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Astronaut breaks US record: 521 days in space and counting
An astronaut has set a US record for most time spent in space.Jeffrey Williams, commander of the International Space Station, marked his 521st day in orbit Wednesday, a number accumulated over four...
View ArticleAstronomers just discovered the most important exoplanet in history
The European Southern Observatory just announced the most exciting exoplanet discovery to date: An Earth-sized planet located just 4.25 light-years away in orbit around the star Proxima Centauri. The...
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Scientists may have just found an Earth-like planet orbiting our sun's...
On Wednesday, an international team of scientists in the Pale Red Dot campaign announced that the closest star to our solar system might just be our best bet at finding alien life.The star, called...
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Dim red stars that are nothing like the sun may be our best hope of finding...
A group of dozens of astronomers have found evidence of a small, rocky, and potentially watery world lurking around the closest star to the sun.The planet, called Proxima b, is slightly larger than...
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Observations of the region beyond Neptune are giving astronomers a new...
Astronomers used to think that just one substantial object existed in the vast region of the solar system beyond the orbit of the giant planet Neptune: Pluto. Once regarded as a full-fledged planet,...
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Here's the only thing you need to know about Mars being 'the same size' as...
This is your yearly reminder: Mars will not be as big as the moon on August 27, 2016 — or any other year, for that matter.The classic internet hoax lives on, as seen in this viral post in...
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The Milky Way's 'dark twin' might help us solve one of the biggest mysteries...
Somewhere in the universe, hundreds of millions of light-years away, the Milky Way has a twin.This twin, called Dragonfly 44, is a bit smaller than the Milky Way — about 60,000 light-years across — and...
View ArticleHere's what aliens might actually look like
Speculating about what aliens look like has kept children, film producers and scientists amused for decades.If they exist, will extra terrestrials turn out to look similar to us, or might they take a...
View Article6 scientists spent a year in a mock Mars habitat in Hawaii with no fresh water
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome in Hawaii to simulate life on Mars.Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the conversation about this story »
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This is the closest photo of Jupiter anyone has seen in nearly a decade
NASA's Juno spacecraft pulled off the first of 36 high-speed flybys of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, on Saturday, Aug. 27.Juno strafed the gas giant at a speed of roughly 130,000 mph...
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Astronomers have detected an 'interesting' and possibly alien radio signal...
If it sounds too good to be true it probably is, goes the famous adage — and so it especially goes with claims of potential alien signals.Still, astronomers are puzzling over a powerful burst of energy...
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Labeling new planets 'earth-like' may mislead the public
Last week, astronomers announced the discovery of a “second Earth” not far from our own – except for the fact that it might not be.Like many exoplanet candidates before it, such as Kepler-452b and...
View ArticleA mysterious space rock on Earth could be the smoking gun for a long-lost...
Four billion years ago, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune battled for position within our solar system. But some scientists suspect that there was a fifth planet, similar in size to Neptune, that...
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SpaceX is recycling a piece of history to launch a satellite 22,000 miles...
SpaceX is about to answer its critics with a historical first for the company: the reuse of an orbital rocket booster that it previously launched and landed.But Elon Musk's aerospace company isn't just...
View ArticleWhy astronomers are so excited about a powerful signal in space they cannot...
In 2015, Russian radio Telescope "Ratan-600" detected a strong signal from space. It's origins are from somewhere in the HD 16495 star system, 95 light years away. There are some theories about what...
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5 things to know about the new Earth-like planet
The world of science news was recently abuzz with an incredibly exciting new discovery—a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri a mere 4.2 lightyears away. The discovery has been...
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How to watch this week's breathtaking 'ring of fire' solar eclipse
On September 1, as a dark shadow falls across the morning sky, a burning ring of fire will rise over Africa.No, it’s not the same ring of fire that Johnny Cash clumsily fell into. And it isn’t...
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That 'interesting' and possibly alien radio signal probably came from our own...
Earlier this week, astronomers were puzzling over an allegedly powerful burst of energy that seems to have emanated from the star HD 164595, located some 94 light-years away in the constellation...
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Here's what's at the center of the universe in 'No Man's Sky'
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for "No Man's Sky." Obviously.When I meet new people and tell them I write about video games for a living, they immediately bring up one of two things: Pokémon Go or "No...
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If Planet 9 exists, it could spell disaster for other planets in the solar...
While it's hard not to get excited about the prospect of Planet Nine– the hypothetical world scientists are trying to find at the outskirts of the Solar System – a new study suggests that it might not...
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