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Scientists have seen the shockwave from a star’s collapsing core for the...
Astronomers have for the first time seen a shockwave generated by a star’s collapsing core and captured the earliest minutes of two exploding stars.An international team of scientists found a shockwave...
View ArticleStephen Hawking has a great answer to whether aliens exist
During a recent Q&A, Stephen Hawking gave a hilarious answer whether or not he believes aliens exist.Produced by Darren Weaver. Video courtesy of Breakthrough Initiatives. Follow TI: On...
View ArticleThis is what a supernova looks like
When two neutron stars merge, they collapse in supernova explosions that are the brightest in the entire universe.Produced by Jenner DealFollow BI Video:On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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Here's an inside look at the mission to detect alien life on this mysterious...
While “Breakthrough Starshot” just announced plans for a groundbreaking mission to hunt for extraterrestrial life light-years away, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have set their...
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How we might hack biology and transform our bodies to live in space —...
Space is cold (mostly) and brutal, inhospitable to life as we know it. All other planets we know a lot about differ drastically from Earth, lacking the atmosphere we breathe and the gravity that we're...
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Meet the man on a mission to fix America's broken space programs
Republican Congressman Jim Bridenstine of Oklahoma wants to fix space.But that doesn't just mean fixing NASA. It also means fixing the military's space program. And fixing the environmental monitoring...
View ArticleHow these laser-propelled robots could bring us to a star 25 trillion miles away
Breakthrough Initiatives recently announced a new $100 million initiative to launch tiny probes to our next closest star, Alpha Centauri which is 25 billion miles away.Produced by Darren Weaver....
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How we could build an invisibility cloak to hide the Earth from an alien...
What would it take to hide an entire planet?It sounds more like a question posed in an episode of “Star Trek” than in academic discourse, but sometimes the bleeding edge of science blurs with themes...
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Space stations for tourists could be here as soon as 2020
Space tourism may be closer than you think.Nevada-based startup Bigelow Aerospace is teaming up with United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing, to send...
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This is the biggest misconception people have about NASA partnering with SpaceX
The hoopla surrounding every SpaceX rocket launch makes it seem like this is the first time NASA has partnered with companies.But that's hardly the case.Tech Insider spoke with astronaut Byron...
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These incredible space photos are actually just scanned images of food
The photo below could be of a planet and its lone moon, drifting through a nebula of gas and dust.But it's no view from a deep-space probe.It's all food sitting on the glass plate of a home office...
View ArticleAstronomers just found something surprising in this picture of black holes
When looking closely at a group of black holes, astronomers noticed something extremely unusual. Here's what they saw and what it could mean about the formation of our universe.Produced by Grace Raver....
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A British astronaut is about to run a marathon from space
Britain's first official spaceman, Timothy Peake, says he's ready to run the London Marathon in 1½ weeks — from 250 miles up.But he's not expecting to set a PR, or personal record.The 44-year-old...
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We might be totally wrong about the universe’s expansion
Researchers have obtained the most accurate measurement yet of how quickly the universe is expanding — and it's not what they were expecting to find.The universe is expanding about 8% faster than...
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Lasers from Stephen Hawking's 'Starshot' mission could get to Mars in 30 minutes
The $100 million Breakthrough Starshot initiative aims to use lasers to launch chip-sized probes at more than 25% the speed of light for 20-year journeys to Alpha Centauri. However, well before this...
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We're closer than ever to solving the mystery of alien broadcasts coming from...
Are aliens trying to contact us from outer space?That’s a question that Antonio Paris, an astronomy professor at St. Petersburg College in Florida, is trying to address. And he’s bringing us closer to...
View ArticleAstronauts can’t go to Mars before we solve this problem
Astronauts are having vision imparities during and after their missions in space. NASA is working hard to resolve the issue.Produced by Delano SamuelsFollow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation...
View ArticleHere’s how the Space Station avoids hitting the thousands of pieces of junk...
There are thousands of pieces of used rockets, retired spacecrafts, and fragments from reentry floating around near Earth. Each one poses a hazard to the International Space Station — here's how they...
View ArticleStephen Hawking has a foreboding message for humanity
During a recent Q&A with journalists, professor Stephen Hawking had something to say about the future of humanity.Produced by Darren Weaver. Video courtesy of Breakthrough Initiatives. Follow TI:...
View ArticleThe US military is building a futuristic 'Spaceplane' to defend the country...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has commissioned a vehicle for the US military called XS-1, short for "eXperimental Spaceplane 1." As the aircraft's name suggests, XS-1 looks...
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