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This awesome photo shows what it'd be like to stand on Mars
This is what the first human explorers might see when they step outside their spacecraft and take their first steps on Mars:The Mars Curiosity rover took this image of the Namib dune in the Gale Crater...
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These are the 50 most amazing science images from 2015
2015 was a captivating year in science.We reached Pluto, the world agreed to a landmark climate deal in Paris, and private spaceflight hit its stride. Many of this year's events have created amazing...
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'This is going to be a mission that's one of the best that NASA has ever done'
NASA has unveiled the beautiful faces of far-off worlds like Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto, but there's one face it has yet to see: the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, which is one of the most likely...
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Here's everything we know about Elon Musk's next big rocket
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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The 20 most important scientific developments of 2015
Big things happened in the science world in 2015.Researchers edited the DNA of human embryos, showing that doing so was possible. Their work had flaws, but it demonstrated that we're capable of using...
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The Post Office is printing Pluto, Solar System, 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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1 key fact you should know before becoming a NASA astronaut
Often times, NASA astronauts have dreamed of going to space since they were young, spending their lives in pursuit of that coveted seat on a spacecraft, and NASA astronaut Andrew J. Feustel is no...
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This 3-ton 'car' that NASA designed for astronauts on Mars drives like...
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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These witty science jokes will make you smarter
The biggest sci-fi hit of 2015 all began with Andy Weir and his best-selling book "The Martian," which is a thrilling survival story based on the planet Mars.Weir is a software engineer by profession...
View ArticleHow to answer Elon Musk's favorite interview question
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk likes to ask one riddle in particular when interviewing candidates for a position with his company, according to the book "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic...
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Watch an astronaut in space cover one of David Bowie's most famous songs
David Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his time, died on Sunday night after an 18-month battle against cancer.Retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted out a farewell to Bowie...
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'The Martian' won a Golden Globe for the wrong reason
Ridley Scott's "The Martian" just won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy.While the movie certainly has its funny moments — lots of disco music, quippy one-liners, and that whole "space pirate" scene— the...
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Here's what David Bowie’s song 'Space Oddity' is really about
David Bowie, one of the most influential and forward-thinking songwriters of his time, died Sunday, Jan. 10 after an 18-month battle with cancer.Back in 2013, astronaut Chris Hadfield performed a cover...
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Engineers could stop hurricanes — but it'd require a huge sacrifice
In October, Hurricane Patricia became the most powerful hurricane ever recorded, whipping up tornado-like winds of over 200 mph.Patricia lost steam as it made landfall, but more devastating storms will...
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SpaceX just released never-before-seen footage of its epic rocket landing...
Last month, the aerospace company SpaceX made history by sending an orbital rocket into space and then landing it back on the ground. No one else in the history of aerospace engineering has performed...
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Why a rumor about the discovery of something Einstein predicted 100 years ago...
On Monday, theoretical physicist Laurence Krauss sent the scientific community on Twitter reeling when he suggested that researchers may have detected, for the first time, an astrophysical phenomenon...
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11 mind-melting photos will make you realize how shockingly small Earth is
Earth feels pretty large, and we feel pretty tiny living on it.But we rarely, if ever, stop to think about the vast beyond. And we should!Former astronomer Carl Sagan wrote in his book "Pale Blue Dot:...
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Here's why discovering gravitational waves would be a 100-year breakthrough
There's a rumor circulating that physicists may have finally discovered ripples in the fabric of spacetime known as "gravitational waves."Scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave...
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Our little probe that landed on a comet could be dead
Time is running out for Philae — the plucky little comet lander that stole our hearts back in 2014 - with the news that the European Space Agency's (ESA) last-ditch effort to make contact with the...
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Sex in space is going to be way different than it is on Earth
As far as we know, no one has ever had sex in space. NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have consistently and aggressively denied that any astronaut has had sex in space on the International...
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