Photographing a rocket launch is a tricky thing. Getting a great shot from a distance is easy, but if you want a truly world-class photo…
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SpaceX is continuing its rapid-fire schedule of rocket launches today with a dual-purpose mission to deliver satellites for both NASA and its communications client Iridium.…
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Immigration is a hotly-debated topic around the world, but it turns out that our Solar System is far more welcoming than some of the countries…
Read MoreChina really, really, really wants to explore the Moon — more specifically, the dark side of the Moon. The country has been steadily moving towards…
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Lots of us grew up learning that there were nine planets in the Solar System. In the early 2000s we were told a different story,…
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If we're going to find extraterrestrial life inside of our own Solar System there's only a handful of places where scientists believe we might find…
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By now, SpaceX landing one of its Falcon 9 rockets (or even landing two, for that matter) is barely worthy of a headline. But late…
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Long before our Sun formed it was nothing more than a bunch of material floating listlessly in a large cloud of gas, dust, and debris.…
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SpaceX has had an incredibly busy year so far in 2018. The company started the year by showing off its Falcon Heavy for the first…
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Scientists believe that the Earth has been around in some form for roughly four and a half billion years, and the Solar System is only…
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When Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted late last week it wasn't exactly the kind of massive, explosive event that you see in disaster movies starring Pierce…
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You don't need me to tell you that the Sun is pretty important to all of us. Without it, we wouldn't be here, but it…
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If you're looking for reasons why mankind hasn't found aliens yet, you can come up with a whole bunch of them. We've never left our…
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Exploring space, traveling to other worlds, and making observations of far-off planets is humanity's next big challenge. We're already accomplishing some of those feats, but…
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When SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket earlier this year, it earned the title of "most powerful operational rocket." That little "operational" modifier is pretty…
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Normally when NASA publishes exciting new discoveries it's thanks to data that just arrived from one of its many pieces of high-tech space hardware. NASA's…
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SpaceX has dominated headlines so far in 2018 thanks to the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy and numerous Falcon 9 missions, but it's not…
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The blurry, confusing image you see above might not seem all that interesting at first glance, but it's actually an incredible glimpse into the early…
Read MoreIf you've been following space, science, or even general technology news over the past few years you've heard a whole lot about Mars, as well…
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You might think of our Solar System as a pretty special place — and considering it's produced the only known example of life, that's probably…
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Uranus isn't the most popular place in the Solar System. It's a cold, harsh world, and it hasn't been studied nearly as much as some…
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Mankind has managed to learn a lot about our Solar System and the planets that reside in it simply by gazing into the night sky,…
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Monday was supposed to be the day that NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite rode into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, but the launch was scrubbed…
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NASA's powerful, planet-hunting satellite TESS was supposed to launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Monday, but plans were nixed at the last moment…
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Back in early March, NASA released some really stunning images that the Juno probe captured of Jupiter's poles. The pictures were created using the spacecraft's…
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Visiting the Moon is an incredibly rare privilege. Just 12 people have ever been there, and your chances of joining those ranks are essentially zero.…
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You probably don't think about it on a daily basis but the Sun is pretty darn important. Without it, we wouldn't be here, and our…
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