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8 of the most compelling places we could discover alien life outside our...
On May 10, NASA added 1,284 new planets to its running list of confirmed planets outside of our solar system, or exoplanets. That brings the total well above 3,000.And those are just the ones we've...
View ArticleWatching this video makes it feel like you're exploring Pluto
Have you ever wanted to zoom billions of miles away from Earth and explore our controversial celestial-body-formerly-known-as-a-planet Pluto?Thanks to a new 360° interactive video by The New York...
View ArticleA fleet of NASA robots just flew through a magnetic explosion in space
When magnetic fields collide and realign in space, it causes an invisible explosion called a magnetic reconnection. NASA recently recorded this phenomenon for the first time using four of its...
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Force fields, space lasers, sleep pods, and 12 other wild technologies NASA...
Hibernation capsules, magnetic force fields, fusion drives — these and other crazy space technologies have been sci-fi movie tropes for years.But NASA is taking them seriously by throwing gobs of money...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson: Here's how long you could survive on each planet in our...
We know how long a human being could survive on a summer day on Mars without a spacesuit. (Answer: not long at all.) But what about the other planets in our solar system?Neil deGrasse Tyson breaks it...
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The American flags on the moon have all turned white
While lunar images have proven that the American flags planted during the Apollo missions are still standing on the moon, lunar scientists have now said that they probably no longer hold the iconic...
View ArticleNASA built a robot that looks like Iron Man — and it could one day help build...
NASA originally created its Valkyrie robot to compete in a competition for search-and-rescue robots. Now the organization is trying to make Valkyrie better, with hopes that future models could go into...
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SpaceX is about to attempt another extremely difficult landing
SpaceX is planning to launch its fifth rocket of the year this Thursday at 5:40 p.m. ET. The Falcon 9 rocket will be launching out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a communications satellite called...
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Most of the universe has no way of knowing that we exist
Most of the aliens probably have no way of knowing that humans are on Earth.This is a comforting thought if extraterrestrials terrify you and a disappointing one if you can't wait to find ET. It also...
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NASA is about to expand its giant inflatable habitat on the International...
Bright and early Thursday at 5:30 a.m. ET, NASA will blow up a giant inflatable habitat on the International Space Station (ISS). The $18 million dollar habitat, called the Bigelow Expandable Activity...
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Here's how a Japanese startup plans to make artificial meteor showers on-demand
Shooting stars, meteors, and full-on meteor showers are wonders to behold. These celestial light shows occur when gas, dust, and space debris burn up in Earth's atmosphere.But they don't happen as...
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Here's why we're excited about 'No Man's Sky,' one of the most creative games...
Even the youngest among us won't casually explore space. Not like this, anyway.Humanity is still far from space travel, but one incredible-looking game is promising the endless exploration of space all...
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SpaceX is about to attempt another extremely difficult landing — here's how...
SpaceX is planning to launch its fifth rocket of the year this Thursday at 5:40 p.m. ET. The Falcon 9 rocket will be launching out of Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying a communications satellite called...
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Artificial meteor showers could make a fearsome problem in space much worse
A hordeofnewsoutlets reported that Japanese company ALE plans to open the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with an artificial meteor shower, but the startup told Tech Insider that's a bit premature."Our shooting...
View ArticleThese tiny 3-pound satellites are changing the way scientists look at Earth
Tiny satellites called Cubesats are a relatively cheap tool scientists are now using to better understand Earth.Produced by Matt Stuart. Reporting by Rebecca Harrington. Video courtesy of NASA.Follow...
View ArticleSpaceX is about to launch it's 25th rocket into space — here's why that's so...
SpaceX is planning to launch its fifth rocket of the year on Thursday at 5:40 p.m. ET. It's been a long road to get there, paved with many obstacles along the way. We take a look at rocket evolution...
View ArticleEurope is building the world's largest telescope in 'astronomer's paradise'...
The European Southern Observatory is building an enormous new telescope high in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Even though the location is on the other side of the planet from Europe, the location offers...
View ArticleMars could be going through a major climate shift right now
Scientists analyzed data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to track how ice has shifted over the last 370,000 years on the Red Planet. They hope studying climate change on Mars will help us...
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Finding aliens may be even easier than previously thought
Finding examples of intelligent life other than our own in the Universe is hard work. Between spending decades listening to space for signs of radio traffic – which is what the good people at the SETI...
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Jeff Bezos' next space mission will go horribly wrong — because he wants it to
Once Jeff Bezos and his Blue Origin team are happy with the operation of their New Shepard reusable rocket system, the first manned test mission could get off the ground as early as next year, with...
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