Creepy Skull-Shaped Asteroid Will Cruise By Earth After Halloween
If you were planning on holding a Halloween bash on October 31st, you might want to reschedule. A very special asteroid is going to make…
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Japanese Probe Sends Back Stunning New Images From Asteroid's Surface
It's only been a couple of days since Japanese space agency JAXA showed off the very first images taken from an asteroid's surface, but we're…
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Another Chinese Space Lab Is Going To Fall Back To Earth, But This Time It's Under Control
Remember back in April when China's Tiangong-1 space station unceremoniously fell out of the sky, burned up in the atmosphere and rained a bit of…
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Astronomers Might Finally Know Where That Mysterious 'Alien Probe' Came From
Late in 2017 our Solar System received a very peculiar visitor. Called Oumuamua, it was a comet (or was it an asteroid?) with a bizarre…
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The Tiny Mars Moon Phobos Might Be The Byproduct Of A Massive Collision
Mars is a pretty important place these days, what with space agencies around the world doing their best to get there and SpaceX suggesting it'll…
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Elon Musk Shows Off Concept For SpaceX Mars Base, Says It Could Be Underway By 2028
Never let it be said that Elon Musk isn't one heck of an optimist. The SpaceX boss has been doing a whole lot of forecasting…
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The First Photos From The Surface Of An Asteroid Looks Like Something From A Space Horror Movie
We've seen plenty of photos taken from the surface of places other than Earth. There's the Moon of course, a huge archive of images snapped…
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NASA Sent A Balloon To Observe 'Electric' Blue Clouds, And They Sure Are Pretty
We're used to NASA dropping gorgeous photos of far-off objects in space, but its most recent observations are much closer to home. In a new…
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Gorgeous New Hubble Photo Shows Hundreds Of Galaxies Ready To Be Explored
To us puny humans, Earth is a pretty big place. There's lots to see, do, and explore here on the planet where we originated. We…
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Japanese Asteroid Probe Sends Hopping Rovers Down To Space Rock's Surface
At the end of August, Japanese space agency JAXA announced when it would attempt to deploy a pair of very special rovers to the surface…
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Watch A Big Net Snag A Piece Of Space Junk In First-Ever Test Of New Cleanup System
Mankind has made a real mess of planet Earth. Our trash is just about everywhere, from city streets to the most remote areas of the…
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ESA Space Probe Found Dead, And Gravity Is The Prime Suspect
When the European Space Agency launched the SMART-1 probe back in the early 2000s it was designed to have a relatively short lifespan. The spacecraft…
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SpaceX's First Moon Trip Passenger Is Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, And He Wants To Bring Others Along For The Ride
After a relatively brief period of teasing the announcement, SpaceX took the opportunity on Monday night to announce its very first paying passenger for a…
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Watch SpaceX Introduce Its First Moon Trip Passenger Live
SpaceX is already making headlines around the world for its efforts to make spaceflight more affordable for organizations like NASA as well as private companies,…
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The First Science Image From NASA's TESS Exoplanet Hunter Is Mind-Boggling
NASA's TESS spacecraft — that stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, in case you had somehow forgotten — is an incredibly powerful tool for spotting…
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The Closest Exoplanet To Earth Might Have A Vast Ocean, And Even Life
Peering at distant planets is a tricky business for astronomers. There's plenty that they can assume about planets based on what they look like from…
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SpaceX Plans To Reveal The Identity Of Its First Moon Trip Passenger On Monday
SpaceX has long been bullish on the idea of selling seats on its spacecraft to private citizens who are willing to pony up enough cash…
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Scientists Hear Dozens Of Mysterious Radio Signals Beaming Through Space
Gazing into space with a high-powered telescope can produce some pretty impressive findings. Scientists regularly discover the presence of far-off worlds by staring at distant…
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Hurricane Florence Looks Absolutely Wild From The International Space Station
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have a gorgeous view of Earth whenever they want it. Since the space station completes a full orbit of…
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Pluto Might Become A Planet Again Because Astronomers Can't Make Up Their Mind
Hey, remember Pluto? Of course you do! When most of us were brought up in school we learned that there were nine known planets in…
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Astronomers Spot New Ultra-Hot Exoplanet Twice The Size Of Earth
When astronomers search for exoplanets, the real goal is finding a distant world that might be within what scientists believe is the habitable zone. Those…
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NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Wakes Up Once Again To Begin Probing The Depths Of Space
All eyes these days may be on NASA's shiny new exoplanet hunter TESS, but the group's Kepler space telescope still has some life left in…
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The Hole In The International Space Station Isn't The First Serious Space Misstep From Russian Manufacturer
The saga of the hole in the International Space Station is taking some serious twists today, in the wake of yesterday's declaration that it was…
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Japan Is About To Launch A Mini Space Elevator That Could Be A Sign Of Things To Come
Getting into space can be a tricky thing. Right now, the hardware that can get you there — a rocket — is complex, pricey, and…
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That Hole In The International Space Station Was Caused By A Drill, Not A Meteorite, And The Search Is On For The Culprit
Last week, astronauts aboard the International Space Station woke to an alarm warning them of a pretty serious situation. The space station was losing pressure,…
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Astronauts Aboard The International Space Station Had To Plug This Hole With Their Thumb
Yesterday, Russian space organization Roscosmos and the European Space Agency broke the news that the International Space Station had sprung a leak. That's a pretty…
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Hubble Captures Mysterious Nebula In Gorgeous New Image
You might think that with so many telescopes at its disposal NASA and the astronomy community at large would have plenty of time to gaze…
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