Scientists can't explain these mysterious spots on one of Saturn's most...
Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, has mysterious dark spots on the surface amid one of the many giant ridges that scar the moon's surface.Produced by Emmanuel Ocbazghi. Original reporting by Jessica...
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Water acts so strangely in space astronauts can use it as a ping pong ball
Water behaves in some pretty bizarre ways 250 miles above Earth in microgravity.On Jan. 21, astronaut Scott Kelly celebrated his 300th day aboard the International Space Station by demonstrating one of...
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World-famous astronaut Chris Hadfield is trying to launch a cartoon science show
Astronaut Chris Hadfield is launching a crowd-funded animated comedy science series called "It's Not Rocket Science."Hadfield became famous during his time on the International Space Station for a...
View ArticleAn astronaut played ping pong in space with a ball of water
NASA's Scott Kelly turned a ball of water and two hydrophobic paddles into an out of this world game of ping pong on the International Space Station.Story by Tony Manfred and editing by Ben NighFollow...
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We're on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy — here's what will...
An epic war is coming between our home galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, which is currently racing toward us at a speed of 250,000 mph.Astronomers estimate that 3.75 billion years from now, Earth will...
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A NASA scientist explains why this 'Star Wars' planet is just like a...
The planets and galaxies created for sci-fi films such as "Star Wars,""Star Trek," and "Alien" are pretty realistic.That is, according to Robert Hurt, a visualization specialist at NASA’s Jet...
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Amazing video footage of the third rocket landing in history
On Jan. 22 Bue Origin — the spaceflight company owned and founded by billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos — landed its reusable rocket, named New Shepard, for the second time. And here's the footage the...
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The amazing perks of being a NASA astronaut
Every job comes with its own unique perks, but NASA astronauts seem to have the best perk of all: the opportunity to visit space.That's not the only bonus, however, according to NASA astronaut Andrew...
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That bizarre-looking star just got a lot weirder — and yes, it could be aliens
Three months ago, news broke that a giant "alien megastructure" could exist around a bizarre-looking star 1,500 light-years away.While the prospect of aliens was first launched by Penn State astronomer...
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Eat like an astronaut with these common foods
Astronauts on board the International Space Station get most of their nutrition from pre-cooked meals that NASA's Science Food Lab at Johnson Space Center prepares from fresh ingredients.However, there...
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The 2 most dangerous numbers in the universe are threatening the end of physics
A deeply disturbing and controversial line of thinking has emerged within the physics community.It's the idea that we are reaching the absolute limit of what we can understand about the world around us...
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One astronomer has an unsettling reason for why we haven't found aliens yet
In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi raised a very important question about the Universe and the existence of extra-terrestrial life.Given the size and age of the Universe, he stated, and the statistical...
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Russia is developing a nuclear-powered engine to explore space
The Russian space agency just announced that it's working on a very unusual project: a nuclear reactor-powered rocket engine capable of propelling spacecraft out into the cosmos.A nuclear engine might...
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Adidas teamed up with Virgin Galactic to make astronomically cool 'spacewear'
If you're going into space, you might as well look good, right? That's the idea behind the new "spacewear" partnership between Virgin Galactic and Y-3, Adidas's futuristic fashion label.Here's a...
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What it's REALLY like to be a NASA astronaut living in space for a year
What's it like to not walk on solid ground for a year?That's one of the questions NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and companion Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko have set out to answer during their...
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Scientists have proposed a ‘mirror universe’ where time might move backwards
Two separate teams of physicists have been examining the flow of time in the Universe, and they’ve proposed that some 14 billion years ago, the Big Bang could have given rise to a second, inverse...
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Here’s how astronomers think they can prove that the new planet 9 on the edge...
Caltech scientists Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin caused an uproar last week when they published a paper suggesting the existence of an undiscovered "Planet X" or "Planet 9" on the edge of our solar...
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An astronaut's complaint about the president perfectly captures what is wrong...
During a Reddit AMA from the International Space Station on Jan. 23 Astronaut Scott Kelly called out the US government for its lack of financial support for NASA.When a Reddit user asked Kelly what...
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Russia says a growing problem in space could be enough to spark a war
NASA has already warned that the large amount of space junk around our planet is growing beyond our control, but now a team of Russian scientists has cited another potentially unforeseen consequence of...
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Closing your eyes in space can cause a terrifying sensation
We all know what it feels like to fall.If you've got a daredevil's bent, it's a thrill — that leap off a cliff into the blue water below.For many, there's fear, a nightmare of a never-ending fall that...
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