Why skipping is the best way to get around the moon
You have probably seen footage of astronauts skipping around on the moon. Although that may be fun, it is not the only reason they do it. Scientists conducted a thorough research on why skipping is the...
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A rare astronomical phenomenon is about to happen for the first time in 70...
Tonight, the full moon will rise on the same night as the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.Although mathematical predictions say this event should happen every 15 years, this is the first...
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This is what a top alien hunter would send if we found intelligent life in...
Imagine that you just discovered intelligent alien life. Now ponder what you would send their way.What would explain our world? What tone should we take — a peaceful one? Or something defensive to ward...
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These newborn planets are 2 of the youngest we've ever detected — and they're...
Scientists recently detected two newborn planets orbiting extremely close to their young, host stars. These baby planets, they say, are some of the youngest ever discovered.One of the planets, a...
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Scientists might have finally solved the mystery of Venus' disappearing water
Venus is like Earth on fire. Although Venus is about as much as 10 times hotter, the planets are similar in size and gravity.And billions of years ago, Venus might have had something else in common...
View ArticleScientists just discovered the youngest planet ever found
NASA scientists just announced the discovery of the youngest planet every found in the universe. The planet is named K2-33b, and closely orbits a new star — which makes the planet very hot. K2-33b is...
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Here's why NASA should be worried about China’s blossoming space program
On Saturday, China launched its Long March 7 rocket from its new Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.This launch marks “a moment when China firmly staked its position as one of the world’s great...
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2 nearby exploding stars might have had some surprising effects on our planet
Sometimes, when a massive star reaches the end of its life, its core collapses in on itself, causing an epic explosion that can light up the entire sky.If this explosion happens close enough to our...
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Astronauts are returning from space with mysterious eye problems
Space does plenty of whacky things to astronauts' bodies, like deteriorating their muscle mass and making them on average 5 centimeters (2 inches) taller.But scientists have uncovered another, more...
View ArticleNASA will intentionally destroy a $1 billion spacecraft in case aliens exist
NASA’s Juno probe successfully began orbiting Jupiter on July 4. The spacecraft has 37 orbits to go before it burns up on purpose — to protect potential aliens. Yes, we’re serious.Video courtesy of...
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Astronomers have found a new dwarf planet
Astronomers using the the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope on the dormant Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii announced on July 11, 2016 that they've discovered a new dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune. The...
View ArticleThis space mining company has an awesome vision for the future
Deep Space Mining is a company who sees the next step of humanity in the asteroids. They have a set of goals that including launching unmanned spacecraft to mine elements on asteroids and become the...
View ArticleAstronomers discovered planet-sized objects in a place they did not expect
The Orion Nebula is a giant gas cloud 1,344 light years away. It's also a cosmic factory for producing new stars. Astronomers recently observed over 900 small, low-mass objects and 160 of these objects...
View ArticleA giant man-made hole in Earth's atmosphere is finally closing up
A hole in Earth's ozone layer created by man-made substances could be healed by the 2050s.Produced by Noah Friedman. Original reporting by Jessica Orwig.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation...
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NASA's Juno spacecraft just snapped the first picture of its orbit around...
If you had any doubts about whether NASA’s Juno spacecraft survived its 2 billion mile journey to Jupiter and successfully braved the solar system’s most intense bands of radiation to begin its orbit...
View ArticleNASA just spotted a massive hole growing on the surface of the sun
A NASA spacecraft just spotted a giant hole creeping over the surface of the sun. It sounds like the recipe for a doomsday blockbuster — the sun slowly gets consumed by blackness, throwing our planet...
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Russian billionaire and space VC Yuri Milner shows off the world's smallest...
Russian billionaire and venture capitalist Yuri Milner may be famous for being an early backer of Facebook and Twitter and later backing Spotify and Airbnb.But he's also known for his Breakthrough...
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Astronomers peered deeper into the Orion Nebula than ever before — here's...
Astronomers working at the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have captured the deepest, most detailed image of the Orion Nebula to date.The team used an infrared instrument called HAWK-I, which is...
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Astronomers just spotted something that will give them insight into how...
A collection of telescopes called the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has captured something that, until now, scientists had never seen.About 1,350 light years from Earth, they...
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Scientists have made the largest map of galaxies ever, and it will shine...
There's a dark force lurking in the cosmos, and it makes up roughly 68% of the universe. It pushes the universe apart, causing it to expand faster and faster. But it's so mysterious that scientists...
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