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New Year's Eve is your only chance to catch this beautiful comet in your...
If you get up early enough over the next few weeks—a couple of hours before sunrise should do it—and look east, you’ll see the brilliant beacon of the planet Venus. Fairly close to it in the sky, but...
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For $75,000 this balloon could float you to the edge of space
Watch out, Virgin Galactic. There's a new space tourism company in town.A company called World View is planning to float passengers up to "the edge of space"— about 20 miles into the sky — via balloon...
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9 epic discoveries scientists made in the solar system this year
It was an incredible year for space exploration.In 2015, we saw the world's first orbital rocket touch back down on the ground. We saw the beloved dwarf planet Pluto in exquisite detail. And an...
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How Elon Musk's SpaceX is upending the spaceflight industry
When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, no one could anticipate just how fast and high Musk would take the company.This December, SpaceX realized one of Musk's dreams for a...
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These quotes from astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson may inspire you to...
If you've ever listened to StarTalk radio, then you'll know that its host, famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, has a great sense of humor.But deGrasse Tyson also has a serious side, which he...
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The most anticipated space-bound breakthroughs of 2016
2015 was an amazing year in space, as worlds such as Pluto and Ceres snapped into sharp focus. 2015 also underlined the mantra that ‘space is hard,’ as SpaceX rode the roller coaster from launch...
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The US Post Office is releasing new Pluto, planet, and 'Star Trek' stamps...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is gearing up to honor NASA's historic flyby of Pluto with a new set of postage stamps, among a flotilla of other space-themed stamps, and we can't wait to buy a...
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Here's what it's like to live inside a tiny dome on 'Mars' for 8 months
HILO, Hawaii — Atop the giant Mauna Loa volcano, the landscape looks eerily similar to the surface of Mars.Nothing green grows, and all you can see for miles are chunks of red rock and endless fields...
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I drove the 6,600-lb 'car' that NASA designed for astronauts on Mars, and...
It's not the fastest or the sleekest, but NASA's Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV) is definitely the coolest car on the planet — and hopefully, before too long, something like it will be the coolest car...
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Here's what we know about the biggest space rocket ever conceived
SpaceX pulled off the world's first orbital rocket landing just before the New Year, but there's one promise the company made in 2015 but didn't deliver.One year ago, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk teased the...
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Humans are getting a first glimpse of the tall sand dunes on Mars, and the...
After more than three years on the Martian surface, the car-sized Curiosity Mars rover is giving us a close-up glimpse of terrain unlike anything we've seen before: tall, ripple-ridden sand dunes like...
View ArticleNASA scientists are baffled by a mysterious pyramid structure they found in...
Ceres is a big mystery. The dwarf planet has raised all sorts of questions since scientists have gotten to see it up close. And this mystery may be the biggest.Produced By Matt Johnston. Additional...
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There's something in this photo of Saturn's rings that is sitting in plain...
How many moons do you see in this photo that NASA recently posted to their Cassini mission website?The obvious answer is two: Saturn's moon Enceladus (above Saturn's rings) and Rhea (below the rings)....
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Astronomers spotted visible light from a black hole for the first time ever
For the first time, astronomers have observed bursts of visible light being released by a black hole as it swallows matter from nearby stars.These flashes of light, which lasted between several minutes...
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NASA’s replacement for the Hubble telescope will be 100 times more powerful
For decades now, the Hubble telescope has allowed researchers and the public to see the universe up close and personal.It’s been an exciting ride full of fascinating photos, but Hubble’s place as...
View ArticleA nearby black hole is doing something unexpected in the midst of a...
After two galaxies collided, a black hole in the smaller galaxy is apparently burping. Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Original Reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the...
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26 stunning images of Earth from space that contain letters of the alphabet
When Social Media Lead for NASA's Earth Observatory Adam Voiland noticed a "V"-shaped cloud of smoke in a satellite image one day, he wondered if he could find all 26 letters of the alphabet.It wasn't...
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A groundbreaking first in astronomy found that black holes can be spotted...
For decades, astronomers have observed the space around black holes for the occasional flare of light, signaling that a cosmic feeding is underway.In the past, it took highly sophisticated, expensive...
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NASA thinks this frigid world is our best hope of finding alien life — here's...
Sending a spacecraft to a distant, frozen moon might sound like a waste of time.But once you know that moon hides a vast subsurface ocean — what astronomers think is the most likely place we'll find...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains what the world will be like in 500 years
Using the Age of Exploration as a basis, Neil deGrasse Tyson takes a close look at what life on Earth could look like in another 500 years. Spoiler Alert: It's going to get crowded. But he's got some...
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