NASA Just Delayed The Launch Of Its Most Powerful Tool Until 2020
Everyone loves gawking at the gorgeous photos NASA gathers from its various spacecraft. They deliver breathtaking views of Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter on a regular…
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The International Space Station Gets Three New Residents As Expedition 55 Kicks Off
Expedition 55 of the International Space Station is finally underway after a trio of crew members reached the spacecraft and were welcomed by their fellow…
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Early Humans Saw A Rogue Star Pass Close By Our Solar System
These days we only really see stars in two contexts: our Sun, which is extremely close and holds us in its gravitational grip, and distant…
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Out-Of-Control Chinese Space Station Will Crash Back To Earth Around March 31st, Researchers Say
Earlier this month, scientists attempting to forecast the eventual crash of China's Tiangong-1 space station guessed that it would likely fall on or around the…
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The Big Fake 'Star' That Rocket Lab Sent Into Orbit Is Falling Back Down To Earth
You might not realize it, but new satellites are sent into orbit on an incredibly regular basis. Scientists, universities, space agencies, and communications companies are…
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Scientists Think They Know Where That Bizarre 'Alien Probe' Asteroid Was Born
Late last year scientists spotted a totally unexpected visitor speeding its way through our Solar System. A long, cigar-shaped object had flown through our little…
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Scientists Detect More Bizarre Radio Bursts From Deep Space, Still Can't Explain Where They Come From
Thanks to the ceaseless march of technology, agencies like NASA and other scientific bodies from around the world have been able to teach us a…
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Stephen Hawking Spent His Final Days Attempting To Solve The Parallel Universe Mystery
Stephen Hawking pushed off of this mortal coil last week, but the world-famous physicist was pondering some of humanity's most puzzling questions right up until…
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Something Strange Is Happening To Jupiter's Great Red Spot
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is perhaps the most iconic feature of any planet in our Solar System. It's instantly recognizable, and the massive cyclone has…
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Now The Russians Want To Nuke Asteroids, Too
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to…
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This Powerful Space Harpoon Will Snag Defunct Satellites And Drag Them Back To Earth
In case you haven't heard, space junk is an increasingly serious problem for our planet. The International Space Station has been forced to take steps…
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A Company Launched Four Satellites Without Telling Anyone, And Now The Government Is Mad
Satellite launches are back in the news again, thanks to Elon Musk's rocket hijinks and the emergence of affordable private space missions. But with the…
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NASA Captures Gorgeous Photo Of Saturn's Ice-Covered Moon Dione
NASA has spent a significant amount of time studying Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and while those are the two we most often hear about…
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Elon Musk To First Mars Travelers: 'Good Chance You'll Die'
Several space agencies and private companies around the world have been ramping up their research and development in recent years, and they all have their…
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Inspiring SpaceX Video Highlights The Incredible Falcon Heavy Launch
About a month ago, SpaceX made history when it launched the Falcon Heavy rocket into space. And while rocket launches in and of themselves are…
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A Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Just Cruised By Earth - Watch It Fly By In This Video
As we told you last week, the "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2017 VR12 made its closest appearance early this morning. Unlike the much smaller 2018 DV1…
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This Photo Of Mars Is So Bizarre You'll Probably Think It's Fake
NASA has made a habit of delivering stunning photos of many of the planets in our Solar System, including Saturn, Jupiter, and of course Mars.…
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China's Tiangong-1 Space Station Could Come Crashing Down To Earth Before The End Of March
It's now been several months since China admitted that it had completely lost control of its Tiangong-1 space station, explaining that without the ability to…
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Stephen Hawking Thinks He Knows What Happened Before The Big Bang
Any time you hear a scientists talk about the origins of the universe it always begins the same way. "It all started with the big…
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SpaceX Poised To Tally Its 50th Falcon 9 Launch On Tuesday
SpaceX has already had a very busy year. Its Falcon Heavy launch not only exceeded just about everyone's expectations, but also reinvigorated interest in everything…
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Scientists Discover Possible Link Between Dark Matter And Super-Cooled Star Formation
Scientists have long attempted to paint a detailed picture of what the universe looked like in the immediate aftermath of the big bang, and new…
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Scientists Have A New Theory About Where The Moon Came From, And It's Unlike Anything You've Heard Before
Humanity has been staring at the Moon for thousands of years. We've gazed at its surface through telescopes and even visited it ourselves. With a…
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Scientists Worry That Elon Musk's Flying Tesla Could Contaminate Mars With Bacteria From Earth
It's only been a couple of weeks since Elon Musk and SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy into space, toting Musk's own bright red Tesla Roadster…
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NASA Wants To Send A Flying Drone To Saturn's Moon Titan
Drones might be all the rage amongst hobbyists and techies here on Earth, and NASA seems to have caught the bug. The agency is currently…
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Jupiter's Ice-Covered Moon Europa Could Harbor Life, Researchers Say
Scientists have long assumed that the earliest life on Earth required a few basic prerequisites including water and an energy source — in this case,…
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Scientists Still Can't Agree How Much Water Is On The Moon, Or Figure Out How To Access It
Researchers studying far-off exoplanets do their best to determine the composition of those alien worlds based on the tiny bits of data they have available…
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NASA Captures Jupiter's South Pole As You've Never Seen It Before
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System and, because of that, it's been photographed many, many times. We've seen the planet's swirling cloud…
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