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Here's how SpaceX plans to land on Mars in 2018 using the most powerful...
On Wednesday, Elon Musk's private company SpaceX announced on Twitter that it plans to send a spacecraft to Mars as soon as 2018.The mission will involve sending a spacecraft called the Red Dragon to...
View ArticleScientists just discovered three nearby planets that could support life
Astronomers at the La Silla Observatory in Chile discovered three planets orbiting a dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1. These planets are much closer to TRAPPIST-1 than Earth is to the Sun, but because...
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A scientist is 'optimistic' that 3 bizarre new planets could harbor alien life
Astronomers have discovered not one, not two, but three new Earth-like planets that may be the most promising places yet to look for signs of alien life.What's more, they don't circle a sun-like...
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How to watch this week's meteor shower created by Halley's Comet
We are in the midst of a meteor shower.Right now, Earth is twirling through the tail of Halley's Comet, arguably the most famous comet in our solar system.And as tiny grain-of-rice-size bits of debris...
View ArticleAstronomers say these newly discovered planets are the best places to search...
Three new planets were discovered by the European Southern Observatory with its Belgian Trappist telescope. They orbit a star much smaller and more dim than our sun, which makes it easier to analyze...
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3 newly discovered nearby planets are a game changer in the hunt for alien life
An international team of astronomers has discovered three Earth-sized exoplanets, all orbiting the same star just 40 light-years from us, the 16-nation intergovernmental research organization ESO...
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We’re probably not alone in the universe
The existence of extraterrestrial life is one of the most compelling debates in science.When we ask "Are we alone?", we are wondering about how life itself begins, and what our place and function is in...
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NASA just released the most complete look at Pluto we’ve ever seen
Scientists created a full world map of Pluto by stitching together all the images NASA has slowly released over the past few months. The image link is here; zoom in closely and start exploring.The...
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MIT built a 6-foot-tall robotic astronaut to go on NASA space missions
Space missions can be dangerous for humans. Risks include ship malfunctions and space radiation that can cause cancer. Plus, spending months up in space can be psychologically taxing for astronauts and...
View ArticleWatch the entire evolution of the universe in under 3 minutes
Over 13 billion years ago, the entire universe was contained in a singularity tinier than a proton. So how did we get from there to here? Here's the abbreviated version of what we know (so far) about...
View ArticleNASA is working on the universe's biggest pair of shades to better study...
For every star in the sky, there is at least one exoplanet in its orbit. The problem? Stars can be billions of times brighter than the planets scientists are trying to study, making them hard to see.To...
View ArticleWatch never-before-seen footage of a SpaceX rocket landing on a ship from the...
On April 8, after several failed attempts, SpaceX did the impossible and landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a ship floating in the ocean. Now, SpaceX has released new footage that allows you to watch the...
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These 8 simple diagrams show how incredibly far astronomy has come
We’ve been reading the fantastic book “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” by Carlo Rovelli. One of many highlights is a series of images he includes on the history of astronomy.Check them out below, with...
View ArticleThis steel shell lets you hear NASA satellites in orbit right above you
It's hard to know just how crowded the sky above us really is, but a new installation could help. The NASA Satellite Pavilion is a metal spiral shell, equipped with speakers to let visitors hear...
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Astronomers may have discovered the ideal hunting grounds for habitable...
The search for Earth-like planets – and life – beyond the solar system has long been the stuff of science fiction and fantasy.But today’s ground and space telescopes, high-precision instruments and...
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The mysterious tracks on Mars might have been formed by boiling water
Paris (AFP) - The results of Earth-bound lab experiments appear to back up the theory that dark lines on Martian slopes are created by water — though in an otherworldly manner, scientists said Monday....
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China's space program is making some bold moves
The Chinese government has been making bold announcements about the future of its space program — space stations, Mars rovers, Moon landings, the whole shebang.And in addition to being of note...
View ArticleScientists are backing up the most terrifying fan theory in the 'Star Wars'...
One of the most persistent theories in the Star Wars universe may have some grounding in reality. We asked Astrophysicist Dave Minton about the 'Endor Holocaust', the fan theory that the exploding...
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SpaceX is going to attempt another ocean landing at a very unusual time —...
SpaceX has been pulling in the wins these past few months. After sticking the landing of an orbital rocket for the first time in December, they stepped it up a notch in April and completed another...
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This is NASA's audacious plan to land humans on Mars within your lifetime
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the cynical outlook that politicians, lobbyists, and reporters generally have about space travel in this city, the tone inside the Smithsonian's Future Is Here...
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