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Scientists found something extremely unexpected on Mars – and it could...
Scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center found something very unexpected in a Martian crater.Using the Curiosity Rover, the scientists detected a mineral called tridymite that, until now, they thought...
View ArticleWatch the entire evolution of the cosmos 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...
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Scientists have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system...
Washington (AFP) - Astronomers have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system orbiting two stars, at a distance that would make it potentially habitable for people, scientists announced...
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NASA is about to light a trash fire in space
NASA is about to light its biggest-ever fire inside a doomed space garbage truck.The purpose of this test is simply to "see what happens," writer Maddie Stone at Gizmodo reports.Why? The space agency...
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SpaceX will attempt to land a rocket for the 4th time in a row after...
On Wednesday at 10:29 am ET, SpaceX will attempt to land its famed Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship in the Atlantic for the fourth time in a row after launching not one but two satellites into space.The...
View ArticleHere's what would happen if everyone on Earth jumped at the same time
If everyone on Earth jumped at the same time, we wouldn't change the Earth's orbit in space, but we could cause a lot of damage on Earth. Special thanks to astrophysicist Paul Sutter at The Ohio State...
View ArticleSpaceX had a bittersweet victory — it lost part of its rocket while...
On Wednesday at 10:29 am ET, SpaceX successfully launched its sixth rocket of the year into space and was able to release not one, but two, satellites into an extremely high orbit. However, the victory...
View ArticleSpaceX just lost a rocket on landing — and it took almost 20 minutes for...
SpaceX just attempted another rocket landing, and it did not go well. With an intermittent feed and what looked like an upright rocket, it took almost 20 minutes for the company to learn they had lost...
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A bizarre new form of astronomy could unlock these 4 cosmic secrets
Ripples in the fabric of space, called gravitational waves, are careening across the universe, right through everything and everyone.And apparently there are a lot of them.On Wednesday, scientists from...
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This online game shows you how ridiculously hard it is to spot gravitational...
For more than 100 years, scientists searched for signs of gravitational waves, or ripples in spacetime that Einstein predicted back in 1916.Nearly six decades passed since astronomers confirmed their...
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Gravitational waves are teaching scientists the 'native language' of black holes
The second-ever detection of ripples in the fabric of space, announced Wednesday, is a signal to the scientific community that the era of gravitational wave astronomy is wide open."It confirms — it...
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Gravitational waves could help solve these mysteries of the universe
It's a bold new era in science.For the second time in less than a year, physicists have detected ripples in the fabric of spacetime, called gravitational waves, that Albert Einstein predicted the...
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Scientists have detected colliding black holes for the 2nd time — and it’s...
Today, scientists announced that on December 26, 2015 the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected ripples in the fabric of the universe called gravitational waves.These...
View ArticleGravitational waves just helped us 'hear' the birth of another massive black...
Scientists from the international Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) collaboration just announced that they've recorded gravitational waves for the second time. The new field of...
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More than 1,000 physicists just proved Albert Einstein wrong again
One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of ripples in the fabric of space called gravitational waves. He didn't believe we could ever hear them; he thought they'd be too...
View ArticleThe most difficult space mission in history is coming
Landing humans on the surface of Mars will take technology that hasn't even been developed, yet. It will be unlike any space mission we've ever seen and by far the most difficult in history.Produced by...
View ArticleAstronomers estimate that Earth is blazing through space at 1.9 million miles...
You don't need a spaceship to shoot through space. We're actually doing it all the time. We live on a rotating planet, that orbits a star, that moves around a galaxy, that rockets through the universe...
View ArticleThere is a black hole in our galaxy, and it's not far from Earth
Black holes are more common than you may think. There’s even one in our galaxy. Close enough for scientists to actually observe its destructive nature.Produced by Kevin Reilly and Rebecca...
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Scientists found a molecule in space that could help explain the origins of life
Scientists just found something in space that could explain how the molecules that gave rise to life on Earth first formed.What they spotted is called a chiral molecule, and it's the first one ever...
View ArticleThis mind-melting thought experiment of Einstein's reveals how to manipulate...
Einstein reveals how to manipulate time.Produced by Delano Samuels and Jessica Orwig. Illustrations by Dragan Radovanovic.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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