Yes, There Might Actually Be A 'Planet Nine,' And The Evidence Is Mounting
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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Scientists Release New Evidence Of Liquid Water Under Europa's Icy Crust
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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SpaceX Just Successfully Landed Its Most Powerful Rocket Yet
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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This 'Singing' Space Cloud Is Where Stars And Planets Are Born
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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Watch SpaceX Launch Its Upgraded Falcon 9 'Block 5' For The Very First Time Today
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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Astronomers Identify Massive Asteroid Leftover From The Early Solar System
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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NASA Spots Kilauea Lava Flows From Space
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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Here's What Might Happen When The Sun Finally Bites The Cosmic Dust
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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Wild New Theory May Explain Why Some Aliens Never Leave Their Home Planet
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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NASA Builds Nuclear Reactor For Space That's Capable Of Providing Power For 10 Years
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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Boeing Makes A Fool Of Itself By Calling Out SpaceX, Saying The Falcon Heavy Just Isn't Big Enough
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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NASA Just Discovered Something New In 20-Year-Old Galileo Data
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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Watch Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin Successfully Launch Its New Shepard Rocket And Totally Stick The Landing
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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Astronomers Capture Incredible Image Of 14 Galaxies About To Collide With Each Other
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…
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Going To Mars Is Going To Cost A Lot Of Money That NASA Doesn't Have
If 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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The European Space Agency Just Released The Most Detailed Map Of The Milky Way Ever Constructed
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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Scientists Just Figured Out What Uranus Smells Like, And The Jokes Write Themselves
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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Origin Of Diamonds Found In Meteorite Have Been Traced To A Long-Lost Planet
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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Watch SpaceX Deliver NASA's Planet-Hunting TESS Satellite Into Orbit Live
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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SpaceX Forced To Delay Launch Of NASA's Planet-Hunting TESS Satellite
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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NASA's 3D Flyover Of Jupiter's North Pole Is Absolutely Terrifying
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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NASA Just Released A 'Moon Tour' Video In Stunning 4K
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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The First NASA Spacecraft That Will 'Touch The Sun' Is Just About Ready To Launch
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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NASA's Juno Snapped Another Photo Of Jupiter That Looks Like A Watercolor Painting
Out of all the different pieces of NASA hardware floating around our Solar System, the Juno spacecraft probably has the best gig in terms of…
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We Finally Know Why SpaceX Had To Mysteriously Cut Its Latest Livestream Short
Back on March 30th, SpaceX sent yet another of its Falcon 9 rockets skyward, delivering a payload of 10 satellites into orbit for communications company…
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Something Is Flashing Brightly In Deep Space And Scientists Have No Idea Why
Scientists searching the sky for supernova explosions recently got something they truly didn't expect. Hoping to observe the long, sustained pulses of light associated with…
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India Just Lost Contact With Its Brand New Satellite
Countless satellites are orbiting the Earth at this very moment. Some of them are working fine, some are long dead, and others are somewhere in…
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