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Dozens of dead nuclear reactors are floating in space, and they'll eventually...
At the height of our adoration of atomic energy, space agencies experimented with launching nuclear-powered spacecraft into orbit around the earth.It makes sense if you think about it.Radioactive...
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory just released some amazing new footage of their recent fly-bys of Mars.Produced by Emmanuel OcbazghiFollow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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A satellite 1 million miles from Earth recorded the total solar eclipse and...
NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captured these amazing images of the moon's shadow crossing the western Pacific during Wednesday's total solar eclipse.The GIF above was compiled from 13...
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Solar sails, powered only by light, could help us explore the furthest...
Imagine a spacecraft propelled by nothing but light.A massive aluminum-coated sail stretches wide, capturing the momentum from photons when they reflect off the surface. The photons' energy is...
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Scientists thinks humans could be living on the moon in 10-years — here's why
"You are here to help humanity become a spacefaring species."So said the opening line of a brochure for a workshop that took place in August 2014.It was a meeting of some of the greatest scientists and...
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Here's the reason astronaut Scott Kelly grew 2 inches during his year in space
Astronaut Scott Kelly is back on American soil after an eventful year. Kelly spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station before making it back to Earth on Tuesday. During his time up there,...
View ArticleA robot was just sent to find life on Mars
The European Space Agency (ESA) launched its ExoMars spacecraft on March 14, 2016. The ESA hopes the rover onboard will find signs of life on Mars.Produced by Zach Wasser. Video courtesy of...
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Europe and Russia just launched a spacecraft to search for life on Mars
Paris - Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft Monday to smell Mars' atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.ExoMars 2016, the...
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A 'Great Wall' of galaxies 1 billion light-years wide may be the largest...
As if staring up at the night sky didn’t make us feel small already, astronomers have recently announced the discovery of the BOSS Great Wall, a group of superclusters that span roughly 1 billion...
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Astronomers may have found the fastest spinning object in the universe
Way up in the constellation Cancer there's a 14th-magnitude speck of light you can claim in a 10-inch or larger telescope.If you saw it, you might sniff at something so insignificant, yet it represents...
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Physicists have a new tool to study the universe in unprecedented detail
Physicists in Switzerland are using new code called 'gevolution' together with Einstein's theory of general relativity to map the expansion of the early Universe more accurately than ever before.The...
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Scientists are getting closer to discovering if there's actually a mysterious...
On January 20th, 2016, researchers Konstantin Batygin and Michael E. Brown of Caltech announced that they had found evidence that hinted at the existence of a massive planet at the edge of the Solar...
View ArticleNASA scientists can’t explain this unusual 270-mile-wide ‘bite mark’ on...
After flying a space probe by Pluto for the first time last summer, NASA discovered an unusual "bite mark" feature on the surface.Produced by Jenner Deal. Original Reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI...
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Russia says nuclear engines could get us to Mars in 6 weeks
Space is expensive.To generate more power and more thrust, rockets need to carry more fuel, increasing the amount of weight the same rocket engine needs to lift.It’s a vexing equation, which might...
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Here's why stars explode
There are a few places in the Universe that defy comprehension.And supernovae have got to be the most extreme places you can imagine.We’re talking about a star with potentially dozens of times the size...
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25 silly myths about Earth, space, and physics that drive me crazy
Whenever someone strikes up a conversation with me about the universe, I get animated.No surprise there: I've made a living writing about astronomy, physics, geology, spaceflight, and related areas of...
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NASA is going to spark a big fire inside one of its spacecraft
If a huge fire breaks out in an orbiting spacecraft, what would happen?Turns out NASA doesn't know. But they're going to find out by doing just that.During the next International Space Station (ISS)...
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Astronomers discovered unexpected activity on a giant asteroid that could...
Nestled 250 million miles from Earth, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the largest object in the asteroid belt: Ceres.It's home to some of the most puzzling features ever observed in our...
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Astronomers discovered four new giant exoplanets that could help solve a deep...
We have now become used to the discovery of new exoplanets, but there are still many unknowns that are yet to be understood.An international team of astronomers set out to answer one of these...
View ArticleScientists have solved one of the biggest problems with space colonization
With NASA planning manned missions to Mars, attention has turned to growing food in space. Here's how a crew aboard the International Space Station grew space grown food for the very first time....
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