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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Feast Your Eyes On The First 8K Video Shot In Space
Depending on how serious you are about your home entertainment, you might not even own a 4K TV yet. If that's the case, you can…
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Russia Says Its Doomed Rocket Was Damaged Before Takeoff, Causing Launch Failure
It was just a couple of days ago that Russian space agency Roscosmos announced that its probe into the Soyuz rocket failure had officially wrapped…
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Hubble Spots A Distant Star Casting A Colossal Shadow
NASA's Hubble telescope has sent back some stunning images of eye-catching sights in the sky, but shadows aren't usually a highlight of the eye candy…
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Russia Releases Video Showing Soyuz Rocket Failure As It Happened
Just yesterday the Russian space agency Roscosmos revealed that it has completed its investigation into the failure of its Soyuz rocket on a recent launch…
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The Parker Solar Probe Is Now The Fastest Thing Mankind Has Ever Built
The Parker Solar Probe is having one heck of a week. It was only yesterday that NASA announced its do-it-all star-studying machine has gotten closer…
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Russia Finally Explains What Went Wrong With The Soyuz Rocket
It's only been a few weeks since the Soyuz rocket launched by Russian space agency Roscosmos was forced to abort its launch shortly after takeoff.…
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The Exoplanet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope Is Now Dead
If you've read anything about newly discovered exoplanets over the past decade there's a really good chance the discovery was made by the Kepler space…
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Here's Your Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance To Own A Moon Rock
We're all pretty familiar with the Moon from a very young age. It's usually one of the first topics talked about in our earliest science…
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Now The Closest To The Sun That Any Spacecraft Has Ever Been
NASA's much-hyped mission to "touch the Sun" has only been underway for a couple of months, but it's already achieved something that no other spacecraft…
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One Of The Milky Way's Satellite Galaxies Started Leaking Into Another
As chaotic as life is here on Earth, it's not often that we have time to look up at the night sky and ponder the…
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NASA's Solar Probe Spares A Thought For Earth As It Speeds Towards The Sun
NASA began its mission to "touch the Sun" back in mid-August, sending the Parker Solar Probe towards our star on a first-of-its-kind trip that will…
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Russia Will Be Ready To Resume Soyuz Flights Soon, NASA Says
It's only been a couple of weeks since Russia's Soyuz rocket launch towards the International Space Station ended abruptly due to an unspecified failure, sending…
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Astronomers Spot The Youngest Known Pulsar Ever, And Boy Is It Pretty
Many of the objects NASA and other scientific bodies choose to study in space are incredibly old, but that's not the case with Kes 75.…
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NASA Wants You To Make Stuff It Can Send To The Moon
As we've known for several months now, NASA is headed back to the Moon. The administration will be sending all manner of instruments to the…
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A Big Chunk Of Space Junk Came Crashing Down In California, And It's Just Been Identified
When a farmer in Hanford, California took a casual stroll out to his walnut orchard recently, the last thing he expected to find was a…
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