby target sitting a…
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An Asteroid Shaped Like A Giant Hippopotamus Just Flew By Earth
The holiday season means seeing friends and family that you might not see all that often throughout the rest of the year, and the same…
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Uranus Was Slammed By An Object Twice The Size Of Earth
It's been a big year for Uranus. We've learned quite a bit about the planet thanks to new research efforts aimed at explaining why it…
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