A super rare event is about to happen in space that we won't see again until...
On Monday, May 9 most people on Earth will see planet Mercury trace its way across the face of the sun. This is called the Mercury transit and it only happens about 13 times a century. We won't see...
View ArticleStop everything and watch this gorgeous GoPro footage of a rocket launching...
GoPro attached some of their cameras to a small sounding rocket last November. The cameras captured the entire launch and descent of the rocket, as well as the moment when it deployed its cargo. Space...
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The incredible true story of how a team of scientists compiled the first...
As the very first close-up image of another planet beamed to Earth on July 15, 1965, the engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory couldn't wait to see it.This was Mariner 4, the first spacecraft...
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What a Clinton and Trump presidency would mean for space exploration
A new US president could mean a new direction for the country's space exploration.NASA's funding — and, by extension, what space exploration missions it can actually pull off — is closely tied to the...
View ArticleHere's what you actually see while you're watching a meteor shower
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking Thursday night.Meteor showers are nature's nocturnal entertainment. During large showers, like the Perseids and Geminids, you can see as many as a hundred...
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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX is launching a giant rocket in the middle of the night
SpaceX will attempt a potentially history-making rocket launch early in the morning on Friday, May 6, at 1:21 a.m. ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida.The attempt will be SpaceX's first since their April...
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SUCCESS! SpaceX just pulled off its most incredible feat yet
Before dawn on Friday morning, SpaceX launched a rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite.The mission was a total success, with the JCSAT-14 spacecraft safely reaching orbit about 30 minutes...
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SpaceX just stuck an even tougher landing
SpaceX has been setting the bar high for private spaceflight companies, and on Thursday night it raised it even higher. For the second time, the company has successfully landed its rocket on a...
View ArticleA SpaceX rocket just did something not even its engineers thought was possible
Despite major doubts on the success of the launch, SpaceX had a successful launch and landing on a drone ship.Produced by Emma Fierberg. Original reporting by Ali Sundermier.Follow BI Video: On...
View ArticleMankind is about to witness something incredibly rare in space next week
Mercury only comes between Earth and the Sun about 13 times every century. The last time this happened was in 2006. This rare event will occur again this Monday, May 9th, and almost the entire world...
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GoPro attached their camera to a sub-orbital rocket — and the results are...
In a giant leap for the company, GoPro has released footage of a suborbital rocket launch that climbed to 396,000ft (120,700 meters) and hit speeds up to Mach 5.5 (3800 mph or 6115 km/h) at engine...
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Even Elon Musk wasn't sure if SpaceX could nail this incredibly difficult...
On Friday, at 1:21 a.m. ET, exactly on schedule, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off for a mission that would be one of its most impressive to date.After launching a communications and TV broadcasting...
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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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How to watch Mercury transit the sun for the first time in a decade
Want to watch Mercury's rare journey across the sun?Visit this page Monday, May 9, starting at 7 a.m. EDT.You'll be able to watch at least part of the transit from almost anywhere in the world, with...
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Here's why Elon Musk keeps promising the impossible
There were two big takeaways from Tesla’s latest earnings report on Wednesday, and they seemed breathtakingly contradictory.The first was that the company is behind schedule on production of its latest...
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Virgin Galactic just released its first commercial for a trip to outer space
Space flight for civilians remains a rarity here in the year 2016, but the media campaign from Richard Branson's nascent private spaceflight company Virgin Galactic is looking to a time in the...
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Elon Musk wants people to live on Mars by 2030 — and this isolated Hawaiian...
SpaceX recently announced plans to send a rocket to Mars as soon as 2018, and to get people there by the 2030s. The agency, owned by Elon Musk, is inching toward these goals as they continue to test...
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A rare 7.5-hour event is happening right now in front of the sun — here's how...
On Monday, the tiniest planet in our solar system is wandering in front of the sun, resulting in a rare seven-and-a-half-hour transit that only occurs 13 times a century. Mercury began this journey on...
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We just got a big step closer to scouring key resources from asteroids...
It sounds like something straight out of science fiction: mining for natural resources on an asteroid hurtling through space at tens of thousands of miles an hour. But in as little as five years,...
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People posted some amazing images of Mercury's rare transit across the sun
The transit of tiny planet Mercury across the sun happens only 13 times each century— and the internet took full advantage of documenting the spectacle.During the transit, Mercury passed between the...
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